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The real problem is not whether machines think but
whether men do.

—B. F. Skinner, Contingencies of Reinforcement

In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really

good at heart.

—Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

Everyone is a moon and has a dark side which he never

shows to anybody.

—Mark Twain, Following the Equator, Vol. 1

Wisdom is not bought.
—African proverb

I never cut class. I loved getting A’s. I liked being smart. I

liked being on time. I thought, “Being smart is cooler

than anything in the world.”

—Michelle Obama, remarks at Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School, London, April 2, 2009

Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.

—Henry David Thoreau, Walden

1. Write an opening sentence using an exact quotation and the

author’s name.