"I was a catastrophe at Science and Games, but the good thing about Quaker schools is that they encourage you in those subjects for which you show an aptitude."

-- Richard Rodney Bennett

#Encouragement Quotes #School Quotes #Games Quotes

“The record of one's life must needs prove more interesting to him who writes it than to him who reads what has been written.”
“Barry Jones once said that Australia is the only country where the word 'academic' is a pejorative. The academic sector has a vibrant and practical role to play in this complex world of ours. Higher education and research are worthy of your much closer attention. Yes, we can be and should be the clever country. Our progress can be within the highest ethical and moral framework. But this will only happen if we place appropriate emphasis on education, research and innovation within a truly international framework.”
“This is the holy reasoning of love; it draws no license from grace, but rather feels the strong constraints of gratitude leading it to holiness.”
“The most memorable night of The Judy Garland Show for me was the night my mother pulled me out of the audience and sang to me onstage.”
“Never above you. Never below you. Always beside you.”
“I'm on a mission. And I know the older I get, I may lose a step or two, but it's all up in the medulla oblongata. I've got a lot up there. I've got a lot of knowledge... in this medulla oblongata.”
“There are words to describe her, my dear, but one does not repeat them in polite company.”
“Having photographs around the house is fine - if they're royal and on the grand piano.”

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