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Selected from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations - July 7, 2026
When I was in college, I remember fearing that the dreary grind of adulthood would feature infinitely more existential dread than frat parties had, but the opposite has been true for me. I'm much less likely to feel that gnawing fear of aimlessness and nihilism than I used to be and that's partly because education gave me job opportunities, but it's mostly because education gave me perspective and context.
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John Green, Vlogbrothers, Is College Worth It?, 08-21-12  
Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.
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Christine Bovee  
Generosity with strings is not generosity; It is a deal.
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Marya Mannes  
We read frequently if unknowingly, in quest of a mind more original than our own.
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Harold Bloom (1930 - )  

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