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“I don't really have any position to complain about my job. Yeah, every job has its moments like, "Ah, you know, it's Wednesday." But I'm blessed. I love my work.”

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John Darnielle

John Darnielle, born on March 16, 1967, is a talented musician renowned for his unique songwriting and musical style in the indie music scene. more

“Unbeknownst to me, two readers of the posts, both published authors, contacted their agent, Bill Jensen, within 24 hours of each other, encouraging him to drop me a line. Which he did. He shared his extensive publishing background with me, and prayerfully offered to work out a proposal and to see if God opened any publishing doors? I never get over the unexpected ways of God.”

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Author:Ann Voskamp

“The book [ One Thousand Gifts] took just over a year to write, on the fringe hours, early and late, around home educating 6 kids and farming and blogging. And I wonder if the greatest challenges was to keep pressing into it when I had never been here before. I felt like Abraham - being called to something that he didn't know how to get to.”

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Author:Ann Voskamp

“I think it was simply word of mouth that made it a New York Times bestseller for more than 60 weeks, over a year. People being moved and changed and transformed by the book [ One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are] and wanting to share that with hurting people all around them.”

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Author:Ann Voskamp

“I started blogging in 2004, light years ago on the Web. And I began because I have this handicap - I can't figure out my life or see God clearly unless I untangle my life again with words.”

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Author:Ann Voskamp

“The high stakes test culture runs almost totally counter to what we know about how people learn. It causes us to engage in professional malpractice on a regular basis.”

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Author:Carol Ann Tomlinson

“In my experience, professionals who are best in any field approach their work with humility. They know that their work is more than just a job. It's an exploration of life. Even on days when they feel most confident, things can go wrong. Sometimes even the good things that happen are a mystery - a surprise. There are always elements outside our control. That's humbling - or should be.”

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Author:Carol Ann Tomlinson

“In the field of education, educators know that they leave a lasting impact on their students for better or for worse. Trust is established or diminished in the classroom and very good educators understand that they are fallible. Despite their best efforts, they will not always do the best for each student.”

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Author:Carol Ann Tomlinson

“Accepting both the opportunity and the responsibility evokes a great deal of humility.”

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Author:Carol Ann Tomlinson

“Teaching is a very habit-bound endeavor. We're unsettled by the unfamiliar. We're creatures of habit too.”

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Author:Carol Ann Tomlinson

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