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• When I was young, an eccentric uncle decided to teach me how to lie. Not, he explained, because he wanted me to lie, but because he thought I should know how it's done so I would recognise when I was being lied to.

  Brian Eno

  Uncles, Lying, Done

  "Lessons in how to lie about Iraq" by Brian Eno, www.theguardian.com. August 16, 2003.

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• I'd like to know about some of the things that they teach down there, like building a lake. If I ever wanted to build a lake, I'd like to know how to do it.

  Tom Felton

  Lakes, Building, Wanted

  "Tom Felton Talks About Reading, Collecting, and Being Draco". Interview with Marie Morreale, www.scholastic.com.

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• There is a set of religious, or rather moral, writings which teach that virtue is the certain road to happiness, and vice to misery in this world. A very wholesome and comfortable doctrine, and to which we have but one objection, namely, that it is not true.

  Francois Fenelon

  Life, Success, Religious

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• All they teach you in drama school is how to do stage fights and be a pain in rehearsals.

  Craig Ferguson

  Pain, Drama, School

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• Asking the author of historical novels to teach you about history is like expecting the composer of a melody to provide answers about radio transmission.

  Lion Feuchtwanger

  Writing, Historical Novels, Asking

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• A Harvard Medical School study has determined that rectal thermometers are still the best way to tell a baby's temperature. Plus, it really teaches the baby who's boss.

  Tina Fey

  Baby, School, Boss

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• If you want to study writing, read Dickens. That's how to study writing, or Faulkner, or D.H. Lawrence, or John Keats. They can teach you everything you need to know about writing.

  Shelby Foote

  Teaching, Writing, Needs

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• Jesus teaches us another way: Go out. Go out and share your testimony, go out and interact with your brothers, go out and share, go out and ask. Become the Word in body as well as spirit.

  Pope Francis

  Brother, Jesus, Way

  "Pope Francis known for simplicity, humility". Associated Press Interview, www.cbc.ca. March 13, 2013.

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• I can't even read notes. But I can teach someone how to make a guitar smoke.

  Ace Frehley

  Guitar, Notes, I Can

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

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• I am a writer of books in retrospect. I talk in order to understand; I teach in order to learn.

  Robert Frost

  Book, Reflection, Order

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• I'd probably want to teach at university, because children would drive me insane. I suspect it would be English literature, Shakespeare and so forth. I've always been deeply, deeply in love with that kind of thing.

  Stephen Fry

  Children, Insane, Would Be

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• More enduringly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self-control and pride. Some have wrestled without great skill - none have wrestled without pride.

  Dan Gable

  Inspirational, Sports, Wrestling

  Dan Gable (2017). “A Wrestling Life 2: More Inspiring Stories of Dan Gable”, p.128, University of Iowa Press

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• The instrument that I never learned how to play was my fans. You know, they are the part of the story that nobody teaches you. I just want to do the right thing; I want to be a voice with them, among them.

  Lady Gaga

  Play, Voice, Stories

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• The simplest way to make sure that we raise literate children is to teach them to read, and to show them that reading is a pleasurable activity.

  Neil Gaiman

  Children, Reading, Way

  Neil Gaiman (2016). “The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction”, p.22, Hachette UK

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• If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Peace, Children, Real

  Mahatma Gandhi (1965). “Glorious Thoughts of Gandhi: Being a Treasury of about Ten Thousand Valuable and Inspiring Thougths of Mahatma Gandhi, Classified Under Four Hundred Subjects”

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• I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and Non-violence are as old as the hills. All I have done is to try experiments in both on as vast a scale as I could.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Peace, Truth, Vision

  Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.43, A&C Black

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• With the chronic obesity in America, it's more important than ever to not only feed kids healthy foods but to teach them how to make healthy choices on their own.

  Jennie Garth

  Kids, Healthy Choices, America

  "Jennie Garth Is Back On Web With New Sponsored Nbcu Series". Interview with Andrew Hampp, adage.com. January 25, 2010.

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• In American math classes, we teach a lot of concepts poorly over many years. In the Asian systems they teach you very few concepts very well over a few years.

  Bill Gates

  Math, Years, Class

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• You need three things to win: discipline, hard work and, before everything maybe, commitment. No one will make it without those three. Sport teaches you that.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Sports, Hard Work, Commitment

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• Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness.

  Khalil Gibran

  Inspirational, Life, Truth

  Khalil Gibran “Khalil The Heretic”, Library of Alexandria

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• You must invent your own games and teach us old ones how to play.

  Nikki Giovanni

  Teaching, Playing Games, Aging

  Nikki Giovanni (1993). “Ego-Tripping and Other Poems for Young People”, p.49, Chicago Review Press

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• We can teach a lot of things, but if the teacher can't relate by talking to a group of friendly students, he'll never be a competent teacher.

  William Glasser

  Teacher, Retirement, Talking

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• The faster you go, the more students you leave behind. It doesn't matter how much or how fast you teach. The true measure is how much students have learned.

  William Glasser

  Matter, Students, Faster

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• The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Freedom, Government, History

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2015). “Maxims and Reflections”, p.99, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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• I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better that book or orator.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Believe, Book, Learning

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