"The most important day of a person's education is the first day of school, not Graduation Day."

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Source : Harry K. Wong, Rosemary Tripi Wong, Chelonnda Seroyer (2009). “The First Days of School: How to be an Effective Teacher”, Harry K Wong Publication

Harry Wong

#School Quotes #Important Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“I come to Fashion Week events in New York City twice a year.”

Source : Q&As, www.goldenskate.com. March 7, 2003.
“I said shut up once already, with my mouth.”

Source : "Winter's Bone". www.imdb.com. 2010.
“Each one of us has some goal we want to reach, and we must work toward that goal one step at a time. You canâ€™t reach toward that goal and expect it on the first try. All your small steps will bring you just a little closer. You must continue to work toward this goal. You may take a few steps back or be at a standstill, but you will be learning from each step. Through hard work, self-confidence and motivation, you will find ways to move ahead. You alone can help yourself to move ahead in life and gain personal satisfaction. You only get out of life what you put into it.”
“What lies lurk in kisses.”
“I always believed as a speechwriter that if you could persuade the president to commit himself to certain words, he would feel himself committed to the ideas that underlay those words. And the big shock to me has been that although the president said the words, he just did not absorb the ideas. And that is the root of, maybe, everything.”
“If we have no idea why a statement is true, we can still prove it by induction.”
“Renee was beautiful, but she was my friend now. On the other hand, Annette was my friend, but now she was beautiful. makes about as much sense as anything ever does with girls”

Source : Jordan Sonnenblick (2010). “Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie”, p.148, Scholastic Inc.
“If you really examine your own opinions, you'll normally come up with a better one”

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