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  • s  educated by your own efforts rather than by formal instruction

  • Since then, Barnes, who is self-educated and a constitutional-law buff, managed to work his way up from just another Harlem pusher to the reputed Godfather of a multimillion-dollar .
  • Bancroft was, admittedly, a Democrat, but many self-respecting Republicans were also concerned about the implications of having an untried, self-educated "rail splitter" as a .
  • In 1905, August Vollmer, a self-educated criminologist, noticed that the then 130-year-old city had no police force and decided to start one.
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  • Rudolph “Rudy” Nerad
    Rudolph “Rudy” Nerad, 86, of Wellington, died Saturday, June 8, 2013 at his home. Born in Cleveland on October 5, 1926 to the late Vaclav James and Filomena (nee Prosek) Nerad, Rudy moved to Litchfield as a young child. He lived in the Penfield and Wellington area since 1957. Rudy was a self-educated man versed [...] The post Rudolph “Rudy” Nerad appeared first on Chronicle-Telegram . Click here ...
    June 10, 2013 - The Chronicle-Telegram
Quotes

  • Walton Goggins in Los Angeles Times
    I wanted to infuse his dialogue with a love of words, words that aren't often associated with people from the South,Goggins said. "I wanted him to be self-educated, and I wanted the audience to know how bright this man really was."
  • David Hyde Pierce in 680 News
    He was self-educated,said Pierce. "He was a chess player. He was a boat builder. He did all these things. And the last time I saw him, he was in a nursing home. And he had to be restrained, so his arms were tied to the arms of the...
  • Olympia Snowe in MPBN News
    Senator Byrd was time and again the conscience and champion of Congress and a vigorous and stalwart sentinel of the first branch of our government,Snowe says in a statement. "A self-educated man, Senator Byrd's knowledge of Shakespeare,...

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