"It's not a competition, it's a doorway."

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Mary Oliver

#Competition Quotes #Doorways Quotes #Special Education Quotes

“Thank you to everyone that has made me the athlete I am! God, family and friends, my competitors and supporters! You have all had a hand!”
“I dress according to how I feel.”
“Indecision may or may not be my problem.”
“And below the heimongmong, all along the ground, were weeds already spilling out over the edges, running wild in every direction.”
“Kill me, Doug. Just kill me now. Put me out of my misery.â€ â€œChrist, Kincaid, what did you say to him?â€ murmured Doug. â€œWell,â€ I told Doug, â€œI ripped on his fans and on how long it takes for his books to come out.â€ Doug stared at me, his expectations exceeded. â€œThen I saidâ€”not knowing who he wasâ€”that Iâ€™d be Seth Mortensenâ€™s love slave in exchange for advanced copies of his books.”
“I'm from Houston. I think I was thirty-seven before I ever set foot in Dallas, and that was just in the airport. So I've never really been there. Dad grew up in Port Arthur, Texas and all I can ever get out of him is, 'I wanted my first son to be named Dallas.'”

Source : "Q&A – Dallas Roberts (Miles Fiedler)". AMC Interview, www.amc.com. August 2010.
“Essentialists hope that when students leave school, they will possess not only basic skills and an extensive body of knowledge, but also disciplined, practical minds, capable of applying schoolhouse lessons in the real world.”
“Amazing what we can self-rationalize when we really want something”

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