"There is no school equal to a decent home and no teacher equal to a virtuous parent."
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"I was always drawn toward the Actor's Studio. I studied at the Lee Strasberg Institute when I first came to New York. One of my favorite teachers was one of Al [Pachino]'s teachers, a guy named Charlie Laughton, who was just a wonderful, wonderful man."
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"If one is true to one's inner self, and follows its wisdom, who is without a teacher?"
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"It's not how much money we make that ultimately makes us happy between nine and five. It's whether or not our work fulfills us. Being a teacher is meaningful."
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"I'm all self-taught. I never had a teacher. Even for English, and French, and German, I hardly went to school."
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"I never had to learn English, French and German because I was brought up as all three languages. I had a private French teacher before I even went to school. That helped a lot."
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"Only the mind cannot be sent into exile."
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"In a discussion of this kind our interest should be centered not on the weight of the authority but on the weight of the argument. Indeed the authority of those who set out to teach is often an impediment to those who wish to learn. They cease to use their own judgment and regard as gospel whatever is put forward by their chosen teacher."
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"I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know."
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"A teacher who is not dogmatic is simply a teacher who is not teaching."
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"You are rewarding a teacher poorly if you remain always a pupil."
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"I shall never forget what I saw at the Museum of Modern Art: in a spotless schoolroom, fifty little girls painting away at tables covered with brushes, pots, tubes, bowls, staring into space and sticking out their tongues like the clever animals that ring a bell, tongues lolling and eyes vague. Teachers supervise these young creators of abstract art and slap their wrists if what they paint represents something and dangerously inclines toward realism. The mothers - still at the Picasso stage - are not admitted."
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"As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become."
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"Kids don't lack capacity, only teachers."
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"Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else."
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"I really enjoyed hanging out with some of the teachers. This one chemistry teacher, she liked hanging out. I liked making explosives. We would stay after school and blow things up."
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"Books are absent teachers."
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"Sports are such a great teacher. I think of everything they've taught me: camaraderie, humility, how to resolve differences."
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"Any good teacher should become acquainted with relevant technologies. But the technologies should not dictate an education goal. Rather, the teacher (or parent or student or policy maker) should ask: can technology help to achieve this goal, and which technologies are most likely to be helpful?"
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"A game master or teacher who was primarily concerned with being close enough to the "innermost meaning" would be a very bad teacher. To be candid, I myself, for example, have never in my life said a word to my pupils about the "meaning" of music; if there is one it does not need my explanations. On the other hand I have always made a great point of having my pupils count their eighths and sixteenths nicely. Whatever you become, teacher, scholar, or musician, have respect for the "meaning" but do not imagine that it can be taught."
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