"The single most important condition for literacy learning is the presence of mentors who are joyfully literate people."

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Shirley Brice Heath

#People Quotes #Important Quotes #Mentor Quotes

“I mean, if you're proud of what you've done when you've served in the military, well then we call that bragging. And if you are unhappy about what happened, we call that complaining. And so what are you going to do?”

Source : "'Matterhorn' Author On What It's Like 'To Go To War'". "Talk of the Nation" with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. August 30, 2011.
“Thereâ€™s a certain relationship which we have to have with our inner functioning. That of respect and that of wonder. When we are quiet enough and positive enough that we can follow these fine indications inside which lead us to more functioning, we will find out what precious abilities we have which we usually donâ€™t use.”
“I responded in what I thought was the most truthful, or least untruthful manner.”

Source : "James Clapper Hails Checks And Balances While Treating Oversight “Too Cute By Half”, www.emptywheel.net. June 10, 2013.
“So, in addition to being a full-time father of two and everything else in life, it isn't so much that I'm sitting around plotting an album. I just kinda follow my muse and wherever my interests lie, and at some point I decide, "Right. It's been a while, time to figure out how to get serious and make some music."”

Source : Source: www.highsnobiety.com
“One of the most insidious myths in American wine culture is that a wine is good if you like it. Liking a wine has nothing to do with whether it is good. Liking a wine has to do with liking that wine, period. Wine requires two assessments: one subjective, the other objective. In this it is like literature. You may not like reading Shakespeare but agree that Shakespeare was a great writer nonetheless.”
“There is a â€œyoga bodyâ€ aesthetic, which is long and sinewy. I am curvy. I get praised on a regular basis, with people telling me, â€œWow, you're so brave,â€ simply for showing my curvy body. Being brave is going to war; being curvy is not brave. We need to be careful with how we use our words.”
“It would be most wholesome if for at least twenty years art historians were forbidden to refer to any derivations. If they were not allowed to account for a work of art mainly by tracing where it comes from, they would have to deal with it in and by itself--which is what they are most needed for.”
“And the angel said - "I have learned that every man lives not through care of himself, but by love"...”

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