"One of the skills of a journalist, though, is to find people who can teach him what he needs to know. So instead of taking courses, I've been very lucky in that I found teachers - scientists, especially - who were willing to teach me what I needed to know, whether it was about genetically modified crops or how photosynthesis works, and so on. I just find my teachers and don't have to pay for my education."

-- Michael Pollan

#Teacher Quotes #Skills Quotes #People Quotes

“There are always going to be encounters that you kind of wish went differently. But the average fan really isn't fanatical.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“It's no accident that most of the great black spokespersons and leaders understood the centrality of self-affirmation, self-respect and self-love.”
“Those who have entered into the afflictions of Christ for His Church's sake know something of what they mean, for they have learned in a measure to pour out their souls unto death, in fellowship with Him.”
“Religion is the opium of the masses.”
“I taught myself to tune in to another persons wavelength, figure out what they were looking for, and try to project that thing back at them.”
“Of course, you canâ€™t force your mind to be silent. That would be like trying to smooth ripples in water with a flatiron. Water becomes clear and calm only when left alone.”
“I think I am one of those who can manage not to take on a completely different appearance under their own glance.”
“The happiest marriages are full of alternative lives, lived in the head, unknown to the partner.”

Source : John Bayley (1999). “Iris and the friends: a year of memories”, Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd

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