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Charles Van Doren was an American academic and television personality who gained fame as a contestant on the quiz show "Twenty-One" during the 1950s. His success on the show, however, was marred by a scandal involving quiz show rigging, which led to significant controversy and a congressional investigation. Despite the scandal, Van Doren's contributions to education and his subsequent work as a writer and lecturer remain notable aspects of his career.
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"Because the world is radically new, the ideal encyclopedia should be radical, too."

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"I worked hard at memorizing lists of facts and figures, and carried with me a book of facts."

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"I've learned a lot about good and evil. They are not always what they appear to be."

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"I hoped that it would be possible to slide slowly from my public life back to the life of teaching and writing that I had always wanted. But things didn't work out that way."

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"The last part, the part you're now approaching, was for Aristotle the most important for happiness."

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"I was involved, deeply involved, in a deception... I have deceived my friends - and I had millions of them."

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"I cannot take back one word or action; the past does not change for anyone."

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"Some of you read with me 40 years ago a portion of Aristotle's Ethics, a selection of passages that describe his idea of happiness. You may not remember too well."

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