"I want my students to love to read. Reading is not a subject. Reading is a foundation of life, an activity that people who are engaged with the world do all the time"

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Source : Rafe Esquith (2007). “Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire: The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56”, p.33, Penguin

Rafe Esquith

#Reading Quotes #People Quotes #World Quotes

“My wife and I come from a Christian worldview.”
“Knee replacement is serious stuff. And it actually could have made me worse”
“You don't date an annuity, you marry it. An annuity isn't a mutual fund that you buy today and sell tomorrow. Nor is it a certificate of deposit, ready for any new use at maturity. When you buy an annuity, you are making (or ought to be making) a 15- or 20-year commitment, at least.”

Source : Jane Bryant Quinn (2009). “Making the Most of Your Money Now: The Classic Bestseller Completely Revised for the New Economy”, p.1073, Simon and Schuster
“If the real world is orange juice, then art is like orange-juice concentrate.”
“Sometimes my body is aching, but I always think, 'Why am I in this? Why do I love it so much?' That's what makes me persevere, that's what makes me keep on going.”
“Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.”
“On the day I was signed, Mr. Finley, the owner of the Athletics at that time came up to me and said, 'When you were six you ran away from home, and when your parents found you at a nearby lake, you had already caught two catfish and were pulling in a third. Now repeat it back to me.'”
“A real leader is not the top dog who merely shouts down orders. a leader is one who holds the space for the brilliance of others.”

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