"we already have so much pressure towards sameness through radio, film and comic outside the school, that we can't afford to do a thing inside that is not toward individual development ..."

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Source : Sylvia Ashton-Warner (1986). “Teacher”, p.96, Simon and Schuster

Sylvia Ashton-Warner

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“Negroes are human beings with exactly the same faults and virtues as members of the other races.”
“I was deeply distressed that the cartoons were seen by many Muslims as an attempt by Denmark to mark and insult or behave disrespectfully towards Islam or Mohammed.”

Source : "Rasmussen 'to give Turkey senior posts in Nato'" by Bruno Waterfied, www.telegraph.co.uk. April 6, 2009.
“Yeah, because I'm the one with the long hair and the pouty lips right?”
“Oh, you mysterious girls, when you are fifty-two we shall find you out; you must come into the open then. If the mouth has fallen sourly yours the blame: all the meanness your youth concealed have been gathering in your face. But the pretty thoughts and sweet ways and dear, forgotten kindnesses linger there also, to bloom in your twilight like evening primroses.”
“We are bound by our limitations to believe.”
“The countries that have collected the most development aid are also the ones that are in the worst shape. Despite the billions that have poured in to Africa, the continent remains poor.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness.”
“In some roles I have to wear fur, and I always make sure it's fake, like in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. Faux fur is great because it shows people that faux can look fabulous.”

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