Knowledge rooted in experience shapes what we value and as a consequence how we know what we know as well as how we use what we know.

Bell Hooks
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  1. Values aren't buses... They're not supposed to get you anywhere. They're supposed to define who you are. - Jennifer Crusie

  2. Knowledge rooted in experience shapes what we value and as a consequence how we know what we know as well as how we use what we know. - Bell Hooks

  3. We hang on to our values, even if they seem at times tarnished and worn; even if, as a nation and in our own lives, we have betrayed them more often that we care to remember. What else is there to guide us? Those values... - Barack Obama

  4. That's the thing you learn about values: they're what people make up to justify what they did. - Max Barry

  5. The more choices you have, the more your values matter. - Michael Schrage

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