"During my childhood years in a Catholic school, one teacher who was more nuts than the rest told me I'd fry in hell if I were a lesbian so I thought maybe the best idea was to be straight."

-- Olof Arnalds

#Teacher Quotes #School Quotes #Years Quotes

“I don't think you could teach someone to be a genius, but you can certainly teach them to not make rookie mistakes and to look at writing the way a writer looks at writing, and not just the way a reader looks at writing. There are a lot of techniques and skills that can be taught that will be helpful to anybody, no matter how gifted they are, and I think writing programs can be very good for people.”
“Authority allows two roles: the torturer and the tortured. Twists people into joyless mannequins that fear and hate, while culture plunges into the abyss.”
“You always come back to Duke Ellington - he's kind of like the thread that holds everything together from the big band descending to lots of jazz, actually.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“You're only a success for the moment that you complete a successful act.”

Source : “Phil Jackson: What I've Learned” by Mike Sager, www.esquire.com. May 8, 2011.
“By 1969, when I celebrated 45 years in the music business, I also had 45 people in our musical family.”
“It's bizarre. In middle school, I thought girls were running away from me, so when they ask for a picture now, I'm like, 'Really, what?!'”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Well, you got to remember, bin Laden killed 3,000 Americans and, in some ways, he and his ideology killed tens of thousands of his fellow Muslims, including Pakistanis. I understand that that was provocative and complicated for Pakistan, but only if you accept the idea that he was an acceptable member of Pakistani society.”
“Small players learn to be intuitive, to anticipate, to protect the ball. A guy who weighs 90 kilos doesn't move like one who weighs 60. In the playground I always played against much bigger kids and I always wanted the ball. Without it, I feel lost.”

Source : "Iniesta graduates from cameo role to take centre stage at Barcelona" by Sid Lowe, www.theguardian.com. May 23, 2009.

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