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Addison Krotz studies “Forensic Physics” at the Michigan Math and Science Scholars program.

Addison Krotz studies “Forensic Physics” at the Michigan Math and Science Scholars program.

Jul 23, 2024 | News

After settling in her dorm, Addison was happy to meet up with GFF students Zoya Chowdhury and Francis Bu who are also attending MMSS. She also met her roommate and explored the campus at MMSS.

Liam Batteau attends High School Jazz Intensive in Bass at the University of Cincinnati.

Liam Batteau attends High School Jazz Intensive in Bass at the University of Cincinnati.

Jul 22, 2024 | News

Liam has been adjusting to dorm life and learning music theory. He says that his first week has been filled with “exciting and interesting moments.”

Myra Anderson studies Computational Biology at the University of Chicago Summer Immersion Program

Myra Anderson studies Computational Biology at the University of Chicago Summer Immersion Program

Jul 18, 2024 | News

During her first week, Myra settled into her dorm room, connected with students from around the world, and made friends with students who are attending other courses as they shared their individual stories and experiences.

Francis Bu studies Surface Chemistry at the Michigan Math and Science Scholars summer program.

Francis Bu studies Surface Chemistry at the Michigan Math and Science Scholars summer program.

Jul 15, 2024 | News

Francis Bu reports on his experiences at the Michigan Math and Science Scholars program, where he is studying “Surface Chemistry.” During the first week, Francis learned, through a wide variety of coursework and lectures, where his passion lies.

Madeline Dieters attends the Summer Teen Program at the Texas Academy of Figurative Art

Madeline Dieters attends the Summer Teen Program at the Texas Academy of Figurative Art

Jun 25, 2024 | News

Madeline Dieters has hit the ground running at the Texas Academy of Figurative Art, Summer Teen Program. Her first week was spent working on an illustration in graphite and a still life in oil.

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“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”

— Winston Churchill

“The wisest mind has something yet to learn.”

— George Santayana

“A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.”

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

“The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind is curiosity.”

— Edmund Burke

“The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their
opinions, they cease to be mind.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.”

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

“The energy of the mind is the essence of life.”

— Aristotle

“Learning never exhausts the mind.”

— Leonardo da Vinci

“The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.”

— Malcolm Forbes

“An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.”

— Albert Camus

“You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace.”

— Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes

“To know a man’s library is, in some measure, to know a man’s mind.”

— Geraldine Brooks, March

“One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who haven’t and don’t.”

— George Bernard Shaw

“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”

— Aristotle

“All the resources we need are in the mind.”

— Theodore Roosevelt, October 1915

“Nothing is at last sacred but the quality of your own mind.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.”

— Khalil Gibran

“The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.”

— Plutarch

“Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”

— W. Clement Stone

“It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.”

— Rene Descartes

“Stock your mind. It is your house of treasure and no one in the world can interfere with it.”

— Frank McCourt

“You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”

— Marcus Aurelius
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