Gr8 Alunos Quotes & Sayings

at the city level, support for community control didn't have much to do with teaching and learning. It was about money, political alliances, and power. — Dana Goldstein

More than being absurdly blond and absurdly messy, the Young Electrician had one of those extraordinarily sweet, extraordinarily vital, strangely mysterious, utterly unexplainable masculine faces that fill your senses with an odd, impersonal disquietude, an itching unrest, like the hazy, teasing reminder of some previous existence in a prehistoric cave, or, more tormenting still, with the tingling, psychic prophecy of some amazing emotional experience yet to come. — Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

We are shocked by thieves taking pride in their clever touch, prostitutes in their depravity and murderers in their callousness. But it is shocking only because the atmosphere of the circles they move in is restricted, and - what matters most - we are on the outside. But isn't the same thing happening when rich men take pride in their wealth (which is theft), military commanders in their victories (which are murder) and rulers in their power (which is violence)? We do not see them as people who corrupt the concept of life, or good and evil, in order to justify their own situation, but only because the circles of people who share these corrupt concepts are wider, and we belong to them. — Leo Tolstoy

It is the lesbian in us who is creative, for the dutiful daughter of the fathers in us is only a hack. — Adrienne Rich

As you wish. But I'd like to change the pace a little. You know, my throat is sore from talking so much. So, what would you think if I tell you about the Sullens through interpretive dance? Honestly, I'm quite good at it, and I usually charge admission, or at the very least ask for a box of treats. But for you, tonight's performance it's on the house. — Stephen Jenner

Wisdom was knowing what to do. Skill was the ability to do it.Virtue was doing it. When wisdom didn't subdue anger, anger destroyed everything. — Eric Jerome Dicky

Michael Kitchen was a great person to work with. So attentive and just great at what he does and supportive, also. — Gary Carr

The only phenomenon with which writing has always been concomitant is the creation of cities and empires, that is the integration of large numbers of individuals into a political system, and their grading into castes or classes. It seems to have favored the exploitation of human beings rather than their enlightenment. — Claude Levi-Strauss

Consolation is a beautiful word. everyone skins his knee-that doesnt make yours hurt anyless. — Amy Hempel

I like to stay home with my family. But travel is good in a way. It makes you redefine each other each time you see each other. Also, it helps that I think my wife is the hottest woman in the world. — Mads Mikkelsen