"Because of the way our society is structures, using sentences such as "I don't it" can put people at a disadvantage. And this is, of course, why teachers have to give students access to Standard English, in order to protect them against this sort of prejudice."

-- Kate Burridge

#Teacher Quotes #Order Quotes #People Quotes

“Will I obliterate national debt? Sure, why not?”
“We came out right in the middle of the hard-rock period... it was hard-rock everywhere! But we were ready to make our music, you know?And it was such a turn around, I guess it caught people by surprise.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“Mother Nature is a freaky lady who probably created pot so she could spend all her time smoking it.”
“One starts gambling for a joke, out of curiosity, as a little challenge to fortune. One goes on, pricked to the quick by delusions, excited by vague desires that grow. Woe to you if you win anything - an AMBO, a small TERNO! It is all up with you, for your chance of winning seems certain. ... It is the devil's money going back to hell.”

Source : Matilde Serao (2017). “The Land of Cockayne (Matilde Serao) (Literary Thoughts Edition)”, p.304, epubli
“I've always been able to stay focused on trying to recruit good players and trying to develop those players.”
“I've got Ph.D. just because I enjoyed reading and writing and didn't know what else to do. It was something fun to do. Like it seems self-evident that I'm a musician now, but it's a really hard path. It's almost impossible.”
“On radio and television, magazines and the movies, you can't tell what you're going to get. When you look at the comic page, you can usually depend on something acceptable by the entire family.”

Source : "'Family Circus' Creator Bil Keane Dies", www.foxnews.com. November 9, 2011.
“Leadership can't be fabricated. If it is fabricated and rehearsed, you can't fool the guys in the locker room. So when you talk about leadership, it comes with performance. Leadership comes with consistency.”

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