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" I am a writer of books in retrospect. I talk in order to understand; I teach in order to learn. "

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Self-Confidence

" The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep. "

" One aged man - one man - can't fill a house. "

" If one by one we counted people out For the least sin, it wouldn't take us long To get so we had no one left to live with. For to be social is to be forgiving. "

" Being the boss anywhere is lonely. Being a female boss in a world of mostly men is especially so. "

" We love things we love what they are. "

" There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can't move, and the kind that just gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies. "

" I go to school the youth to learn the future. "

" My sorrow, when she's here with me, thinks these dark days of autumn rain are beautiful as days can be; she loves the bare, the withered tree; she walks the sodden pasture lane. "

" Some say the world will end in fire, some say in ice. "

" The only way round is through. "

" Thinking isn't agreeing or disagreeing. That's voting. "

" I'm not confused. I'm just well mixed. "