"My country is a country of teachers. It is therefore a country of peace. We discuss our successes and failures in complete freedom. Because our country is a country of teachers, we closed the army camps, and our children go about with books under their arms, not with rifles on their shoulders. We believe in dialogue, in agreement, in reaching a consensus."

-- Oscar Arias

#Country Quotes #Teacher Quotes #Children Quotes

“Now comes the second machine age. Computers and other digital advances are doing for mental power-the ability to use our brains to understand and shape our environments-what the steam engine and its descendants did for muscle power.”

Source : "The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies". Book by Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee, 2014.
“Did you hear about the recently discovered temple in the Sudan ?" I stared at him. "Yeah. I'm a regular reader of National Geographic." Ol' Frankie's brows quirked. "You wield sarcasm, madam, as well as a master swordsman does." "Gee, thanks." I smiled at him and batted my lashes. Quit flirting . Patrick flicked the command into my head. He sounded half-annoyed, half-amused. I'm not flirting. Quit being cute and likeable. An impossible request. I've always been too adorable for words.”

Source : Michele Bardsley (2006). “I'm the Vampire, That's Why”, p.107, Penguin
“Bernard Shaw remains the only model we have of what the citizen of a democracy should be: an informed participant in all things we deem important to the society and the individual.”
“We are now moving towards complete collectivism or socialism, a system under which everybody is enslaved to everybody.”
“Answers are closed rooms; and questions are open doors that invite us in.”
“I have a sister and her name is Mimsy, like from 'Alice in Wonderland,' so we've got some strange names in our family.”
“If you want to be the best, Work hardier than the rest. If you don't want to be the best, Just work like the rest.”
“I love you to pieces, distraction, etc.”

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