"When I was in fourth grade, we were learning vocabulary words, and the word nonconformist came up. The teacher said, "It's somebody who whatever everybody is doing, they do the opposite." I remember raising my hand and saying, "Mrs. Christiansen, I would like to be a nonconformist.""

-- Nick Offerman

#Teacher Quotes #Opposites Quotes #Vocabulary Quotes

“Why are old lovers able to become friends? Two reasons. They never truly loved each other, or they love each other still.”
“However horrible the incidents of war may be, the soldier who is called upon to offer and to give his life for his country is the noblest development of mankind.”
“When you give yourself away you find that a new and more real self has somehow been given to you.”
“I enjoy dating married men because they don't want anything kinky, like breakfast.”
“Debating clubs among boys are very useful, not only as affording pleasant meetings and interesting discussions, but also as serving for training grounds for developing the knowledge and the qualities that are needed in public life.”
“When I start on a film I always have a number of ideas about my project. Then one of them begins to germinate, to sprout, and it is this, which I take and work with. My films come from my need to say a particular thing at a particular time. The beginning of any film for me is this need to express something. It is to make it nurture and grow that I write my script- it is directing it that makes my tree blossom and bear fruit.”
“I have done all of the genres, and the dramatic role is my favorite.”
“The straight line leads to the downfall of humanity.”

Source : Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Andreas Hirsch (2011). “Art of the green path”, Prestel Pub

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