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Contents 1 Formerly used quotes 1.1 Henry David Thoreau 1.2 John Lennon 1.3 Ayn Rand

[edit] Formerly used quotes

[edit] Henry David Thoreau

"I stand on a notch between two eternities." - Henry David Thoreau

source: Possibly [1] which has " In any weather, at any hour of the day or night, I have been anxious to improve the nick of time, and notch it on my stick too; to stand on the meeting of two eternities, the past and future, which is precisely the present moment; to toe that line."

Discuss:

Perhaps this quote would make more sense to me if I knew the context (what are the two "eternities") but even then I don't see what the quote would have to do with wv, learning, etc.) --mikeu 16:24, 15 January 2008 (UTC) Get the quote right, or remove it. Still don't see how it is relevent. --mikeu 16:49, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Dont understand.--Juan 12:51, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

I have replaced this quote in Template:QOTD with "Knowledge grows when shared." -Bhartrihari. --mikeu ^talk 13:10, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] John Lennon

"It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice." -John Lennon

source: Wikiquote attributes this quote (unsourced) to Roger Federer; see

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I think useless for Wikiversity.--Juan 12:51, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ayn Rand

"The second handers offer substitutes for competence such as love, charm, kindness - easy substitutes - and there is no substitute for creation." -Ayn Rand

source: Journals of Ayn Rand (1997), see.

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This quote makes me feel slightly sick. Is it just me, or is she suggesting that love and kindness are unnecessary and useless? --Luai lashire 02:59, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

With more thought, I furthermore come to the conclusion that this quote does not offer anything of relevance or value to wikiversity. I definitely do not support the continued use of this quote. --Luai lashire 17:25, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

I agree - can't see how this would be something we'd put on our main page. Cormaggio ^talk 10:58, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

See also the Wikiversity:Colloquium thread that was copied to the talk page. --mikeu ^talk 17:41, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

I don't see any support for this one, and some strong negative reactions. Time to take it out of the QTOD rotation. --mikeu ^talk 21:40, 1 February 2008 (UTC)