"School made us 'literate' but did not teach us to read for pleasure."

-- Ambeth R. Ocampo

#Reading Quotes #School Quotes #Literacy Quotes

“With each step I take, I see that my ability to perform gets a little better. So until it starts getting worse, I'm going to keep moving forward.”
“This is what I say about the scorn of the media elite: I wear their scorn as a badge of honor.”
“It's almost worth retiring just so I can speak to you.”
“In a way, there's nothing more intimate than a piece of jewelry. A painting is hung on somebody's wall. You put a piece of furniture in your home. But jewelry is worn by a person, so there is a fascination with the history of a piece.”

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“I always wanted to be a writer.”
“There's nothing unclassy about being naked, if it's appropriate.”
“Even when alternative views are clearly wrong, being exposed to them still expands our creative potential. In a way, the power of dissent is the power of surprise. After hearing someone shout out an errant answer, we work to understand it, which causes us to reassess our initial assumptions and try out new perspectives. â€œAuthentic dissent can be difficult, but it's always invigorating,â€ [Charlan] Nemeth [a professor of psychology at the University of California at Berkeley] says. â€œIt wakes us right up.”
“When you are disposed to be vain of your mental acquirements, look up to those who are more accomplished than yourself, that you may be fired with emulation; but when you feel dissatisfied with your circumstances, look down on those beneath you, that you may learn contentment.”

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