They Taught Me Quotes
52 quotes by 50 authors
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My parents were not scientists. They knew almost nothing about science. But in introducing me simultaneously to skepticism and to wonder, they taught me the…
— Carl Sagan
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I see the friends I made over the years who have become family today, people I became acquainted with who have achieved so much in…
— Akshay Kumar
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From a very young age, my parents taught me the most important lesson of my whole life: They taught me how to listen. They taught…
— Steven Spielberg
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They taught me different was wrong.
— Ani DiFranco
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In grammar school they taught me that a frog turning into a prince was a fairy tale. In the university they taught me that a…
— Ron Carlson
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When I was four years old they tried to test my IQ, they showed me this picture of three oranges and a pear. They asked…
— Ani DiFranco
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My mother's studies stopped with the third year of primary school, my father with the first. They taught me a deep sense of duty. But…
— Emma Bonino
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They taught me that all life forms are important to each other in our common quest for happiness and survival. That there is more to…
— Lawrence Anthony
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I have my parents to thank for that, they raised me to be active and play all sports. They taught me the importance of staying…
— Kiana Tom
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I am thankful for the adversities, which have crossed my pathway, for they taught me tolerance, sympathy, self-control, perseverance and some other virtues I might…
— Napoleon Hill
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My working poor parents told me that I could do better. They taught me that I was as good as anybody else. And it never…
— Mike Huckabee
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My parents are very conservative. They taught me the value of hard work - dont depend on other people, do it yourself.
— Kyrsten Sinema
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I am in competition only with my father and my uncle (Mukesh Bhatt) because they taught me what I know today. I only believe in…
— Pooja Bhatt
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They taught me that no man could be their leader except he ate the ranks' food, wore their clothes, lived level with them, and yet…
— T.E. Lawrence
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I'm a surfer at heart. Both my parents moved to Hawaii in the 1970s, where they met and became Christians. Then they taught me and…
— Bethany Hamilton
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The lions taught me photography. They taught me patience and the sense of beauty, a beauty that penetrates you.
— Yann Arthus-Bertrand
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I grew up in a family of strong women and I owe any capacity I have to understand women to my mother and big sister.…
— Ryan Gosling
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My parents were pretty lenient with me. But, they gave me morality while I was growing up. They taught me the difference between right and…
— Mark Hoppus
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My great-grandfather Melvin had been a carpenter - so was my father - and they taught me the value of tools: saws, hammers, chisels, files…
— Yusef Komunyakaa
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My dad served 21 years and my mom did 13, so through that process, they taught me that I always have to give back.
— Robert Griffin III
Who Wrote These They Taught Me Quotes
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