Edward Blishen quotes
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“Life is amazing: and the teacher had better prepare himself to be a medium for that amazement.”
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“Education is not a discipline at all. Half vocational, half emptiness dressed up in garments borrowed from philosophy, psychology, literature.”
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“The (editing) work was like peeling an onion. The outer skin came off with difficulty... but in no time youd be down to its innards, tears streaming from your eyes as more and more beautiful reductions became possible.”
-- Edward Blishen
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“All of life is education and everybody is a teacher and everybody is forever a pupil.”
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“Life is what happens when you're doing other things, right?”
Source : Interview with Christopher Kompanek, www.avclub.com. March 23, 2012.
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“The last day of your life is still going to be a day.”
Source : Interview with Christopher Kompanek, www.avclub.com. March 23, 2012.
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“Life is much shorter than I imagined it to be.”
Source : Abraham Cahan (2013). “The Rise of David Levinsky”, p.8, Courier Corporation
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“The course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance.”
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“It’s true: Medium has the best web-based editor I’ve ever seen. And I’ve seen them all.”
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