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“The casting director wasn’t quite right when he said the stars would align for me. But the stars were indeed there, and I moved them until they were in the perfect position.”
― Deaf Utopia: A Memoir—And a Love Letter to a Way of Life
― Deaf Utopia: A Memoir—And a Love Letter to a Way of Life
“My view is that if your philosophy is not unsettled daily then you are blind to all the universe has to offer.”
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“It's monstrous, what one person will do to another.”
― Pigs in Heaven
― Pigs in Heaven
“I would teach how science works as much as I would teach what science knows. I would assert (given that essentially, everyone will learn to read) that science literacy is the most important kind of literacy they can take into the 21st century. I would undervalue grades based on knowing things and find ways to reward curiosity. In the end, it's the people who are curious who change the world.”
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“Every life is different because you passed this way and touched history.”
― The Poisonwood Bible
― The Poisonwood Bible
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