"By the time they get to 6th grade honor roll students won't risk making a mistake, and sometimes to be successful, you have to risk making mistakes."

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Source : E.L. Konigsburg (2010). “The View from Saturday”, p.105, Simon and Schuster

E. L. Konigsburg

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“The Bible is a wonderful book. It is the truth about the Truth. It is not the Truth. A sermon taken from the Bible can be a wonderful thing to hear. It is the truth about the truth about the truth. But it is not the truth. There have been many books written about the things contained in the Bible. I have written some myself. They can be quite wonderful to read. They are the truth about the truth about truth about the Truth. But they are NOT the Truth. Only Jesus Christ is the Truth. Sometimes the Truth can be drowned in a multitude of words.”
“The surest way to lose sight of who you are is to constantly compare yourself to others.”
“I want to wear skinny jeans when I'm in my 70s. Why not? Who cares?”

Source : "Ewan McGregor interview: Mr Sunshine vs the apocalypse". Interview with Sanjiv Bhattacharya, www.theguardian.com. October 1, 2011.
“I take it not only a day at a time, but a moment at a time, and keep it at that pace. If you can be happy right now, then youâ€™ll always be happy, because itâ€™s always in the now”

Source : FaceBook post by Willie Nelson from Dec 13, 2013
“I take notice of those who have argued consistently for the modernisation of the E.U., but so many of the skeptics in Britain are just hostile to the whole European idea.”
“But what is more to the point is my belief that the habit of writing thus for my own eye only is good practice. It loosens the ligaments. Never mind the misses and the stumbles.”
“In my opinion the teaching of volleyball technique, ..., must always be correlated with tactical tasks.”
“Let us then remember the dead-and all wars-gratefully. And let us hope that because of them we may become a touch better, a thimbleful wiser, and a handshake more tolerant of this changing world they did not live to see.”

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