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“Necessity, oftener than facility, has been the mother of invention; and the most prolific school of all has been the school of difficulty.”

Has Beens School Mother Difficulty Invention Facility

Book:Self-help; with illustrations of character and conduct

Source: Self-help; with illustrations of character and conduct

“As a person, when I was seven or eight, my dad would try very hard to tutor me through school because I had learning difficulties or whatever. I would wish that they could just plant a chip in my brain so that I would know everything and not have to study.”

Knows Trying Persons Hard School Wish Brain Study Dad Difficulty Plant Seven My Dad Eight Chips Tutor

Author:Dichen Lachman

“Despite much talk in this land about religious freedom, churches and their schools now confront grave difficulties.”

School Christian Church Religious Land Difficulty Graves Despite Religious Freedom

Book:The Assault on religion: commentaries on the decline of religious liberty

Source: The Assault on religion: commentaries on the decline of religious liberty

“There is still in many schools complete misapprehension that children with reading difficulties are stupid. It is so easy to teach a child that they're dumb. There needs to be a recognition that you need different ways to teach children who have got reading problems.”

Way Needs Children Stills Different Problem School Reading Easy Teach Stupid Difficulty Recognition Dumb Different Ways

Author:Jackie French

“I want to emphasize in the great concentration which we now place upon scientists and engineers how much we still need the men and women educated in the liberal tradition, willing to take the long look, undisturbed by prejudices and slogans of the moment, who attempt to make an honest judgment on difficult events.”

“Such loyalty is admirable, of course,” said Scrimgeour, who seemed to be restraining his irritation with difficulty, “but Dumbledore is gone, Harry. He’s gone.” “He will only be gone from the school when none here are loyal to him,” said Harry, smiling in spite of himself.”

Said School Courses Gone Difficulty Loyalty Spite Loyal Admirable Irritation Restraining

Author:J. K. Rowling

“Authors of light pieces have, nobody knows why, a genius for getting into minor difficulties: they walk into the wrong apartments, they drink furniture polish for stomach bitters, they drive their cars into the prize tulip beds of haughty neighbors, they playfully slap gangsters, mistaking them for old school friends.”

Source: James Thurber: Writings & Drawings (including The Secret Life of Walter Mitty)

“I decided blacks should not have to experience the difficulties I had faced, so I decided to open a flying school and teach other black women to fly.”

Should School Women Black Teach Decided Difficulty Flying African American Aviation Pilots Black Women Famous Women Aviator

Author:Bessie Coleman

“I was expelled from four schools. Today I still read with difficulty.”

Stills Today School Four Difficulty

Author:Sarah Miles