"I have always believed that 98% of a student's progress is due to his own efforts, and 2% to his teacher."
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"I had found English audiences highly satisfactory. They are the best listeners in the world. Perhaps the music-lovers of some of our larger cities equal the English, but I do not believe they can be surpassed in that respect.“
-John Philip Sousa
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