"Mythology is studied in the school system because most of us come from it."

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Source : Bel Kaufman (2012). “Up the Down Staircase”, p.182, Open Road Media

Bel Kaufman

#School Quotes #Mythology Quotes

“The course of human history is determined, not by what happens in the skies, but what takes place in our hearts.”
“We play make believe, pretend to take ourselves and each other seriously--to love each other, hate each other--but then--it isn't true. It isn't true, we don't care at all!”
“A man that can cook you a proper meal that is like a weekday meal - which I think cannot be better than in the form of a roast chicken - that's the greatest.”
“The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor or depth.”
“It is the mystery of the creative act that something other than our conscious self takes over.”

Source : Speech to McGill University School of Architecture, www.arthurerickson.com. October 21, 2000.
“My parents sent me to a dance class, so it was a road chosen by them, not me. But I enjoyed it so much I knew I would become a performer.”
“There will be no Palestinian state”
“The authority of the Supreme Court must not be permitted to control the Congress or the Executive when acting in their legislative capacities, but to have only such influence as the force of their reasoning may deserve.”

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