J.d. SalingerI didn't want any degrees if all the ill-read literates and radio announcers and pedagogical dummies I knew had them by the peck.
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This quote has a lot of great meaning to it. I know that all the people that I disliked and did not like to listen to would love the knowledge that I possessed and did not want to share with them. So I did not want any degrees and did not want to learn something if it did not interest me.
Source: Franny And Zooey
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