Lawrence Wright: When I was in the ninth grade, I...

Quote	When I was in the ninth grade, I had a teacher in Dallas, Texas, named Elizabeth Enlow in English class. Every Friday, we had to write a little essay, and you had to incorporate three particular words into the story. That was the sole direction. And to me, this was so much fun. Copy
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Quote: For me, rehearsal is very important, and I spend a lot of time doing it. Also, I work with my acting teacher for hours and hours before walking onto any set.
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Krysten Ritter
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Teacher

For me, rehearsal is...

Quote: On the first day of school, you got to be real careful where you sit. You walk into the classroom and just plunk your stuff down on any old desk, and the next thing you know the teacher is saying, 'I hope you all like where you're sitting, because these are your permanent seats.
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Author:
Jeff Kinney
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Teacher

On the first day...

Quote: It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming that we examine, by showing that we look, by writing that we think, by pumping that we draw water into the well.
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Author:
Henri Frederic Amiel
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Teacher

It is by teaching...

Quote: 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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Author:
Patrick Lencioni
Category:
Teacher

There is almost nothing...

Quote: When I was nine, the teacher asked us to write a piece about our village fete. He read mine in class. I was encouraged and continued. I even wanted to write my memoirs at the age of ten. At twelve I wrote poetry, mostly about friendship - 'Ode to Friendship.' Then my class wanted to make a film, and one little boy suggested that I write the script.
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Author:
Eugene Ionesco
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Teacher

When I was nine,...

Quote: I could undertake to be an efficient pupil if it were possible to find an efficient teacher.
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Author:
Gertrude Stein
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Teacher

I could undertake to...

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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Author:
Haruki Murakami
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Teacher

I didn't read so...

Quote: I've worked in public education for 30 years - as a teacher, a lawyer and union leader. I've visited hundreds of schools and districts. I've seen leaders from the classroom to the national stage who have been willing to set aside their differences and do the hard work that's necessary to create real, enduring change.
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Randi Weingarten
Category:
Teacher

I've worked in public...

Quote: I kind of fell backwards into acting. I was studying to be a high school teacher. I look now and I understand completely, or actually barely, how much work it is to be a teacher. It's an incredible amount of work.
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Nathan Fillion
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Teacher

I kind of fell...

Quote: My high-school a cappella teacher would embarrass me in front of the choir. 'Mavis, you're in the basement. Mavis, you're singing with the boys.' I said, 'Mr. Finch, my voice isn't soprano. I can't sing up there with the girls.' So I just got out of the choir.
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Author:
Mavis Staples
Category:
Teacher

My high-school a cappella...

Quote: Failure is a great teacher, and I think when you make mistakes and you recover from them and you treat them as valuable learning experiences, then you've got something to share.
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Author:
Steve Harvey
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Teacher

Failure is a great...

Quote: Of all the hard jobs around, one of the hardest is being a good teacher.
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Maggie Gallagher
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Of all the hard...

Quote: In my teens, I developed a passionate idolatry for a teacher of English literature. I wanted to do something that he would approve of more, so I thought I should be some sort of a scholar.
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Author:
Trevor Nunn
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Teacher

In my teens, I...

Quote: I am a teacher, and I am proud of it. At Cornell University I have taught primarily undergraduates, and indeed almost every year since 1966 have taught first-year general chemistry.
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Roald Hoffmann
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Teacher

I am a teacher,...

Quote: At high school, instead of the weekly essay, I would write a poem, and the teacher accepted that. The impulse was one of laziness, I'm certain. Poems were shorter than essays.
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Author:
Paul Muldoon
Category:
Teacher

At high school, instead...

Quote: There is an old saying that the course of civilization is a race between catastrophe and education. In a democracy such as ours, we must make sure that education wins the race.
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Author:
John F. Kennedy
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Teacher

There is an old...

Quote: I don't even need to know - if you have something to prove to your old boss or your dad or your third grade teacher or yourself, it doesn't matter. You need that hustle and that fire, and I don't care where it comes from.
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Author:
Emily Weiss
Category:
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I don't even need...

Quote: My parents made it clear that I should never display even the slightest disrespect to individuals who had the power to let me skip a half grade or move into more challenging classes. While it was all right for me to know more about a topic than my sixth-grade teacher had ever learned, questioning her facts could only lead to trouble.
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James D. Watson
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My parents made it...

Quote: My physics teacher, Thomas Miner was particularly gifted. To this day, I remember how he introduced the subject of physics. He told us we were going to learn how to deal with very simple questions such as how a body falls due to the acceleration of gravity.
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Steven Chu
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Teacher

My physics teacher, Thomas...

Quote: When I was in junior high, a foreign-history teacher started a theater class. So I got my feet wet there and through high school, so I was very fascinated with acting as a means of expression.
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Author:
Dwight Yoakam
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Teacher

When I was in...

Quote: There is no education system in the world - none at all - that's better than its average teacher.
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Author:
David Puttnam
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Teacher

There is no education...

Quote: If you become a teacher, by your pupils you'll be taught.
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Author:
Oscar Hammerstein II
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If you become a...

Quote: I did things like get in a cupboard before the teacher came in at the beginning of a lesson, and then, two minutes before the end of the class, I come out of the cupboard and go, 'Sorry I'm late.
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Miranda Hart
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Teacher

I did things like...

Quote: Prior to being allowed to enter the profession, prospective teachers should be asked to talk with a group of friendly students for at least half an hour and be able to engage them in an interesting conversation about any subject the prospective teacher wants to talk about.
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Author:
William Glasser
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Teacher

Prior to being allowed...

Quote: We may have forgotten how to feel. Nobody is teaching us how to live happily ever after, as we've heard in fairy tales.
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Author:
Yakov Smirnoff
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Teacher

We may have forgotten...

Quote: I wanted to be a teacher. I love children, so I wanted to deal with children. Then I wanted to be a veterinarian. But by the age of ten or eleven, when I opened my mouth and said, 'Oh, God, what's this?' I kind of knew teaching and being a veterinarian were gonna have to wait.
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Author:
Whitney Houston
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Teacher

I wanted to be...

Quote: You never know what's going to happen. My mother was an English teacher. If someone had told her that I was going to write a book, she would never have believed that. So you can never say never.
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Author:
Tony Dungy
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Teacher

You never know what's...

Quote: Disobedience is essentially a prideful power struggle against someone in authority over us. It can be a parent, a priesthood leader, a teacher, or ultimately God. A proud person hates the fact that someone is above him. He thinks this lowers his position.
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Author:
Ezra Taft Benson
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Teacher

Disobedience is essentially a...

Quote: The funniest memory that I can recall about my school days has to be one incident that involved unfinished homework for numerous days. I didn't do any of my homework for days and days at a stretch, and kept stalling my teacher that I was extremely unwell and was under heavy medication.
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Karan Patel
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Teacher

The funniest memory that...

Quote: During my eleven years as a New York City public school teacher, I saw firsthand the impact that poverty has on the classroom. In low-income neighborhoods like Sunset Park, where I taught, students as young as five years old enter school affected by the stresses often created by poverty: domestic violence, drug abuse, gang activity.
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Author:
Sal Albanese
Category:
Teacher

During my eleven years...

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