"In the end, excellence in education means excellence in teaching, and if this country would give the status to first grade teachers that we give to full professors, this one act alone would revitalize the nation's schools."

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Source : Ernest L. Boyer (1997). “Ernest L. Boyer, Selected Speeches, 1979-1995”, Jossey-Bass

Ernest L. Boyer

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“Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal.”
“I went to prison, I paid my bill.”
“All religions are true, because they are true in the hearts of all those who believe in them. What other kind of truth is there? In the past, the church has been harsh on those it deemed morally wrong or sinful. Today, we no longer judge. Like a loving father, we never condemn our children. Our church is big enough for heterosexuals and homosexuals, for the pro-life and the pro-choice! For conservatives and liberals, even communists are welcome and have joined us. We all love and worship the same God.”
“That's the kind he usually knocks in in his sleep - with his eyes closed.”
“There is no other closeness in human life like the closeness between a mother and her baby - chronologically, physically, and spiritually they are just a few heartbeats away from being the same person.”

Source : Susan Cheever (1995). “A Woman's Life: The Story of an Ordinary American and Her Extraordinary Generation”, Quill
“Magic, like technology, is a tool.”
“Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.”
“The inability to listen and to depict in the countenance what others have said has spoiled many a good actress.”

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