"School is the advertising agency which makes you believe that you need the society as it is."

-- Ivan Illich

#Education Quotes #Believe Quotes #Learning Quotes

“My backhand is definitely a lot more solid and consistent. There were times when I couldn't hit it into the ocean.”
“Keep in mind, when you hit rock bottom, there ain't nowhere to go but up, baby.”

Source : Song: Hopeless, Album: The Red Light District
“Success has nothing to do with happiness.”

Source : Interview to Desert Island Discs, www.gilliananderson.ws. January 12, 2003.
“A final word of advice: don't gloat about how well you have done.”

Source : Howard Raiffa (1982). “The Art and Science of Negotiation”, p.130, Harvard University Press
“I was never a strikeout pitcher. Why should I throw eight or nine balls to get a man out when I got away with three or four?”
“I have found people on both sides of the aisle, white and black, that'll give you the shirt off their back. And I've also found people that won't give you a piece of bread if you're starving to death.”

Source : "Al Green: What I've Learned" by Larry Getlen, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.
“I am not made like any of those I have seen. I venture to believe that I am not made like any of those who are in existence. If I am not better, at least I am different.”
“Writing the opening lines of a story is a bit like starting to ski at the steepest part of a hill. You must have all your skills under control from the first instant.”

Source : Marion Dane Bauer (1996). “Our Stories: A Fiction Workshop for Young Authors”, p.14, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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