Dan Rather: The dream begins, most of the time, with...

Quote	The dream begins, most of the time, with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you on to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called truth. Copy
Author	Dan Rather
Category	Teacher
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Quote: I guess by taking lessons early on, and really trying to play all the rudimentary stuff, and try to have it sound as good as my teacher. It took a lot of practice, which I enjoyed, and still do.
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Matt Cameron
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Teacher

I guess by taking...

Quote: Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward.
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Vernon Law
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Teacher

Experience is a hard...

Quote: In schools with a history of chaos, the teacher who can keep the classroom calm becomes virtually indispensable.
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Jonathan Kozol
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Teacher

In schools with a...

Quote: Every teacher that I've ever had, that I still remember their name, made me laugh. I feel like comedy is the best instrument to teach.
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Tiffany Haddish
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Every teacher that I've...

Quote: I was never any good in the school theatrical productions. I always got a role like the March Hare. A Latin teacher told me I might make a good actress, and that stuck in my memory.
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Jacqueline Bisset
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I was never any...

Quote: Experience is a great teacher.
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John Legend
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Teacher

Experience is a great...

Quote: When I was in graduate school, I had a teacher who said to me, 'Women writers should marry somebody who thinks writing is cute. Because if they really realised what writing was, they would run a mile.
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Lorrie Moore
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Teacher

When I was in...

Quote: I was going to be a teacher. I was applying to graduate school when I got the call to do 'Same Love,' actually. I was gonna go to Boston University for my masters in teaching.
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Mary Lambert
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Teacher

I was going to...

Quote: Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself.
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John Jay Chapman
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Teacher

Benevolence alone will not...

Quote: I've always remembered something Sanford Meisner, my acting teacher, told us. When you create a character, it's like making a chair, except instead of making someting out of wood, you make it out of yourself. That's the actor's craft - using yourself to create a character.
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Robert Duvall
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Teacher

I've always remembered something...

Quote: There's no word in the language I revere more than 'teacher.' My heart sings when a kid refers to me as his teacher, and it always has. I've honored myself and the entire family of man by becoming a teacher.
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Pat Conroy
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Teacher

There's no word in...

Quote: Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher.
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Japanese Proverb
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Teacher

Better than a thousand...

Quote: You never stop learning. If you have a teacher, you never stop being a student.
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Elisabeth Rohm
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Teacher

You never stop learning....

Quote: I was a good student. My mom is a teacher, and her side of the family is all teachers. She put a big emphasis on getting good grades.
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Tyler Hilton
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Teacher

I was a good...

Quote: Back in the day for me was a great time in my life - I was in my 20s. Most people refer to their experiences in their twenties as being a highlight in their life. It's a period of time where you often develop your own way, your own sound, your own identity, and that happened with me, when I was with a great teacher - Miles Davis.
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Herbie Hancock
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Teacher

Back in the day...

Quote: I didn't read so much Japanese literature. Because my father was a teacher of Japanese literature, I just wanted to do something else.
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Haruki Murakami
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Teacher

I didn't read so...

Quote: I had one of those defining moments in the fourth grade when my teacher said the story I wrote was the best in the class, and therefore I would be going Young Authors Conference where I'd get to hang out with authors all day.
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Lisa McMann
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Teacher

I had one of...

Quote: If you improve a teacher's self-esteem, confidence, communication skills or stress levels, you improve that teacher's overall effectiveness across the curriculum.
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Elaine MacDonald
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Teacher

If you improve a...

Quote: I thought I'd grow up to be a teacher, or maybe run for political office.
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Jake Shimabukuro
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Teacher

I thought I'd grow...

Quote: Before I was ever a baker, I was a teacher. Or, at least, that is what I thought I was going to be. After O-levels, I went to art school in Wallasey on the Wirral, and my mate Cavan and I did a teacher training course.
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Paul Hollywood
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Teacher

Before I was ever...

Quote: Every single major push in education has made it worse and right now it's really bad because everything we've done is de-humanizing education. It's destroying the possibility of the teacher and the student having a warm, friendly, intellectual relationship.
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William Glasser
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Teacher

Every single major push...

Quote: I saw as a teacher how, if you take that spark of learning that those children have, and you ignite it, you can take a child from any background to a lifetime of creativity and accomplishment.
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Paul Wellstone
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I saw as a...

Quote: If I can make a teacher's salary doing comedy, I think that's better than being a teacher.
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Dave Chappelle
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Teacher

If I can make...

Quote: I was a chemistry major, but I'm always winding up as a teacher in English departments, so I've brought scientific thinking to literature. There's been very little gratitude for this.
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Kurt Vonnegut
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Teacher

I was a chemistry...

Quote: Every child grows; everything depends on the teacher.
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Shinichi Suzuki
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Teacher

Every child grows; everything...

Quote: A good teacher, like a good entertainer first must hold his audience's attention, then he can teach his lesson.
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John Henrik Clarke
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A good teacher, like...

Quote: I actually never got in a play in school. My teacher said I never learned my lines.
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Sissy Spacek
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I actually never got...

Quote: The best teacher is an entertainer.
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Bob Keeshan
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The best teacher is...

Quote: 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.
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Nathan Fillion
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Teacher

I was attending the...

Quote: The teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and the true teacher is the learner.
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Elbert Hubbard
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The teacher is the...

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