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Of all the hard jobs around, one of the hardest is being a good teacher. ↗

— Maggie Gallagher

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I admired in others the strength that I lacked myself. ↗

— Georg Brandes

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I came into the world two months too soon, I was in such a hurry. ↗

— Georg Brandes

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I did not know what it was to be happy for a whole day at a time, scarcely for an hour. ↗

— Georg Brandes

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I encountered among my comrades the most varied human traits, from frankness to reserve, from goodness, uprightness and kindness, to brutality and baseness. ↗

— Georg Brandes

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I was always hearing that I was pale and thin and small. ↗

— Georg Brandes

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Even if I knew for certain that I would never have anything published again, and would never make another cent from it, I would still keep on writing. ↗

— Brenda Ueland

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They rushed to move it forward, uh, and then a lawsuit was filed and we spent many months litigating, rather than trying to come up with legislation and move forward on that front. ↗

— Tom Udall

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My first experiences of academic friendship made me smile in after years when I looked back on them. But my circle of acquaintances had gradually grown so large that it was only natural new friendships should grow out of it. ↗

— Georg Brandes

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We're failing our children with education, we're failing our environment. ↗

— Carol Moseley Braun

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