"As a teacher, I can help my students see what is working and not working. I can show them certain solutions. I can guide them to books that will serve as role models. Largely, though, one learns to write almost like developing muscle memory, and this requires years of effort."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Akhil Sharma

#Teacher Quotes #Memories Quotes #Book Quotes

“Is there a chance? A fragment of light at the end of the tunnel? A reason to fight? Is there a chance you may change your mind? Or are we ashes and wine?”

Source : Song: Ashes and Wine, Album: One Cell in the Sea, 2007
“Love can conquer everything but reality. Which will win every stinking time.”

Source : J.R. Ward (2011). “Lover Unleashed: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood”, p.222, Penguin
“Martha: Truth or illusion, George; you don't know the difference. George: No, but we must carry on as though we did. Martha: Amen.”
“I believe we've... we've worked very hard with the Iraqis to build a better place ever since the fall of Saddam's government.”

Source : Interview with Jim Lehrer, www.pbs.org. March 4, 2004.
“Suppose that you want to teach the 'cat' concept to a very young child. Do you explain that a cat is a relatively small, primarily carnivorous mammal with retractible claws, a distinctive sonic output, etc.? I'll bet not. You probably show the kid a lot of different cats, saying 'kitty' each time, until it gets the idea. To put it more generally, generalizations are best made by abstraction from experience.”
“We're conducting an investigation to understand whether there was any coordination between the Russian efforts and anybody associated with the Trump campaign.”

Source : Source: www.washingtonpost.com
“Professional football is a job and it's in the entertainment business.”

Source : Source: bleacherreport.com
“It is my belief that the most challenging photographs are those that create a tension between what we refer to as the real and the imaginative.”

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