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Read the quotations below from Norton Juster's The Phantom Tollbooth. Match each one with the theme or lesson it suggests.(2 points)
"So many things are possible just as long as you don't know they're impossible." In school he longed to be out, and when he was out he longed to be in. On the way he thought about coming home, and coming home he thought about going. "I often find," he casually explained to his dazed visitors, "that the best way to get from one place to another is to erase everything and begin again." "What you learn today, for no reason at all, will help you discover all the wonderful secrets of tomorrow."
Not knowing the limits of what can be done sometimes allows you to achieve more.
No matter what you're doing, something else always seems more appealing.
You cannot always see the purpose of what you are studying.
Starting from scratch can help you reach an answer.
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"So many things are possible just as long as you don't know they're impossible." — Not knowing the limits of what can be done sometimes allows you to achieve more.
"In school he longed to be out, and when he was out he longed to be in. On the way he thought about coming home, and coming home he thought about going." — No matter what you're doing, something else always seems more appealing.
"I often find," he casually explained to his dazed visitors, "that the best way to get from one place to another is to erase everything and begin again." — Starting from scratch can help you reach an answer.
"What you learn today, for no reason at all, will help you discover all the wonderful secrets of tomorrow." — You cannot always see the purpose of what you are studying.
"In school he longed to be out, and when he was out he longed to be in. On the way he thought about coming home, and coming home he thought about going." — No matter what you're doing, something else always seems more appealing.
"I often find," he casually explained to his dazed visitors, "that the best way to get from one place to another is to erase everything and begin again." — Starting from scratch can help you reach an answer.
"What you learn today, for no reason at all, will help you discover all the wonderful secrets of tomorrow." — You cannot always see the purpose of what you are studying.
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