"The word "education" comes from the root e from ex, out, and duco, I lead. It means a leading out. To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul."

-- Muriel Spark

#Mean Quotes #Roots Quotes #Soul Quotes

“It's actually a good thing if you do reference checks on somebody and half the people you call say they are a micromanager and the other half say they actually give me a lot of responsibility. That's a feature not a bug.”
“You can't really just make someone into something and it works all the time; that person has to be a natural.”
“I'm quite confident, but I don't fancy myself. I don't really care about how I look.”
“I'm a horrible romantic!”
“But I couldn't ever make that dream happen. It just came on its own, the way dreams do.”

Source : emily m. danforth (2012). “The Miseducation of Cameron Post”, p.34, Harper Collins
“I can see how, given a certain degree of sensitivities, proclivities and rage, I could have ended up differently.”
“I was gaining weight very rapidly and read about the idea of restricting carbohydrates as an alternative to going hungry. I had a big appetite, so that was the only thing I would even consider.”
“Winning is not a secret that belongs to a very few, winning is something that we can learn by studying ourselves, studying the environment and making ourselves ready for any challenge that is in front of us.”

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