We spend our lives dreaming of the future, not realizing that a little of it slips away every day.
BARBARA JOHNSONTeaching 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.
More Barbara Johnson Quotes
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Motherhood: if it were going to be easy, it never would have started with something called labor.
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Humor is the chocolate chips in the ice cream of life.
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We can never untangle all the woes in other people’s lives. We can’t produce miracles overnight. But we can bring a cup of cool water to a thirsty soul, or a scoop of laughter to a lonely heart.
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Your face is a billboard advertising your philosophy of life!
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You have to look for the joy. Look for the light of God that is hitting your life, and you will find sparkles you didn’t know were there.
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My karma just ran over my dogma.
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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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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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God will never let you sink under your circumstances. He always provides a safety net and His love always encircles.
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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.
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The most important things in your home are people.
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No one likes change… but babies in diapers.
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Stop what you are doing long enough to enjoy the sunset, listen to a special song that lifts you up, or pick up the phone and share some special thought with a caring friend.
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Winners see an answer for every problem; losers see a problem in every answer!
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Smile…it kills time between disasters.
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