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" Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg didn't finish college. Too much emphasis is placed on formal education - I told my children not to worry about their grades but to enjoy learning. "
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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" A large part of the present anxiety to improve the education of girls and women is also due to the conviction that the political disabilities of women will not be maintained. "
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