Quote by Rebecca West
International relationships are preordained to be clumsy gestures

International relationships are preordained to be clumsy gestures based on imperfect knowledge. – Rebecca West

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Great music is in a sense serene it is certain of the values it asserts. – Rebecca West

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Music
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Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being ones own Trojan horse. – Rebecca West

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mom
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Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a persons mind. – Rebecca West

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communication
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I do think we know that a teacher who knows what he or she is doing, knows their subject matter, and knows how to impart knowledge to kids is a critical piece of closing the achievement gap. – Margaret Spellings

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When obedience to the Divine precepts keeps pace with knowledge, in the mind of any man, that man is a Christian and when the fruits of Christianity are produced, that man is a disciple of our blessed Lord, let his profession of religion be what it may. – Joseph Lancaster

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Knowledge

Knowledge fills a large brain it merely inflates a small one. – Sydney J. Harris

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Knowledge

The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance – it is the illusion of knowledge. – Daniel J. Boorstin

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Knowledge

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The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher. – Elbert Hubbard

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Teachers

If you believe everything you read, you better not read. – Japanese Proverb

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It is with nations as it is with individuals. A book of history is a book of sermons. – Arthur Conan Doyle, Micah Clarke

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History

The marriage state, with or without the affection suitable to it, is the completest image of Heaven and Hell we are capable of receiving in this life. – Richard Steele, The Spectator

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Marriage