"It had been fourteen years and I hadn't had anything published. I had 250 rejection slips. I got my first novel published and it was called Kinflicks. It turned out to be a best seller."

-- Lisa Alther

#Years Quotes #Rejection Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“Some call it schizophrenia, I call it a career”
“Yeah, I love doing ensemble pieces. You get to meet so many new people and make new friends.”
“I never grew up reading or fantasizing about fairy tales. I was always too busy, like, outside being a kid.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Well, it arose out of two long-term concerns - the first being the possibility of genetic manipulation, nature versus nurture, what constitutes how people get to be how they are.”
“It seems to me that it is the basic right of any human being to work.”
“A teacher in a differentiated classroom does not classify herself as someone who â€˜already differentiates instruction.â€™ Rather that teacher is fully aware that every hour of teaching, every day in the classroom can reveal one more way to make the classroom a better match for its learners.”

Source : Carol Ann Tomlinson (2001). “How to Differentiate Instruction in Mixed-Ability Classrooms, 2nd Edition”, p.29, ASCD
“May I always hear that you are following the guidance of that blessed Spirit that will lead you into all truth, leaning on that Almighty arm that has been extended to deliver you, trusting only in the only Savior, and going on in your way to Him rejoicing.”
“Peace is the work of justice indirectly, in so far as justice removes the obstacles to peace; but it is the work of charity (love) directly, since charity, according to its very notion, causes peace.”

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