Erin Gruwell Quotes

I was going to show my kids that no matter what happened with their parents, parole officers and other teachers, I wouldn't give up on them. I let them know it matters to me that you come to class, it matters to me that you try, it matters to me when you succeed.

Erin Gruwell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 15, 1969

Topics

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If someone said, 'Sit down and write a 'Community' episode,' I would be panicked.

Jim Rash

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You're president, if you conclude my judgment is not the right judgment, I abide by that, but I want an opportunity to have an input.

Joe Biden

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I'm also a great believer in the dream life; that while we're asleep, a deep subconscious connection is made about our profoundest fears, hopes, loves, losses, dreads and desires.

Andrew Motion

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It's funny. I did give birth to an alien on 'The X-Files.' And it's just the teaser, so I'm dead before we even get into the episode.

Megan Follows

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I was a decent student but not a great student.

Robert J. Fisher

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If I get a bit big-headed, I get a good clip round the ear from my family and friends. I'm still the same person.

Amir Khan

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Radical Islam has been the foe of Christendom for centuries.

Tom Tancredo

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Exercising choice is a good thing.

Roger Rees

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I think it was always okay to be a geek.

Robin Hobb

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Down below the broad, roaring waves of the sea break against the deep foundation of the rock. But high above the mountain, the sea, and the peaks of rock the eternal ornamentation blooms silently from the dark depths of the universe.

Rudolf Otto

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I have been very lucky to work in so many new ballets, but that is what a dancer's work is.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

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Any Olympic sport is great to watch.

Michael Phelps

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