#left

What I was trying to convey there was the kind of waste land that was left after the war. It was a bit like one always thinks of war, you know, stark scenery and no birds, no trees, no leaves, nothing living. And just emptiness. ↗

— George Martin

#always #birds #bit #convey #emptiness

I have departed from this planet and I have left behind my poor earthly ones with their occupations which are as many as they are useless; at last I am living in the scintillating splendor of the stars, each of which used to seem to me as large as millions of suns. ↗

— Jules Massenet

#behind #departed #each #earthly #i

Well, my relationship to America at the time I left was very limited. ↗

— Harry Mathews

#i #left #limited #relationship #time

What we have done with No Child Left Behind is squeeze the creativity out of the classroom because teachers have begun to just teaching to the test. ↗

— Claire McCaskill

#begun #behind #child #classroom #creativity