"My parents were not formally educated. Both were cognizant of the importance of education. The teachers and ministers were the role models, and they would say, you should want to be like Miss Gardiner, you should want to be like Mr. Freeman, or be like your dad. Shun the people who don't value education."

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David C. Driskell

#Teacher Quotes #Dad Quotes #People Quotes

“For me, each one of our SNSD members is like my body. If one gets hurt, it hurts me & pains me even more.”
“Live now for the promise of the Infinite”
“It would be easy to define terrorism as attacks against human rights and international humanitarian law forbids attacks against innocent non-combatants which is often the definition used for terrorism.”
“Even in a bad market, location, location, location is a way to still buy and sell property.”
“When people look you in the eye and call you stupid, dont look away, but tell them that half of the world is stupid and they are one of them because they are dening their own stupidity.”
“The law was given to crush our self-confidence and drive us to Jesus.”
“I do as much bookish research as I can but when I sit down to write, often I think, 'Wait, I was there.' That is one of the great advantages of having wandered around the world and lived in so many places and met such fascinating people.”
“You do not conceive a novel as easily as you conceive a child, nor even half as easily as you create nonfiction work. A journalist amasses facts, anecdotes and interviews with top brass. Enough of these add up to a book. A novelist demands quite different things. He has to find himself in his materials, to know for sure how he would feel and act and the events he writes about. In addition, he requires a catalyst â€” a person, idea, or emotion which coalesces his ingredients and makes them jell into a solid purpose.”

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