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		The hole in my heart, I can’t even begin to describe. It’s hard when you open your heart and let someone in and then suddenly they’re not in it anymore. It doesn’t matter whose fault it is; that empty spot stings so bad that you want to find any kind of relief, or wrap yourself up so tight you can’t feel it anymore. I knew it might be there a little while. Or maybe even a long while. For both of us.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bill Konigsberg 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		In many ways, 'What Teachers Make: In Praise of the Greatest Job in the World' is just one big thank-you note to my teachers. The book is dedicated to my fifth and sixth grade English teacher, Dr. Joseph D'Angelo, a massive force of erudition, martial artistry, culture, and love. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Taylor Mali 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The MEChA slogan is 'Por la Raza todo. Fuera de La Raza nada,' which translates, 'For the race, everything. Outside of the race, nothing.' The MEChA slogan seems a conscious echo of the Fascist slogan of Mussolini: 'Everything for the state, nothing outside the state, nothing above the state.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Pat Buchanan 
			 
		 
	
	
	 
	
	
	
	
		Working with Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson takes you up another level. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Benmont Tench 
			 
			
				Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers  
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough. Sometimes you have to give up the fight and walk away, and move on to something that's more productive. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Donald Trump 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't want to play the same person twice, that's not why I wanted to act. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jennifer Jason Leigh 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have people in my family with bipolar disorder, and for years I've watched them struggle with the disorder's extreme moods and often devastating consequences. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		I enjoy being Jewish, but I'm an atheist... I hate fundamentalism in all its forms. Jews, Catholics, Baptists, I think they are all potty and capable of destroying the world. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Warren Mitchell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		He made one laugh sometimes by speaking the truth, but this is a form of humour which gains its force only by its unusualness; it would cease to amuse if it were commonly practised. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				W. Somerset Maugham 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Females choose; their choosiness is inherited; they prefer exaggerated ornaments; exaggerated ornaments are a burden to males. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Matt Ridley 
			 
		 
	
	
	 
	
	
	
	
		Be strong then, and enter into your own body; there you have a solid place for your feet. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kabir 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won't either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Louise Erdrich 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The hole in my heart, I can’t even begin to describe. It’s hard when you open your heart and let someone in and then suddenly they’re not in it anymore. It doesn’t matter whose fault it is; that empty spot stings so bad that you want to find any kind of relief, or wrap yourself up so tight you can’t feel it anymore. I knew it might be there a little while. Or maybe even a long while. For both of us. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bill Konigsberg