"Failing to graduate a populace that values reading has long-term consequences for everyone."

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Source : Donalyn Miller (2013). “Reading in the Wild: The Book Whisperer's Keys to Cultivating Lifelong Reading Habits”, p.20, John Wiley & Sons

Donalyn Miller

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“When I say my brother and his wife are heterosexual, that doesn't mean I'm talking about their sex lives. Likewise, when we say someone is gay, we're talking about sexual orientation, not their sexual activity.”
“Today, the tide has turned, we are destroying them.”
“The confounding of all right and wrong, in wild fury, has averted from us the gracious favor of the gods.”

Source : "Carmina". LXIV. 406,
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“When you're in a relationship with someone who's selfish, what keeps you in it is the fact that when they shine on you, it's this souped-up shine. And you feel like you're in the club. And you don't even know what club it is. You just know you want to stay in it.”
“Board meetings should not be for the benefit of the board. They should be for the benefit of the CEO and the senior team.”
“The only distinction that democracies reward is a high degree of conformity.”
“The process of design starts with exploration, but ends with refinement. The best designers carefully move from one to the other, making sure they spend enough time exploring before locking themselves into a design approach.”

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