"I try to teach my students that books are a mirror, reflecting their own lives, and a window, giving them a peek into someone else's."

-- Donalyn Miller

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“I never know what South Carolina thinks of a measure. I never consult her. I act to the best of my judgment, and according to my conscience. If she approves, well and good. If she does not, or wishes any one to take my place, I am ready to vacate. We are even.”
“I have nothing against diamonds, or rubies or emeralds or sapphires. I do object when their acquisition is complicit in the debasement of children or the destruction of a country.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“An audience is so important. I would never have had the guts to dub in that big a laugh.”

Source : Desi Arnaz (1994). “A Book”
“The real first kiss is the one that tells you what it feels like to be an adult and doesn't let you be a child anymore. The first kiss is the one that you suffer the consequences of. It was as if I had been playing Russian roulette and finally got the cylinder with the bullet in it.”
“When the heart is right, the mind and the body will follow.”

Source : "Bush Makes State of the Union Speech, Senate Confirms Alito". CNN Student News, www.cnn.com. February 01, 2006.
“To write does not mean to convert the real into words but to make the power of the word real.”
“The challenge of nonfiction is keeping the attention of a reader over span of time, and to keep the quality of the writing as high as it needs to be to keep people's attention.”
“The best example is that if any person, any Muslim wants to leave Islam, then the penalty is death. It is not even allowed to leave it. That's why I believe Islam should not be compared with other religions like Christianity or Judaism.”

Source : Source: www.parlementairemonitor.nl

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