Quote by Elizabeth Hardwick
Adversity is a great teacher, but this teacher makes us pay dearly

Adversity is a great teacher, but this teacher makes us pay dearly for its instruction and often the profit we derive, is not worth the price we paid. – Elizabeth Hardwick

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Mothers born on relief have their babies on relief. Nothingness, truly, seems to be the condition of these New York people. They are nomads going from one rooming house to another, looking for a toilet that functions. – Elizabeth Hardwick

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Letters are above all useful as a means of expressing the ideal self; and no other method of communication is quite so good for this purpose. In letters we can reform without practice, beg without humiliation, snip and shape embarrassing experiences to the measure of our own desires… – Elizabeth Hardwick

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Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills. – Minna Antrim

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My name is James Edward Franco. Ted is a nickname for Edward. Thats what my parents called me. I also got Teddy Ruxpin a lot. It just got to a point where I got sick of it, so when a teacher called out James Franco my junior year of high school, I didnt correct her. – James Franco

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Children are already accustomed to a world that moves faster and is more exciting than anything a teacher in front of a classroom can do. – Major Owens

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People can look to me as a teacher, but I consider myself a student of hip-hop. – Doug E. Fresh

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