Eva Amurri quotes

“A good teacher who can take the zero pay and help kids develop physically, emotionally, socially, is literally an angel.”
-- Eva Amurri

Source : Interview with Mark Svartz, www.esquire.com. June 14, 2012.

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“Honestly, I don't know if I'd want to be an educator. I find teachers to have more responsibility, in a way, than being a parent. You're molding hundreds of minds every year.”
-- Eva Amurri

Source : "Talking About Teaching with Eva Amurri Martino". Interview with Mark Svartz, www.esquire.com. June 14, 2012.

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“I actually wanted to be an astronaut, but I don't have a mathematical brain.”
-- Eva Amurri

Source : "Talking About Teaching with Eva Amurri Martino". Interview with Mark Svartz, www.esquire.com. June 14, 2012.

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“If an actor is bored, then they are boring to an audience. I definitely don't want to ever be that.”
-- Eva Amurri

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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“It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like "What about lunch?”

“When teachers doubt your potential, show them how wrong they truly are.”

“I started with ballet and then my cousin Sarah introduced me to her tap teachers.”

“I think the debate in our society now is that people have to agree on zero-tolerance to terrorism.”

“How on earth can otherwise sensible people get so involved in a football game? You could measure the lasting impact on the lives of the people who played it at just about zero.”

“Our daughter was born in Chicago, and she's already showing it. The temperature has to be approaching zero for her to wear a hat.”

“When you were a kid, a day was a long time and a year was a long time”

“Talk. We are going to talk first. I want to see you smile and laugh. I want to know what your favorite show was when you were a kid and who made you cry at school and what boy band you hung posters of on your wall. Then I want you naked in my bed again.”

“My girl and my kid gets the best, always.”

“In this state, dig it, you get twenty years for sale of dope to a minor. You only get five to ten for manslaughter. So like, the thing is, if you're selling to a kid and cops come, shoot the kid real quick!”

Source : "Chicago". Record on the spoken word album "Wake Up America!", 1971.