"When you clench your fist, no one can put anything in your hand."

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Source : Alex Haley (2016). “Roots: The Saga of an American Family”, p.327, Da Capo Press

Alex Haley

#Educational Quotes #Hands Quotes #Fists Quotes

“We set this house on fire forgetting that we live within.”
“Many think of memory as rote learning, a linear stuffing of the brain with facts, where understanding is irrelevant. When you teach it properly, with imagination and association, understanding becomes a part of it.”
“North Korea is not an insane nation. It is not a crazy nation.”
“I looked below and saw my people there, and all were well and happy except one, and he was lying like the dead - and that one was myself.”
“If you don't know, then it's all right. There need not be any expectations. If there are no expectations, then you are free. If you expect, then you are in bondage. Choose whatever you want. Expectations are never fulfilled.”
“The nurse knocked softly on the door of the examining room and wheeled in a shiny silver tray displaying neatly arranged instruments of torture.”

Source : Jennifer Echols (2009). “The Ex Games”, p.168, Simon and Schuster
“Hard to find and even harder to listen to”
“All I try to do is create an atmosphere that seems comfortable enough, that it removes tension and everyone feels free. If they feel free then behaviour happens, small moments happen and that's what ultimately works the best for me.”

Source : Interview with Adrian Wootton, www.theguardian.com. September 7, 2000.

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