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Category Archive: 1935

John Taylor Gatto Quote: “School is a twelve-year jail sentence…”

School is a twelve-year jail sentence where bad habits are the only curriculum truly learned. I teach school and win awards doing it. I should know.

December 9, 2019 1935, American, December 15, John Taylor Gatto, Quotes by Educators

Mary Oliver Quote: “I read Rumi, the 13th-century Persian…”

I read Rumi, the 13th-century Persian poet, every day.

December 6, 2019 1935, American, Mary Oliver, Quotes by Poets, September 10

Mary Oliver Quote: “Sometimes breaking the rules is extending…”

Sometimes breaking the rules is extending the rules.

December 5, 2019 1935, American, Mary Oliver, Quotes by Poets, September 10

Mary Oliver Quote: “If I’ve done my work well…”

If I’ve done my work well, I vanish completely from the scene. I believe it is invasive of the work when you know too much about the writer.

November 27, 2019 1935, American, Mary Oliver, Quotes by Poets, September 10

Mary Oliver Quote: “Because of the dog’s joyfulness, our…”

Because of the dog’s joyfulness, our own is increased. It is no small gift. It is not the least reason why we should honor as love the dog of our own life, and the dog down the street, and all the dogs not yet born.

November 6, 2019 1935, American, Mary Oliver, Quotes by Poets, September 10

William Julius Wilson Quote: “Liberals were intimidated by the Reagan…”

Liberals were intimidated by the Reagan administration and did not want to appear naive by talking about programs that called for government support. I just said, ‘The hell with that. I’m out there.’

October 12, 2019 1935, American, December 20, Quotes by Sociologists, William Julius Wilson

Eldridge Cleaver Quote: “I feel that I am a…”

I feel that I am a citizen of the American dream and that the revolutionary struggle of which I am a part is a struggle against the American nightmare.

September 29, 2019 1935, American, August 31, Eldridge Cleaver, Quotes by Activists

Patricia Reilly Giff Quote: “I cannot outline. I do not…”

I cannot outline. I do not know what the next thing is going to happen in the book until it comes out of my fingers.

September 17, 2019 1935, American, April 26, Patricia Reilly Giff, Quotes by Educators

Alan Dundes Quote: “Cities all over the world are…”

Cities all over the world are getting bigger as more and more people move from rural to urban sites, but that has created enormous problems with respect to environmental pollution and the general quality of life.

September 5, 2019 1935, Alan Dundes, American, Quotes by Educators, September 8

Alan Dundes Quote: “My academic identity is that of…”

My academic identity is that of a folklorist, and for many years I have taught only folklore courses.

August 24, 2019 1935, Alan Dundes, American, Quotes by Educators, September 8

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