"We can't know or say what other people do. You have to think what you want to do to get the situation where you want it to be."

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Source : E. Lockhart (2010). “The Boy Book”, p.50, Random House

E. Lockhart

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“Courage is, on all hands, considered as an essential of high character.”
“As the leaders and decision-makers of this great state, it is our responsibility to strive for perfection.”
“The function of poetry is to point out that the sign is not identical to the referent.”

Source : Roman Jakobson (1967). “To honor Roman Jakobson: Essays on the occasion of his seventieth birthday, 11 October 1966”
“Be generous to the poor orphans and those in need. The man to whom our Lord has been liberal ought not to be stingy. We shall one day find in Heaven as much rest and joy as we ourselves have dispensed in this life.”
“Teachers and librarians can be the most effective advocates for diversifying children's and young adult books. When I speak to publishers, they're going to expect me to say that I would love to see more books by Native American authors and African-American authors and Arab-American authors. But when a teacher or librarian says this to publishers, it can have a profound effect.”

Source : Source: www.teachingbooks.net
“If there is a small rocket on top of a big one, and if the big one is jettisoned and the small one is ignited, then their speeds are added.”
“You'd see more floods like you've seen in Mozambique in 2000, you'd see more droughts like you saw in Kenya in the late 1990s, there would be a serious threat to the water flow down the Nile on which 10 countries depend.”
“Fine art is knowledge made visible.”

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