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“A teacher should, above all things, first induce a desire in the pupil for the acquisition he wishes to impart.”

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Horace Mann, an American politician born on May 4, 1796 and died on August 2, 1859, played a significant role in the reform of American education and is known as the father of public education in the United States. more

“So, in the infinitely nobler battle in which you are engaged against error and wrong, if ever repulsed or stricken down, may you always be solaced and cheered by the exulting cry of triumph over some abuse in Church or State, some vice or folly in society, some false opinion or cruelty or guilt which you have overcome! And I beseech you to treasure up in your hearts these my parting words: Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.”

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Book:Horace Mann at Antioch

Source: Horace Mann at Antioch

“I always think that the most delightful thing about traveling is to always be running into Americans and to always feel at home.”

Thinking Feels Home Running Delightful Delightful Things

Book:Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Source: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

“I once witnessed more ardent emotions between men at an Elks' Rally in Pasadena than they could ever have felt for the type of woman available to an Elk.”

Men Felt Emotion Type Available Ardent Elk Pasadena

Book:Kiss Hollywood good-by

Source: Kiss Hollywood good-by

“All my life I had feared imprisonment, the nun's cell, the hospital bed, the places where one faced the self without distraction, without the crutches of other people.”

People Self Bed Prison Cells Hospitals Distraction Nun Imprisonment Crutches

Book:Seven novels and other short stories

Source: Seven novels and other short stories

“I'm an Irish Catholic and I have a long iceberg of guilt.”

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Author:Edna O'Brien

“Writing is like carrying a fetus.”

Writing Fetus

Author:Edna O'Brien

“There is something going on now in Mexico that I happen to think is cruelty to animals. What I'm talking about, of course, is cat juggling.”

Thinking Happens Courses Animal Talking Cat Cruelty Mexico Animal Cruelty Juggling

Author:Steve Martin

“The only thing that bothers me is if I'm in a restaurant and I'm eating and someone says, 'Hey, mind if I smoke?' I always say, 'No. Mind if I fart?”

Ifs Mind Eating Hey Smoke Bother Restaurants Smoking Fart

Author:Steve Martin

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