"There was one public school for boys, and one for girls, but Jewish children were admitted in limited numbers - only ten to a hundred; and even the lucky ones had their troubles."

-- Mary Antin

#Girl Quotes #Children Quotes #School Quotes

“It's so embarrassing to receive an award for doing what you should be doing.”

Source : "Arthur Hiller, Director of 'Love Story,' Dies at 92" by Mike Barnes, www.hollywoodreporter.com. August 17, 2016.
“When I got married, I was all in love, but then came life intruding in, and sometimes it's difficult ... I would look at my husband and ask, 'did we do it too quickly?' ... But my husband was strong in his resolve. He kept reminding me that people go through this, and that we were going to be ok.”
“What each one honors before all else, what before all things he admires and loves, this for him is God.”
“There's no scientist I know who wouldn't rather be a charlatan. And when circumstances allow you to be both, why it's great fun!”
“The last couple relationships I had were long distance. It's not like I can make much of an effort to travel and see anybody. The guy had to do all the work, unfortunately.”
“The body is the soul's house. Shouldn't we therefore take care of our house so that it doesn't fall into ruin?”
“New video gaming systems are coming out that track every joint of your body. It's basically going to become a normal thing for us to allow Microsoft to put a three-dimensional camera on top of your television set looking at you, which sounds like a Big Brother scenario if ever I heard one, but, still, it's what we're going to allow.”

Source : "Why games will take over our lives". Interview with John D. Sutter, www.cnn.com. April 5, 2010.
“Cookbooks bear the same relation to real books that microwave food bears to your grandmother?s.”

Source : Andrei Codrescu (1989). “Raised by puppets, only to be killed by research”, Addison Wesley Publishing Company

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