Orson Scott Card Quotes
We all choose our own teachers, don't we? I wonder if our choice of teacher shows anything about what our lives will be.
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I live a half mile from the San Andreas fault - a fact that bubbles up into my consciousness every time some other part of the world experiences an earthquake. I sometimes wonder whether this subterranean sense of impending disaster is at least partly responsible for Silicon Valley's feverish, get-it-done-yesterday work norms.
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A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug.
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The 'democracy gap' in our politics and elections spells a deep sense of powerlessness by people who drop out, do not vote, or listlessly vote for the 'least worst' every four years and then wonder why after every cycle the 'least worst' gets worse.
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Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.
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I often wonder whether Negroes like myself who are pretty well known help out at all in breaking down barriers.
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Stevie Wonder is just one of those guys that completely delivers everything that you want to be true about Stevie Wonder. He's an amazing human being, and the fairytale exists with that man.
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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.
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There is almost nothing more painful for a leader than seeing good people leave a growing organization, whether it's a priest watching a Sunday school teacher walk out the door or a CEO saying goodbye to a co-founder.
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My teacher, my great cello teacher Leonard Rose, was such a great cellist, and nurturing man, very patient. But I grew up not only admiring him, but obviously Casals, Rostrotovich, Jacqueline du Pre, and many others, including many of my peers and contemporaries.
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You wonder why I only talk about my personal life. But that's all I've ever done.
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Ironically, for a few million people in the Far East, I did become an English teacher through my music.
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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?'
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Every moral teacher or spiritual adviser gives injunctions about how to live wisely and well. But life is so complicated and full of uncertainty that rules seldom tell us quite what to do.
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It's wasteful spending like this that not only forces tax increases and cuts in vital services... but also really make you wonder: who is City Hall looking out for?
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Arab youth are taught to wonder, 'Since the Holocaust was a European affair, why are the Palestinians being forced to pay for the creation of Israel?'
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Children are already accustomed to a world that moves faster and is more exciting than anything a teacher in front of a classroom can do.
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Of all the hard jobs around, one of the hardest is being a good teacher.
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Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward.
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David Levi is a teacher as well as a chef, and, like most teachers, he loves to talk.
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When we finished the tour we had been writing together for a year. We moved forward from there and have just now finished our record. We're having a new record out in the Spring.
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Over-thinking in your brain is anathema to the process of thinking on your feet.
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I'm a peanut farmer at heart, still grow peanuts on my farm in Georgia.
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I figure if I keep my health, I have no intention of retiring. I love to work. I want to be like Bob Hope.
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We all choose our own teachers, don't we? I wonder if our choice of teacher shows anything about what our lives will be.
