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“It's very hard to find good and wholesome, edifying and challenging writing for the students to perform. In my classroom I strive to do that as best as I can.”
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“The gloom encroaches upon my mind, and my heart flutters like a bird held fast in a fist.”
Source : Hannah Kent (2013). “Burial Rites”, p.110, Pan Macmillan
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“A properly functioning free market system does not spring spontaneously from society's soil as crabgrass springs from suburban lawns. Rather, it is a complex creation of laws and mores... Capitalism is a government program.”
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“I knew that the deepest of tragedies was simple: to love, and not to be loved in return.”
Source : Judy Blundell (2011). “Strings Attached”, p.136, Scholastic Inc.
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“From a literary standpoint, I've been loving Raymond Carver's short stories, William Carlos Williams' poems, Richard Siken's 'Crush', John Fante, and Jim Harrison's book of ghazals. I love film and photography too, so many of my songs are very image rich from those influences.”
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“A teacher is never too smart to learn from his pupils. But while runners differ, basic principles never change. So it's a matter of fitting your current practices to fit the event and the individual. See, what's good for you might not be worth a darn for the next guy.”
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“I'll make a horrible housewife. It's not like I'm disgusting, but I'm pretty bad about having a drink or eating something and then leaving the plate and rushing to go.”
Source : "Esquire + Me in My Place with Camilla Luddington". www.esquire.com. July 6, 2011.
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“But the quiet grows and grows. Beautifully and unbearably.”