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Music when healthy, is the teacher of perfect order, and when depraved, the teacher of perfect disorder. ↗

— John Ruskin

#depraved #disorder #healthy #order #perfect

Man's only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by him. Reverence something to be worshipped by him, and love something to be cherished by him, forever. ↗

— John Ruskin

#forever #happiness #him #hope #live

I had one companion. He was a teacher from the Ukraine who spoke English so we could communicate a bit. I learnt a few Russian words, but it was hard to concentrate. ↗

— Mathias Rust

#communicate #companion #concentrate #could #english

As soon as I got out there I felt a strange relationship with the pitcher's mound. It was as if I'd been born out there. Pitching just felt like the most natural thing in the world. Striking out batters was easy. ↗

— Babe Ruth

#been #born #easy #felt #got

And then when I went to stay in '68, I can honestly say that I was not focused on my career and on what it took to be a major league pitcher and to be a starting pitcher. ↗

— Nolan Ryan

#focused #honestly #i #i can #league

And when I went to Houston, they had a conditioning coach by the name of Gene Coleman. And that was the first time I had gone to an organization that had a program with a weight room and designed specifically for pitchers. ↗

— Nolan Ryan

#coleman #conditioning #designed #first #first time

Kids' views are often just as valid as the teachers'. The best teachers are the ones that know that. ↗

— Morley Safer

#just #kids #know #often #ones

He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

#gone #his #living #man #memory

Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate. ↗

— Sallust

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When I was about 13 or 14, I had an English teacher who made a deal with me that I could get out of doing all of the year's regular work if I would write a short story a week and on Friday read it to the class. ↗

— Victor Salva

#class #could #deal #doing #english