Tutorial Quotes

• Most of our suffering comes from sin and stupidity; it is, nevertheless, very real, and growth can occur with real repentance. But the highest source of suffering appears to be reserved for the innocent who undergo divine tutorial training.

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  Neal A. Maxwell

  Real   Stupidity   Growth  

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• I was starting to play the ukulele at the same time I was having all these conversations with [the late Ramones guitarist] Johnny Ramone, these intense tutorials staying up late and listening to the music he grew up on, and picking up what's a great song and what makes a great song. He was all about lists and dissecting songs, like what's a better song by Cheap Trick: "No Surrender" or "Dream Police"? Sometimes you'd be surprised by the answer. It was an interesting dichotomy between hanging out with the godfather of punk rock and starting to play the ukulele. They came together.

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  Eddie Vedder

  Dream   Song   Ukulele  

  Source: www.twofeetthick.com

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• The whole thing about magazines is that, magazines are going to become deeper and more tutorial, and the nature of the magazine is going to change.

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  Kelly Cutrone

  Tutorial   Magazines   Deeper  

  Source: ca.complex.com

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• You could give Aristotle a tutorial. And you could thrill him to the core of his being. Aristotle was an encyclopedic polymath, an all time intellect. Yet not only can you know more than him about the world, you also can have a deeper understanding of how everything works. Such is the privilege of living after Newton, Darwin, Einstein, Planck, Watson, Crick and their colleagues.

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  Richard Dawkins

  Giving   Understanding   Tutorial  

  "The Richard Dimbleby Lecture: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder". BBC1 Television, November 12, 1996.

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• My knowledge of science came from being with Carl, not from formal academic training. Carl gave me a thrilling tutorial in science and math that lasted the 20 years we were together.

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  Ann Druyan

  Math   Years   Training  

  3954

• At Oxford one was positively encouraged to take wine during tutorials. The tongue must be untied.

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  Christopher Hitchens

  Wine   Oxford   Tutorial  

  904

• Religion creates community, community creates altruism and altruism turns us away from self and towards the common good... There is something about the tenor of relationships within a religious community that makes it the best tutorial in citizenship and good neighborliness.

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  Jonathan Sacks

  Religious   Self   Community  

  "Rowan Williams: no one voted for coalition policies" by Patrick Wintour, www.theguardian.com. June 8, 2011.

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• I remember," she said. "Lawrence Malley. He was an expert in security systems." "Aka Lightfinger Larry." Dan grinned. "He was also wanted in five states." "Great," Amy groaned. "I sent you to a tutorial with a crook." "It got us in here, didn't it?" "I guess I'm grateful to him, then," Amy said doubtfully. "Don't be," Dan said. "The first lock I opened was on your diary. Don't worry, I read two pages and fell asleep.

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  Judy Blundell

  Grateful   Two   Security Systems  

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• The linear design of FFXIII had a great advantage in providing players with enough time to become familiarized with the new battle system and the unique world. But on the other hand, it led to players feeling like the majority of the game was a tutorial.

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  Motomu Toriyama

  Unique   Player   Hands  

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• To be cheerful when others are in despair, to keep the faith when others falter, to be true even when we feel forsaken—all of these are deeply desired outcomes during the deliberate, divine tutorials which God gives to us—because He loves us. These learning experiences must not be misread as divine indifference. Instead, such tutorials are a part of the divine unfolding.

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  Neal A. Maxwell

  Giving   Despair   Cheerful  

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