Alex Spanos Quotes
The best way to learn is by doing. The only way to build a strong work ethic is getting your hands dirty.

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When I was travelling in Rajasthan people were waving hands, and it felt like I was visiting my own constituency.
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I think we should be encouraged to learn from Columbine and let it be a battle cry for all of us.
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Hands down, the biggest thrill is to get a letter from a kid saying, I loved your book. Will you write me another one?
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When we watch stories, we learn empathy, we learn compassion, and hopefully we achieve some sort of understanding.
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Appropriate assessments are a crucial part of effectively educating students. But they only measure a narrow segment of what kids need to learn.
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My hands were constantly blistered or bloody; my ears were always ringing. I tore through drumheads and drumsticks like there was no tomorrow.
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You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
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I work out, I go to pilates, I walk and I eat everything I can get my hands on.
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I used to be really insecure about my self-education. I'm definitely always learning. But there's many ways to learn. There are many, many ways to always be a learner.
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I want to be a better writer. I want to learn and grow, to know how to tell stories in a different and more challenging way. I've learned it doesn't get easier each time. It actually gets harder.
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I want to make sure that people know that I can only be myself - I can't be a spokesperson for people with disabilities, because everybody has a completely different experience. I'm glad that I'm able to inspire parents to see one way to deal with it, but at the same time, I tell a lot of dirty jokes.
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For me, any book I'm writing is also a chance to get in and research and read and learn things that I maybe only knew a little bit about before.
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I do not shake hands from a sanitary standpoint.
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I didn't belong to the sort of family where the children's classics were laid on. I went to the public library and read everything I could get my hands on.
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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.
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I mean you can learn how to build a bullet or build a gun or build a bomb on the Internet.
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Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
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My fate is in the hands of almighty Allah.
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When I was little, I went to a Catholic school and was required to go to church every morning and with my parents on Sundays, so I spent a lot of time sitting on a wooden pew. Angels are sort of a relief. If you're looking around, the other imagery is so dark and heavy. Looking at the beautifully rendered pictures of angels was more uplifting.
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I write too much to ever keep everything just for myself.
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Of the time that is allotted to man here on the earth there is none to lose or waste. After suitable rest and relaxation there is not a day, hour or minute that we should spend in idleness, but every minute of every day of our lives we should strive to improve our minds and to increase the faith of the holy Gospel, in charity, patience, and good works, that we may grow in the knowledge of the truth as it is spoken and prophesied of and written about.
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Never have I dealt with anything more difficult than my own soul, which sometimes helps me and sometimes opposes me.
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The best way to learn is by doing. The only way to build a strong work ethic is getting your hands dirty.