"To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul."

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Source : 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie' (1961) ch. 2

Muriel Spark

#Teacher Quotes #Soul Quotes #Pupils Quotes

“I prefer to say that I am a beautiful person. But the addict is a horrible person.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“My biggest kick in music -playing or writing- is when I have a problem. Without a problem to solve, how much interest do you take in anything?”
“The fuel on which science runs is ignorance. Science is like a hungry furnace that must be fed logs from the forests of ignorance that surround us. In the process, the clearing we call knowledge expands, but the more it expands, the longer its perimeter and the more ignorance comes into view.”
“I think Albertans are progressive and forward-looking and are very optimistic, and I think they've always embraced change. Now with the economy being the way it is, I think we need to acknowledge people are a bit nervous too.”
“If we spend all our time gazing at the wonders ahead without remembering where we're standing right now, we're going to trip and fall flat on our face, over and over agaain.”

Source : Greg Egan (2010). “Zendegi”, p.16, Hachette UK
“I have a wonderful family: My parents are churchgoing, salt-of-the-earth Southern people. They gave me a lot of love and are so unaffected by fame.”
“To dislocate the functioning of a city without destroying it can be more effective than a riot because it can be longer-lasting, costly to the society but not wantonly destructive, moreover, it is more difficult for Government to quell it by superior force.”
“If people are concerned about my house and where I live again it's much more of a reflection on them than it is on me.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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