"The point of being a teacher is to do more than impart facts, it's to shape the way students perceive the world, to help a student absorb the rules of a discipline. The teachers who do that get remembered."

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Source : David Brooks (2011). “The Social Animal: A Story of How Success Happens”, p.83, Short Books

David Brooks

#Teacher Quotes #Discipline Quotes #World Quotes

“We could certainly use a detective. And I've got to hand it to you, Nancy - you sure can keep your head.”

Source : Carolyn Keene (1980). “Nancy Drew 05: The Secret of Shadow Ranch”, p.22, Penguin
“How easy it is to be unknown!”

Source : Sophia Lee (1804). “The Recess: Or, A Tale of Other Times”, p.99
“Don't waste your love on stupid people. Anyone stupid enough to deny or reject it-in the midst of the Love Depression we're in-does not deserve it.”
“Id rather have a fake smile than a nasty stare.”
“O America! Because you build for mankind I build for you.”
“Big wave surfers are human beings that have powers. They are men of enormous gentility.”
“Health care is too expensive, so the Clinton administration is putting a high-powered coporate lawyer - Hillary - in charge of making it cheaper. (This is what I always do when I want to spend less money - hire a lawyer from Yale.) If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free.”
“The [Bob] Dylan sessions were very disorganized, to say the least. I mean, the "Like A Rolling Stone" session I was invited by the producer to watch.”

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