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Anne Sullivan Quotes

We imagine that we want to escape our selfish and commonplace existence, but we cling desperately to our chains.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: educator
Nationality: american
Birth: April 14, 1866 - October 20, 1936

Topics

Imagination Selfish Want Escape Our

The wars of the future will be fought by computer technicians and by lawyers and high-altitude specialists, and that may mean war will be increasingly abstract, hard to think about and hard to control.

Michael Ignatieff

Future War Control Think Lawyers

Why shouldn't I be confident? I'm well educated, I can deliver a line, and I have more than three expressions. That's good right?

Good Confident I Can Three Why Line

To get a hold on boys you must be their friend.

Robert Baden-Powell

Friend You Hold Must Get

There is absolutely zero chance that ObamaCare will be repealed while Democrats control the Senate and President Obama is in the White House.

Control Chance House White Will

Happiness in the present is only shattered by comparison with the past.

Happiness Past Present Comparison

Even when I was a little punk kid, I would fight anybody - it didn't matter. That's who I've been my whole life.

Life Fight Matter Kid Punk Little

I'm really good at sleeping on planes. I mean, I smell jet fuel and I'm out; I'm asleep for takeoff.

Anthony Bourdain

Good Sleeping Smell Mean Out Fuel

What we want in students is creativity and a willingness to fail. I always say to students, 'If you've never at some point stayed up all night talking to your new boyfriend about the meaning of life instead of preparing for the test, then you're not really an intellectual.'

Life Creativity Night Talking You

I respect faith, but doubt is what gives you an education.

Education Faith Respect Doubt You

I don't go by the rule book... I lead from the heart, not the head.

Heart Book Go Lead Head Rule

I think there's a preoccupation with the American market to make excuses and justify its past. If it isn't current, it means somebody has to make an excuse for it. If it's 'cult,' it gives it a sense of illegitimate legitimacy.

Past Think American Excuses Market

Things like Ferguson and Eric Garner show us there's an unequal distribution of forward momentum in America.

Forward America Momentum Things Us

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