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You cannot help but learn more as you take the world into your han

You cannot help but learn more as you take the world into your hands. Take it up reverently, for it is an old piece of clay, with millions of thumbprints on it. – John Updike

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The first breath of adultery is the freest after it, constraints aping marriage develop. – John Updike

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Rain is grace; rain is the sky condescending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life. – John Updike

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Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea. – John Updike

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Keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final. – Roger Babson

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My father, who was from a wealthy family and highly educated, a lawyer, Yale and Columbia, walked out with the benefit of a healthy push from my mother, a seventh grade graduate, who took a typing course and got a secretarial job as fast as she could. – George Weinberg

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While I do commend the Administration on its commitment and focus on high school reform, I believe that we must focus on graduation as the key accountability measure. – Ruben Hinojosa

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I hope your dreams take you to the corners of your smiles, to the highest of your hopes, to the windows of your opportunities, and to the most special places your heart has ever known. – Author Unknown

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