"The voice belonged to Mr. Pzyrbovich, an algebra teacher who was always called Mr. P, for obvious reasons. He has a heavy accent, which a lot of kids said made him hard to understand, although to be fair some of these kids would have never understood algebra anyway."

-- Dave Barry

#Teacher Quotes #Kids Quotes #Voice Quotes

“Names don't matter, CVs don't matter, previous publications don't matter at all, because, in a certain way, the ideal is for someone to come completely out of left field. And still, of course, it is hard to say no to a writer who matters a lot to you and who you know matters to your readers.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Seduction... was both a science and art - a blend of skill, discipline, proximity, and opportunity. Mostly proximity.”

Source : Dan Simmons (2009). “Ilium”, p.36, Harper Collins
“But life cannot maintain itself alone. The Creator of life has entrusted us with the responsibility of preserving, developing, and perfecting it. In order that we may accomplish this, He has provided us with a collection of marvelous faculties. And He has put us in the midst of a variety of natural resources. By the application of our faculties to these natural resources we convert them into products, and use them. The process is necessary in order that life may run its appointed course.”
“Most people write a lot of autobiography, but when I came to write autobiography I discovered that nothing interesting had ever happened to me. So I had to take the situation and invent stories to go with it.”
“Though you lose all hope, there is still hope, and it loves to surprise.”
“You want a happy ending, but not such a ridiculous happy ending that it doesn't mean anything to anybody.”
“Somebody asked me about this the other day. A young Shaq and a young Penny, the young Shaq's going to take over. A medium Shaq and a young Kobe, the medium Shaq is going to take over. Now you've got an older Shaq and a young Dwyane; you step aside, you let him do his thing and you just do what's asked of you.”
“If any QB can complete passes to himself, it's Johnny Manziel.”

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