Eliot Wigginton quotes
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“Life isn't worth living unless you're willing to take some big chances and go for broke.”
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“I am convinced that we as adults must constantly cling to, affirm, and celebrate with our children those things we love, sunsets, laughter, the taste of a good meal, the warmth of a hickory fire shared by real friends, the joy of discovery and accomplishment, the constant surprises of life.”
-- Eliot WiggintonSource : Eliot Wigginton (1975). “Moments: The Foxfire Experience”
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“Teaching is too vital an occupation to be left to the lazy or greedy or negative”
-- Eliot WiggintonSource : Eliot Wigginton (1986). “Sometimes a Shining Moment: The Foxfire Experience”, Doubleday
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“Well, fancy giving money to the Government! Might as well have put it down the drain.”
Source : 1931 'Too Much!'.
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“You will either step forward into growth or you will step back into safety.”
Source : "Creating We : Change I-Thinking to We-Thinking and Build a Healthy, Thriving Organization". Book by Judith Glaser (p. 144), 2007.
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“The greater the lie, the greater the chance that it will be believed.”
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“What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?”
Source : Alan Paton (2003). “Cry, the Beloved Country”, p.79, Simon and Schuster
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“If it ain't broke, don't fix it.”
Source : Quoted in Wash. Post, 23 Dec. 1976.
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