"As the child approaches a new text he is entitled to an introduction so that when he reads, the gist of the... story can provide some guide for a fluent reading."

-- Marie Clay

#Children Quotes #Reading Quotes #Gist Quotes

“You expect to cop a bit wherever you go. In the past there hasn't been any racism or any racist comments that I've seen. I'm expecting a tough time, as we get everywhere we go, but racism hasn't been a problem before.”
“Your words must match what you do. In so many words, you need to show sincerity with your words.”
“You are never giving, nor can you ever give, enough service.”

Source : James R. Cook (1987). “The start-up entrepreneur: how you can succeed in building your own company into a major enterprise starting from scratch”, Harpercollins
“An artist has been defined as a neurotic who continually cures himeself with his art”
“My dear old dog, most constant of all friends.”
“the sex even in serious ***** has less singularity than the mating of squirrels.”
“I've been in the danger zone”
“All the advantages that man has gained from his ever-deepening understanding of the natural world that surrounds him, his technological, chemical and medical progress, all of which should seem to alleviate human suffering... tends instead to favor humanity's destruction.”

Source : "Civilized Man's Eight Deadly Sins". Book by Konrad Lorenz, 1973.

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