"I grew up a middle class, colonized child of teachers, and librarians and people, women especially, who treasured education."

-- Lorraine Toussaint

#Teacher Quotes #Children Quotes #Class Quotes

“Some things tend not to work so well for science - things that rely on substantial written contributions by key experts are a case in point - but even there I tend to keep an open mind, because it may just be a case of finding the right formula.”
“The Buddha taught that suffering is the extra pain in the mind that happens when we feel an anguished imperative to have things be different from how they are. We see it most clearly when our personal situation is painful and we want very much for it to change. It's the wanting very much that hurts so badly, the feeling of "I need this desperately," that paralyzes the mind. The "I" who wants so much feels isolated. Alone.”

Source : Sylvia Boorstein, Ph.D. (2007). “Pay Attention, for Goodness' Sake: Practicing the Perfections of the Heart--The Buddhist Path of Kindness”, p.37, Ballantine Books
“Nor waste their sweetness in the desert air.”
“I couldn't think of anything worse than going to a fancy dress party. So, if somebody invited me to one, I'd go as the Invisible Man and not turn up.”

Source : Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. July 11, 2008.
“August is a wicked month.”
“Our country ... when right, to be kept right. When wrong, to be put right.”

Source : Speech, US Senate, 1872.
“The courtroom is a quiet place, Judge Roberts, where you park your political ideology, and you call the balls and you call the strikes.”
“When I came to New York, I began to meet the people who became the most famous artists of our time. I was insecure about my own level of ability, I didn't know whether I could compete with these people and, at the same time. I was wondering what is this anyway?”

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