Quote by Allan Bloom
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There is no real teacher who in practice does not believe in the existence of the soul, or in a magic that acts on it through speech. – Allan Bloom

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The real community of man, in the midst of all the self-contraditory simulacra of community, is the community of those who seek the truth, of potential knowers… of all men to the extent that they know. – Allan Bloom

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Community
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Any notion of the serious life of leisure, as well as mens taste and capacity to live it, has disappeared. Leisure has become entertainment. – Allan Bloom

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Laziness
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Education in our times must try to find whatever there is in students that might yearn for completion, and to reconstruct the learning that would enable them autonomously to seek that completion. – Allan Bloom

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I think teaching should be an exalted profession, not a picked-on profession. – Charles Schumer

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From a very early age, my wife and I told our son that there are times and places for everything. I told him, look, when youre in class, you have to be quiet and listen to your teacher, but when you go out to the playground, you can scream and be silly. – Mark Hoppus

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My teacher, my great cello teacher Leonard Rose, was such a great cellist, and nurturing man, very patient. But I grew up not only admiring him, but obviously Casals, Rostrotovich, Jacqueline du Pre, and many others, including many of my peers and contemporaries. – Yo-Yo Ma

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teacher

Adele Adkins retro-soul debut, 19, was striking less for her songs than for that voice: a voluptuous, slightly parched alto that swooped and fluttered like a Dusty Springfield student trying to upstage her teacher, or at least update the rules. – Will Hermes

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The poetry that sustains me is when I feel that, for a minute, the clouds have parted and Ive seen ecstasy or something. – Rita Dove

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Play the game for more than you can afford to lose… only then will you learn the game. – Sir Winston Churchill

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I feel pretty good. My body actually looks like an old banana, but its fine. – Mike Piazza

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If you dont think drugs have done good things for us, then take all of your records, tapes and CDs and burn them. – Bill Hicks

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