Teaching literature is teaching how to read. How to notice things in a text that a speed-reading culture is trained to disregard, overcome, edit out, or explain away; how to read what the language is doing, not guess what the author was thinking; how to take evidence from a page, not seek a reality to substitute for it.
BARBARA JOHNSONThe secret of growing younger is counting blessings, not birthdays.
More Barbara Johnson Quotes
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If you can forgive the person you were, accept the person you are, and believe in the person you will become, you are headed for joy. So celebrate your life.
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Laughter is to life what shock absorbers are to automobiles. It won’t take the potholes out of the road, but it sure makes the ride smoother
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Life can be wonderful. Do your best not to miss it!” Enjoy what it is before it isn’t anymore. Dare to slip on a pair of bunny slippers once in a while! Surprise yourself! Enjoy the little things because one day you’ll look back and realize they were the big things!
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Your face is a billboard advertising your philosophy of life!
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My karma just ran over my dogma.
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Old florists never die. They just make other arrangements.
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If we give someone a piece of bread and butter, that’s kindness, but if we put jelly or peanut butter on it, then it’s Loving Kindness.
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Don’t let your life speed out of control. Live intentionally. Do something today that will last beyond your lifetime.
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I think living to be one hundred would be great, but living to fifty twice would be so much better.
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Worry is the senseless process of cluttering up tomorrows opportunities with leftover problems from today
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I’m glad God has all the answers, ’cause I barely understand the questions.
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How will you use the years God gives you? Will you be remembered for being a fault-finder? Or will you be known for your quick smile, the laugh lines around your eyes, and the twinkle deep within? After all, God gives you your face, but you provide the expression!
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No one likes change… but babies in diapers.
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We spend our lives dreaming of the future, not realizing that a little of it slips away every day.
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Love is what makes two people sit in the middle of a bench when there is plenty of room at both ends.
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