Tendra Risant Quotes & Sayings

From all we have said about plotting in general it should be evident that even in those modern plots in which events happen by laws not immediately visible, as when, for instance, the tattooed man in the circus reveals in the course of a whimsical conversation that he has on his chest a tattoo of the little girl now looking at him, a child he has never before seen, or as when, in Isak Dinesen, a decorous old nun turns abruptly into a monkey
there must be some rational or poetically persuasive basis. — John Gardner

There's definitely a tension between the way teaching is talked about and understood at the political level and how everyday average Americans think about teachers. — Dana Goldstein

I believe in trusting. Trust begets trust. Suspicion is foetid and only stinks. He who trusts has never yet lost in the world. — Mahatma Gandhi

People in grief need someone to walk with them without judging them. — Gail Sheehy

Common sense tells us that we should focus our resources to benefit children, teachers and taxpayers by keeping dollars in the classroom. — Bob Beauprez