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“The expected has happened, and when the expected happens, it always causes me emotion.”
― The Mystery of the Blue Train
― The Mystery of the Blue Train
“You know you're young when someone asks you for money and you take it as a compliment.”
― Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
― Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
“Collaboration, it turns out, is not a gift from the gods but a skill that requires effort and practice.”
― Transforming Professional Development into Student Results
― Transforming Professional Development into Student Results
“The government are very keen on amassing statistics. They collect them, add them, raise them to the nth power, take the cube root and prepare wonderful diagrams. But you must never forget that every one of these figures comes in the first instance from the village watchman, who just puts down what he damn pleases.”
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“Later on, when they had all said “Good-bye” and “Thank-you” to Christopher Robin, Pooh and Piglet walked home thoughtfully together in the golden evening, and for a long time they were silent.
“When you wake up in the morning, Pooh,” said Piglet at last, “what's the first thing you say to yourself?”
“What's for breakfast?” said Pooh. “What do you say, Piglet?”
“I say, I wonder what's going to happen exciting to-day?” said Piglet.
Pooh nodded thoughtfully. “It's the same thing,” he said.”
― Winnie-the-Pooh
“When you wake up in the morning, Pooh,” said Piglet at last, “what's the first thing you say to yourself?”
“What's for breakfast?” said Pooh. “What do you say, Piglet?”
“I say, I wonder what's going to happen exciting to-day?” said Piglet.
Pooh nodded thoughtfully. “It's the same thing,” he said.”
― Winnie-the-Pooh
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