Universities should be safe havens where ruthless examination of realities will not be distorted by the aim to please or inhibited by the risk of displeasure.

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Incomprehensible jargon is the hallmark of a profession.

Incomprehensible jargon is the hallmark of a profession.

It won't make for a quiet life but it will make for an interesting paper...

It won't make for a quiet life but it will make for an interesting paper...

Judgment is more than skill. It sets forth on intellectual seas beyond the shores of...

Judgment is more than skill. It sets forth on intellectual seas beyond the shores of...

The function of a briefing paper is to prevent the ambassador from saying something dreadfully...

The function of a briefing paper is to prevent the ambassador from saying something dreadfully...

The newspaper fits the reader's program while the listener must fit the broadcaster's program.

The newspaper fits the reader's program while the listener must fit the broadcaster's program.

Maybe you are the cool generation If coolness means a capacity to stay calm and...

Maybe you are the cool generation If coolness means a capacity to stay calm and...

There is no greater challenge than to have someone relying upon you; no greater satisfaction...

There is no greater challenge than to have someone relying upon you; no greater satisfaction...

If I take refuge in ambiguity, I assure you that it's quite conscious.

If I take refuge in ambiguity, I assure you that it's quite conscious.

I'm not the kind of person who tries to be cool or trendy, I'm definitely...

I'm not the kind of person who tries to be cool or trendy, I'm definitely...

Someone who doesn't take herself too seriously and can be a goofball. Because everyone's a...

Someone who doesn't take herself too seriously and can be a goofball. Because everyone's a...

So there's nothing more provocative than taking a genre that everybody who's cool hates -...

So there's nothing more provocative than taking a genre that everybody who's cool hates -...

I'm a geek? I'm a nerd? Rather be that than a fool. Look where being...

I'm a geek? I'm a nerd? Rather be that than a fool. Look where being...

Admit it, we all feel cool when we walk around the mall with tons of...

Admit it, we all feel cool when we walk around the mall with tons of...

He's as cool as a prized marrow!

He's as cool as a prized marrow!

My perfect guy wears Converse, is totally laid back, and doesn't worry about being cool.

My perfect guy wears Converse, is totally laid back, and doesn't worry about being cool.

I've never been cool - and I don't care.

I've never been cool - and I don't care.

I've been in fights, but that doesn't make me cool or like a tough guy...

I've been in fights, but that doesn't make me cool or like a tough guy...

Where I come from it was really unheard of to be at a party and...

Where I come from it was really unheard of to be at a party and...

Morgan Freeman is so class. He's so cool. He's so scary.

Morgan Freeman is so class. He's so cool. He's so scary.

Rather be dead than cool.

Rather be dead than cool.