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• There have been 50 or 60 books written about Empress Orchid, but none of them bothered to really examine the period in China when she lived. I was taught that she was evil; it's in all the textbooks.

  Anchee Min

  Book, Orchids, Evil

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• My mother always taught me to be strong and to never be a victim. Never make excuses. Never expect anyone else to provide for me things I know I can provide for myself.

  Beyonce Knowles

  Mother, Strong, Excuse

  "Beyonce Yours And Mine video: Watch star talk fame, feminism, marriage and happiness" by Zoe Shenton, www.mirror.co.uk. December 12, 2014.

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• My mother taught me the principles of hard work, setting my own goals and visualizing my future. From my early days with Destiny's Child, I understood I had to be focused and dedicated if I wanted true success. We were taught we needed a plan and the discipline to execute that plan to the fullest. I strongly believe if you work hard, whatever you want, it will come to you. I know that's easier said than done but keep trying.

  Beyonce Knowles

  Mother, Children, Believe

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• Jerusalem - a divided city, where demonstrations for and against various issues occur regularly. One day, during an Orthodox demonstration against autopsies, I happened to click a few frames while a young man pushed his hamsa (spread hand) into my camera, which is seen by some as 'the evil eye.' As it happened, it was the tail end of my roll of film and the image is actually a double exposure. This taught me that in spite of your careful framing, chance occurrences create the most interesting images.

  Micha Bar-Am

  Eye, Men, Issues

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• I taught Brad Pitt how to fly-fish in my swimming pool!

  Melissa Etheridge

  Swimming, Pool, Brad

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• The best thing Jay-Z ever taught me was patience.

  Rita Ora

  Best Things

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I taught myself to tune in to another persons wavelength, figure out what they were looking for, and try to project that thing back at them.

  Wolfman Jack

  Trying, Tunes, Wavelength

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• Since my mother is an extremely devoted Christian Orthodox woman, she prayed a great deal and taught me how to pray.

  Dominique Moceanu

  Christian, Mother, Praying

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• As a competitive gymnast, my life has always been filled with challenges that would ultimately define my future. From day one, I was taught to be prepared at all costs.

  Dominique Moceanu

  Challenges, Cost, Gymnast

  Dominique Moceanu (2012). “Off Balance: A Memoir”, p.16, Simon and Schuster

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• People know the difference between good and evil in their hearts-if they search them. Religions twist good and evil. Their differences are the kind that need to be taught because they aren't natural.

  Julianna Baggott

  Heart, Differences, People

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• Three things Marco taught me today race through my mind: boys will lie to your face just to have sex with you, don't trust any boy who says I love you, and never date a boy who lives on the south side of Fairfield.

  Simone Elkeles

  Sex, Lying, Love You

  Simone Elkeles (2012). “Chain Reaction”, p.26, Simon and Schuster

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• It is impossible to conceive how different things would have turned out if that birth had not happened whenever, wherever, however it did for millions of people who have lived since, the birth of Jesus made possible not just a new way of understanding life but a new way of living it. It is a truth that, for twenty centuries, there have been untold numbers of men and women who, in untold numbers of ways, have been so grasped by the child who was born, so caught up in the message he taught and the life he lived, that they have found themselves profoundly changed by their relationship with him.

  Frederick Buechner

  Jesus, Children, Men

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• Experience taught me to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper.

  Donald Trump

  Investing Money, Entrepreneur, Paper

  Donald J. Trump, Tony Schwartz (2009). “Trump: The Art of the Deal”, p.28, Ballantine Books

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• I thought of the bowl of water my mother taught me to look into. It was true, everything a person ever needed to know was right there in a single bowl small enough to fit in the palm of one hand.

  Alice Hoffman

  Mother, Hands, Water

  Alice Hoffman (2007). “Incantation”

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• Mom was a housewife; Dad was an accountant. They taught me a lot about the value of working hard.

  Irene Rosenfeld

  Mom, Dad, Housewife

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• Empty heads, cognitive science has taught us, learn nothing. The powerful cultural and personal flexibility of our species is owed at least in part to our starting off so well-informed; we are good learners because we know what to pay attention to and what questions are the right ones to ask.

  Paul Bloom

  Powerful, Taught Us, Pay

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• The whole enterprise of teaching managers is steeped in the ethic of data-driven analytical support. The problem is, the data is only available about the past. So the way weve taught managers to make decisions and consultants to analyze problems condemns them to taking action when its too late.

  Clayton Christensen

  Teaching, Past, Data

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• People today are in danger of drowning in information; but, because they have been taught that information is useful, they are more willing to drown than they need be. If they could handle information, they would not have to drown at all.

  Idries Shah

  People, Needs, Information

  Idries Shah (1983). “Reflections”, p.11, Octagon Press Ltd

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• In colleges throughout America, students are taught to have disdain for the white race. I know this sounds incredible, or at least exaggerated. It is neither.

  Dennis Prager

  College, Race, White

  Dennis Prager (2015). “Dennis Prager: Volume I”, p.59, Creators Publishing

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• What king has he not taught state, as Talma taught Napoleon? What maiden has not found him finer than her delicacy? What lover has he not outloved? What sage has he not outseen? What gentleman has he not instructed in the rudeness of his behavior?

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Kings, Gentleman, Sage

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1870). “The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.113, Рипол Классик

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• My mother taught me what it is to have a sense of humour; my dad, who was a headmaster, everything you need to know about hard work. My dad is the most decent man you could come across.

  James Nesbitt

  Mother, Dad, Hard Work

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I mean... if you're raised as a decent human being, killing somebody is against every moral thing you've ever been taught. And so, generally, in combat it's 'krauts,' the 'gooks,' the 'yanks' - whatever you want to do to try and make it so that it's not a human being.

  Karl Marlantes

  Mean, Trying, Want

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• The Marine Corps taught me how to kill, but it didn't teach me how to deal with killing.

  Karl Marlantes

  Marine, Killing, Teach

  Karl Marlantes (2011). “What It Is Like To Go To War”, p.13, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• I took lessons for about everything you could imagine - gymnastics to karate to flute and piano. My mom always definitely kept me in some kind of class or program, but for guitar, I kinda gave up on then kinda just taught myself. Same thing with piano. I've never been good with following lessons.

  Elle Varner

  Mom, Gymnastics, Class

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• I taught myself how to play the guitar, so I basically learned by a system of making mistakes.

  Richie Sambora

  Mistake, Guitar, Play

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