"It's the teacher that makes the difference, not the classroom."

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Source : "The class system: Michael Morpurgo's schooldays" by Michael Morpurgo, www.theguardian.com. September 14, 2012.

Michael Morpurgo

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“The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But, swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread: Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said; But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more.”
“It is easy being a manager when you are one of 25,000 sitting in the stand or if you are an ex-player who is now working for the media who will never manage anything better than an under-10 team, thinking he knows best - and you know what I'm talking about, and I will deal with that, trust me. I'm a nice bloke, but not always.”

Source : "Neil Adams has precious little time to save Norwich City from relegation" by Jacob Steinberg, www.theguardian.com. April 7, 2014.
“I don't know how many times I can sit there and talk about my character or my life. It's interesting to talk about experiences in the context of something you're doing for somebody else, and particularly if you can persuade others to join you in your support.”
“For the longest time I studied revenge to the exclusion of all else. I built my first torture chamber in the dark vaults of imagination. Lying on bloody sheets in the Healing Hall I discovered doors within my mind that I'd not found before, doors that even a child of nine knows should not be opened. Doors that never close again. I threw them wide.”

Source : Mark Lawrence (2011). “Prince of Thorns”, p.21, Penguin
“I was very studious, too much. I would never go out at weekends. I was very serious. You should have seen me in class - I was blushing and sweating every time the teacher asked me something.”
“I've always had a man's mindset, and that's why I mostly have men friends, and that's why I've been around so many men. I've always been a tomboy. And any man that knows me will tell you I'm not a girly girl.”
“Well, I believe in God. I taught Sunday school.”
“Because we are continually growing in the Lord, preachers and lay people alike must be open to the Lord's correction.”

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