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title: "16 Years Taught Quotes by 16 authors"
description: "Browse 16 Years Taught quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Years Taught sayings and thoughts."
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> [My mind is just a product of 50 years of being taught. I'm no smarter than anyone else, but I've been taught…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-la-russa/my-mind-is-just-a-product-of-50-years-of-being-taught-i-m-no-smarter/)

[Tony La Russa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-la-russa/)

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> [If my university years taught me anything, it was that the smarter a woman's background, the more primitive her bedchamber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rowan-pelling/if-my-university-years-taught-me-anything-it-was-that-the-smarter-a/)

[Rowan Pelling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rowan-pelling/)

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> [But if these years have taught me anything it is this: you can never run away. Not ever. The only way out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/but-if-these-years-have-taught-me-anything-it-is-this-you-can-never/)

[Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

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> [A couple of years I taught in graduate programs at NYU and Columbia, in the early eighties.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-banks/a-couple-of-years-i-taught-in-graduate-programs-at-nyu-and-columbia/)

[Russell Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-banks/)

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> [“The long years had taught him that everything worked itself out given enough time, and some things would always be the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-m-pillow/the-long-years-had-taught-him-that-everything-worked-itself-out-given/)

[Michelle M. Pillow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-m-pillow/)

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> [Happy those Who in the after-days shall live, when Time Hath spoken, and the multitude of years Taught wisdom to mankind!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-southey/happy-those-who-in-the-after-days-shall-live-when-time-hath-spoken/)

[Robert Southey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-southey/)

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> [But most of what I've learned about acting - and a lot of what I've learned about life in the past seven…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelley-duvall/but-most-of-what-i-ve-learned-about-acting-and-a-lot-of-what-i-ve/)

[Shelley Duvall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelley-duvall/)

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> [Oh, yes, I taught 13 and a half years. I taught English, first at a Catholic school and then at El Toro…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-george/oh-yes-i-taught-13-and-a-half-years-i-taught-english-first-at-a/)

[Elizabeth George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-george/)

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> [My mother was an elementary school teacher for 35 years and taught at the Nixon School in New Jersey. I was raised…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-dinklage/my-mother-was-an-elementary-school-teacher-for-35-years-and-taught-at/)

[Peter Dinklage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-dinklage/)

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> [While I was in India, my yoga teacher asked me to start teaching, and my life became about that for years. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-colt/while-i-was-in-india-my-yoga-teacher-asked-me-to-start-teaching-and/)

[Johnny Colt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johnny-colt/)

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> [That's what I tell my students at California Institute of the Arts where I taught for 27 years. I taught them if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-haden/that-s-what-i-tell-my-students-at-california-institute-of-the-arts/)

[Charlie Haden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-haden/)

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> [My mother was in the Army Reserve for six years. She taught me the importance of following rules, finishing what I start,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-hernandez/my-mother-was-in-the-army-reserve-for-six-years-she-taught-me-the/)

[Laurie Hernandez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-hernandez/)

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> [I have wanted to write from a young age, but working with so many gifted authors and editors over the years has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-klassen/i-have-wanted-to-write-from-a-young-age-but-working-with-so-many/)

[Julie Klassen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-klassen/)

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> [For years I taught in universities and high schools for classes of 30 or 35 students. Now I teach in very large…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-dyer/for-years-i-taught-in-universities-and-high-schools-for-classes-of-30/)

[Wayne Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-dyer/)

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> [For eight years, I taught special-needs preschool for 18 months to 3-year-olds. It's what I was gonna do with my career for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cameron-britton/for-eight-years-i-taught-special-needs-preschool-for-18-months-to-3/)

[Cameron Britton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cameron-britton/)

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> [For almost 10 years, I taught hearing children how to read, how to write, how to count, and, most importantly, how to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-ridloff/for-almost-10-years-i-taught-hearing-children-how-to-read-how-to/)

[Lauren Ridloff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-ridloff/)

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