Carol Ann Tomlinson Quotes
Sometimes educators suffer from the "I already do that" syndrome. In those cases, we feel inadequate if we admit we have a distance to go as learners of our craft.
Quotes to Explore
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I would not drink bottles of water at my mom's house because I never knew how long she'd been refilling them from the sink and putting them back in the refrigerator.
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The ADA is essential in helping me overcome the obstacles I face as a Wounded Warrior and empowers me to assist other veterans. It allows me to be physically active, have my pilot's license, and serve in Congress.
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I'm not a quitter. All my career, I went through a lot of physical adversity, injuries. It's in my nature to be a battler.
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The one snack I really love is YoCrunch yogurt. It's like an apple pie in a cup! You have your apples on the bottom, your yogurt in the middle, and piecrust crumbs on top.
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My movies are painfully personal, but I'm never trying to let you know how personal they are. It's my job to make it be personal, and also to disguise that so only I or the people who know me know how personal it is. 'Kill Bill' is a very personal movie.
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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Just because I don't show six-pack abs doesn't mean that I don't have them.
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I always try to be nice to the paparazzi because finally, maybe one day, they won't ask for me, and I will regret it.
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Most things break, including hearts. The lessons of life amount not to wisdom, but to scar tissue and callus.
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It is usually when men are at their most religious that they behave with the least sense and the greatest cruelty.
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When you're a kid, and you grow up, it takes some time for people to associate you with more things other than that initial thing.
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Holding individuals accountable for corporate wrongdoing isn't ideological; it's good law enforcement.
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Orson Welles's second 'I-did-it' should show once and for all that film making, radio and the stage are three different guys better kept separated. 'The Magnificent Ambersons' is one of those versions of the richest family in town during the good old days.
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The blue guitar And I are one.
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Fun without sell gets nowhere, but sell without fun tends to become obnoxious.
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When I met my wife, my whole life changed on a dime, really quickly and for the better.
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The U.S. is a complex country. It has a high predominance of immigrants who have been eminently successful.
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There is a lot of stuff I like. I love backpacking. I love going to an island where I can just sit on the beach and read or scuba dive and sail. I do a lot of that. I still go backpacking around Europe in the summers and staying in hostels. I love that.
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If you're eight and you live in Los Angeles and everybody has toys and you go to a country that has a Marxist dictatorship and there are no toy stores and nobody speaks English and it's blazing hot every day and they only have fish, which you don't like, then you tend not to appreciate the cultural lessons you're learning.
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I'm at my best when there's distance between me and a man.
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The truth is, if you're around long enough, you have a story about everyone. But it's best to keep your mouth shut sometimes.
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Sometimes educators suffer from the "I already do that" syndrome. In those cases, we feel inadequate if we admit we have a distance to go as learners of our craft.
