"During those long years in Oakland public schools, I did not have one teacher who taught me anything relevant to my own life or experience. Not one instructor ever awoke in me a desire to learn more or to question or to explore the worlds of literature, science, and history. All they did was try to rob me of the sense of my own uniqueness and worth, and in the process nearly killed my urge to inquire."

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Source : "Revolutionary Suicide". Book by Huey P. Newton, www.huffingtonpost.com. 1973.

Huey Newton

#Teacher Quotes #School Quotes #Years Quotes

“The lightning-bug is brilliant, but he hasn't any mind; He stumbles through existence with his headlight on behind.”
“I will not say the fact that there are no European Union observers at an election means that it will not be fair and free.”

Source : "US to match EU sanctions on Zimbabwe" by Andrew Meldrum, David Pallister, Julian Borger, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2002.
“Good teachers cost a lot; but, poor teachers cost a lot more.”
“If you're writing a scene for a character with whom you disagree in every way, you still need to show how that character is absolutely justified in his or her own mind, or the scene will come across as being about the author's views rather than about the character's.”
“I hadn't focused on mechanics since I signed professionally.”
“I discovered that in a story I could safely dream any dream, hope any hope, go anywhere I pleased any time I pleased, fight any foe, win or lose, live or die. My stories created a safe experimental learning place.”
“I like doing the crossword puzzle in the New York Times, not watching E! on TV.”
“I’ve had to make the difficult decision to follow my intuition, and allow myself the space and time to explore my true purpose in life.”

Source : "Why I Walked Away From the NBA (Video)" by Larry Sanders, www.theplayerstribune.com. February 25, 2015.

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