"I was accorded the opportunity to learn by failing - albeit at the cost of a few honourable teachers' sanity - and now I realise what a rare and incredible luxury that is."

-- Arabella Weir

#Teacher Quotes #Opportunity Quotes #Luxury Quotes

“Just remember, you never know what's possible until you risk finding out.”
“In Paris, you couldn't really turn around without seeing the result of lovers' bad decisions. An artist given to sexual excess was almost a clichÃ©, but no one seemed to mind. As long as you were making something good or interesting or sensational, you could have as many lovers as you wanted and ruin them all.”
“Friedrich Hayek made the point that one of the keystones of socialism is the denial of individual responsibility. Thus, the crusade for socialism always included attacks on individual responsibility. For if individuals do not have free will, and are not responsible for their actions, then their lives must be controlled somehow - preferably by the state - according to the socialists. They must be regulated, regimented and controlled - for their own good.”
“I love getting told no 'cause then I fight even more.”
“I don't think of rejection as rejection, just a bad fit. Then I seek out other avenues of acceptance.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Every crisis offers you extra desired power.”
“That came from my mother. She was the biggest influence on my life. I remember once refusing to get on a bus with her because she was wearing a mink, and I thought we should be taking a taxi. She just said, 'Who cares what people think?' and I remember sitting on that bus, being utterly embarrassed, but knowing somehow that she was totally correct.”

Source : "It was the best party... ever". Interview with Sean O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. March 3, 2002.
“The trick to defending Kentucky's home court is....better defending”

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