"The only thing that I was equipped for with my very mediocre college Arts degree was to get a job in teaching."

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Helen Garner

#Art Quotes #Jobs Quotes #Teaching Quotes

“No matter how isolated or lonely or down and out you feel, there is always a way out.”
“Why am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?”
“We are all strings in the concert of God's joy.”
“Meditation may be done in silence & stillness, by using voice & sound, or by engaging the body in movement. All forms emphasize the training of attention.”
“When actresses jump on the anti-Iraq bandwagon, they often combine down-home momism with an ignorance of Islamist intent which is truly awesome.”
“The last thing a woman will consent to in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage.”
“For me, a painting must give off sparks. It must dazzle like the beauty of a woman or a poem.”
“There is a great deal of quarrelling in the houses, and contending for power and authority; and the second wife is against the first wife, perhaps, in some instances.”

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