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" The only thing I learned is that failure sucks, and you never want to do it. There's not a lot to be said for that particular lesson. "
Parker Conrad
Failure
Lesson
Never
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" One of the lasting consequences of the unrest of the late 1960s was the removal of adult authority from the lives of undergraduates at many colleges. And, as a consequence, residential communities developed much as students themselves wanted them to. "
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