Author Archives
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CAN I GET MY OWN CLUB HOUSE?
“While it is always possible to wake a person who’s sleeping, no amount of noise will wake a person who is pretending to be asleep.” ― Jonathan Safran Foer, Eating Animals “There is more than one way to burn a… Read More ›
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Exceptional Grace is
“Investigations, meditations, careers, relationships were much the same, he mused. They failed because no one thought to ask the right question.” ― Eliot Pattison, The Skull Mantra “Anything that just costs money is cheap.” ― John Steinbeck There are… Read More ›
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BROTHER CAN YOU SPARE A TEACHER?
“It is the folly of too many to mistake the echo of a London coffee-house for the voice of the kingdom.” – Jonathan Swift “Had a doctor tell me I ought to quit this stuff [bourbon] because it was affecting… Read More ›
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FROM A WHISPER TO A SCREAM
“I felt that if a man’s proposals met with approval, it should encourage him; if they met with opposition, it should make him fight back; but the real tragedy for him was to lift up his voice among the living… Read More ›
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TIME TO EMBARK ON A SEARCH
“Well that’s very kind of you, but voices ought not be measured by how pretty they are. Instead, they matter only if they convince you that they are telling the truth.” ― Sam Cook “Never confuse movement with action.” ―… Read More ›
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TEACHER ATTRITION CONTINUES UNABATED
“Science, my boy, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth.” ― Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth “Talk sense to… Read More ›
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YEP…STILL HERE
“I just want to stay curious and keep smiling like the Joker” – Heath Ledge “It’s hard to have anything, isn’t it? Rare to get it, hard to keep it. This is a damn slippery planet.” ― Thomas Harris, Red… Read More ›
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WE DON’T NEED NO STINKING PLAN
“Children should learn that reading is pleasure, not just something that teachers make you do in school.” ― Beverly Cleary “It takes a busload of faith to get by.” ― Lou Reed, Lou Reed’s New York When I started… Read More ›
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AN EXPERT AT EVERY TURN
“It takes less time to do a thing right than to explain why you did it wrong.” ― Longfellow “What kind of idea are you? Are you the kind that compromises, does deals, accommodates itself to society, aims to find… Read More ›
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THE WINDS OF CHANGE CONTINUE TO BLOW THROUGH
The Lines On My Face They Weren’t There Before But I’m Wiser I’m Stronger From All Ofthe Life I’ve Been Through (I’ve Been Through) Oh And If One Things For Sure I Don’t Want To Be 20 Anymore – Bebe… Read More ›
Dad Gone Wild 