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		Let every man consider virtue as what devolves on himself. He may not yield the performance of it even to his teacher.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
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		My second-grade teacher went around the class and asked everybody what they were going to be when they grew up. I said, 'I want to travel the world,' and he said, 'You'll be married and pregnant by 21, just like all the girls in this room.'
	
	  Brown Campbell Brown Campbell
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		At school, I'd refuse to take part in biology lessons when animals were being dissected. One time, the teacher announced that we would be gassing worms. So I ran around the room, gathered up all the worms and set them free in the fields. I just loved animals and couldn't bear the thought of them suffering.
	
	  Imelda May Imelda May
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		When you're in a songwriting class, and you write a song, and you hand it in to a teacher to grade, I'm still going to say that it's a really awesome song whether I got an A or a D. I learned to stick to my guns and take the tools as tools and not as rules.
	
	  Madi Diaz Madi Diaz
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		I was attending the University of Alberta. I was going to be a high school teacher, like my parents. I failed - no, I didn't fail a class, I just barely passed. I really didn't try. It was Canadian history, through the plays of the time. My God, those were boring plays.
	
	  Nathan Fillion Nathan Fillion
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		Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.
	
	  Malala Yousafzai Malala Yousafzai
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		Teachers believe they have a gift for giving; it drives them with the same irrepressible drive that drives others to create a work of art or a market or a building.
	
	  A. Bartlett Giamatti A. Bartlett Giamatti
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		Merit pay has failed repeatedly, and it's no surprise. When you base teacher pay on standardized test scores, you won't improve education; you just promote the high-stakes testing craze that's led parents, students and educators to shout 'Enough!' all across the country.
	
	  Randi Weingarten Randi Weingarten
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		If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher.
	
	  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
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		I think once you're in the public eye, whether you're a boss, a teacher or whatever you do, that you're automatically in the position of role model. You have people looking up to you, so whether you choose to accept it or not is a different question.
	
	  Talib Kweli
			
			
				Black Star Talib Kweli
			
			
				Black Star
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		From the time I was ten, I thought of myself as 'good with words,' thanks to a perceptive and supportive fifth grade teacher.
	
	  Karen Hesse Karen Hesse
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		I started the class late. The teacher said I would have to learn as much in half a year that the others learned in a year. I did it.
	
	  Katarina Witt Katarina Witt
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		I still remember asking my high school guidance teacher for permission to take a second year of algebra instead of a fifth year of Latin. She looked down her nose at me and sneered, 'What lady would take mathematics instead of Latin?'
	
	  Nancy Roman Nancy Roman
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		It is cowardice to commit suicide.
	
	  Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon Bonaparte
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		The life of the spirit is the expression of Infinity and, as such, knows no artificial limits. True spirituality is not to be mistaken for an exclusive enthusiasm for some fad. It is not concerned with any 'ism.' When people seek spirituality apart from life, as if it had nothing to do with the material world, their search is futile.
	
	  Meher Baba Meher Baba
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		There is always something missing that torments me.
	
	  Camille Claudel Camille Claudel
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		For me, being part of the WTA tour is a privilege. Every day I wake up, it's a privilege to be able to go outside and do what I love. It's a privilege to be able to make my own hours, even though they're long, but I make them.
	
	  Venus Williams Venus Williams
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		Look at the way celebrities and politicians are using Facebook already. When Ashton Kutcher posts a video, he gets hundreds of pieces of feedback. Maybe he doesn't have time to read them all or respond to them all, but he's getting good feedback and getting a good sense of how people are thinking about that and maybe can respond to some of it.
	
	  Mark Zuckerberg Mark Zuckerberg
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		Let every man consider virtue as what devolves on himself. He may not yield the performance of it even to his teacher.
	
	  Confucius Confucius