Doris Lessing: Learning is Understanding Something You’ve Understood All Your Life, in a New Way
“That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you’ve understood all your life, but in a new way.”
-Doris Lessing, 1919 – 2013
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“That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you’ve understood all your life, but in a new way.”
-Doris Lessing, 1919 – 2013
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