Suzy Amis Quotes

I want our students to be so accustomed to children of other cultures that the words 'diversity' and 'tolerance' won't be in their vocabulary. They won't need them - they'll live it.

Suzy Amis

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My mother had two unshakable beliefs that she tried to drill into me. The first was that I had to study and work twice as hard as my white peers if I wanted to survive in America, and the second was that it was delusional and dangerous to believe I possessed the same freedom white people had to pursue my dreams.

Jenny Zhang

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I believe in this concept that you learn by teaching.

Stephen Covey

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When I met Elvis, we didn't really have a conversation. I was introduced by my uncle, and he sort of grunted my way. What stays with me is the whole scene. I had never seen a real mob scene before. I was really young and impressionable. Elvis really did look - he looked sort of not real, as if he were glowing.

Tom Petty

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You will be hard pressed to read another book that understands you as well as 'Leaves of Grass' does. It was made for you in the way that the constellations were made for you. It understands and makes space for your doubts, your love, the guilt and passions of your life and waits for you.

Rowan Ricardo Phillips

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A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I'm still doing it.

Miles Davis

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When I'm writing a book, you can't think about your audience. You're going to be in big trouble if you think about it. You're got to write from deep inside.

Judy Blume

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The planet is alive, and it's a woman.

Donovan

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You've got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference.

Chris Evert

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Just keep going like crazy and look back when it's over. Otherwise you just get confused.

Cliff Burton

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I think teens trust each other's opinions about products because of the quality of authenticity that they think their friend's recommendation has.

Alissa Quart

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Every cell in our body is primarily water. But the water doesn't just sit in the cell, it moves through it in a very organized way. The process occurs rapidly in tissues that have these aquaporins or water channels.

Peter Agre

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Some of the most amazing human beings on the face of the planet go to sci-fi conventions, although I'm sure a few of them wouldn't admit it.

Richard Hatch

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