"When I was able to go to school in my early years, my third grade teacher, Ms. Harris, convinced me that one day I would be a writer. I heard her, but I knew that I had to leave Georgia, and unlike my friend Ray Charles, I did not go around with 'Georgia on My Mind.'"

-- John Henrik Clarke

#Teacher Quotes #School Quotes #Years Quotes

“We must begin looking at each other as brothers and sisters...and not walking brochures. We must see each other's strengths and encourage those strengths....We must see each others weaknesses and be patient with those weaknesses... sometimes even look beyond what we see as "weaknesses" and move on with compassion and love and respect. That takes true faith.”
“Every poor designer can go with things that are popular at the moment.”
“The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.”
“Money makes people bold and cosmopolitan; if you are poor, you are naturally conservative. Its not easy to be a bohemian when you have to worry about what is going to happen with you and with your next paycheck.”
“A dwelling should be not a retreat from space, but life in space.”
“And the first commandment of feminism is: I am woman; thou shalt not tolerate strange gods who assert that women have capabilities or often choose roles that are different from men's.”
“That which takes us nearer to the Almighty (Sat) is truth. Truth needs no external support to sustain or promote itself.”
“In my own way, I was a rebellious kid.”

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