Without language, one cannot talk to people and understand them; one cannot share
their hopes and aspirations, grasp their history, appreciate their poetry, or savour
their songs. Nelson Mandela — The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim
is too high and we miss it, but
that /itPrague
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too low and we reach it. Michelangelo — Be
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hard on yourself and life will be easy on you. Be easy on yourself and life will be
hard on you. Chuck Bode — All things are difficult before they are easy. John Norley
— Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. Ralph Waldo Emerson — So many
of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we
summon the will, they soon become inevitable. Christopher Reeve — The greater the
obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it. Moliere — Whatever you can do or dream you
can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now. Saint Francis
of Assisi — We know what we are, but we know not what we may be. William Shakespeare
— Give us somewhere to stand and we will move the earth. Archimedes — Continuous efforts - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential. Winston
Churchill — If you want to conquer fear, don’t sit at home and think about it. Go out
and get busy. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow — The difficulties and struggles of today are
but the price we must pay for the accomplishments and victories of tomorrow. William
J.H. Boetcker — Act well your part; there all the honour lies. Alexander Pope — When
I hear somebody sigh, life is hard, I am always tempted to ask, compared to what. Anon
— When shall we live, if not now? Seneca — There was never yet an uninteresting life.
Such a thing is an impossibility. Inside of the dullest exterior there is a drama,
a comedy, and a tragedy. Mark Twain — If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. Derek Bok — If I have seen further than most men, it is because I have stood
on the shoulders of giants. Isaac Newton — Wonder is the beginning of wisdom. Greek
proverb — Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent. Anon
— All my life I’ve looked at words as though I were seeing them for the first time.
Ernest Hemingway — Teaching creates all other professions. Anon — A teacher is one who
makes himself progressively unnecessary. Thomas Carruthers — Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theatre. Gail Godwin — A teacher who is attempting
to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.
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Mann — A good teacher is a master of simplification and an enemy of simplism.
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reading a good book, I stop and thank my teacher. Well, I used to until she got an
unlisted number. Anon — Who dares to teach must never cease to learn. John Cotton Dana
— There
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chers touch the future. Anon — Don’t try to fix the students, fix ourselves first. The
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care
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the conditions in which they can learn. Albert Einstein — Only those who look with
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objectself-discovery
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learn.
Ruth Beechick
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more
interested
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enthusiasm
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learning with
enjoyment in kids than in teaching the facts. The facts may change, but that enthusiasm for exploring the world
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the art of
storytelling
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imaginations
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rest of
their
lives.
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know which lives
we students
influence,
or Cambridge
when, or
why. Stephen King — The best way to learn
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exams
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worst
way to teach is to talk. Paul Halmos — The fundamental purpose of
and Performance Coach / Self-employed, CR
school is learning, not teaching. Richard DuFour — Leaders are more powerful role mo
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ticed,
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about
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Ira Hayes — Public speaking is not a talent – it is a skill. Anon — We love to hear
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students
towards lecture.
‘natural’ speech
stories.
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need
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Just ask your kids. Anon — The success of your
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knowledge
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receives.
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Walters
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most
precious
things
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speech
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every June
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California
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Nevill
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to prepare is vital. Joe Paterno — They may forget what you said, but they will never
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celebrated
American
in using the
latest drama
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made them
feel.
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you have finished speaking
before your audience
has
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listening.
Dorothy
Sarnoff
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opposite of people! Tom Stoppard — Movies will make you famous; Television will make
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you rich;
But theatre will make you good. Terrence Mann — We do on stage things that
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Samuel Beckett — I want to burn with the spirit of the times. I want all servants of
out to their
the local media
the stage
to - Reaching
recognize
lofty destiny. Vsevolod Meyerhold — Acting is behaving
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stage with former British
Prime Minister
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under
imaginary
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Meisner
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best
stinctive.
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intellectual,
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mechanical,
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instinctive.
Craig MacDonald
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— Acting is not about being someone different. It’s finding the similarity in what is
2004
Professional Compére
(England) myself in there.
apparently
different,
then finding
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charity
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public events
for large corporations
yourself.
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up and
act!
MacDonald
— Find in yourself those human things which
are universal.
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Meisner
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and performingMichael
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celebrities
interesting
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performance.
Shurtleff
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you
really do want to be an actor
who can
satisfy
himself
and
his
audience,
you
need
to
be
vulnerable. Jack Lemmon —
Highlights: Securing a tsunami pledge from UNICEF for a floating hospital
Listening
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not
merely
hearing.
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reacting.
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is being affected
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by what you hear. Listening is active. Michael Shurtleff — Humour [in a scene] is not
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Valley University
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jokes.1998
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London
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Shurtleff
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in the
middle,
and
it
is
up
to
you,
the
actor,
to provide what comes before. Anon —
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Actors think more with their hearts than with their heads. William Esper — Acting is
1997 honesty.
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that, you’ve got it made. George Burns — The theatre has
good
since
the actors
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never - Tbeen
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a variety
of levels
from elementary
to advanced
theatre. It is so much more real than life. Oscar Wilde — I’m a skilled professional
- Devising ‘Using Drama in the Classroom’ seminars for teachers
actor. Whether
or not I’ve any talent is beside the point. Michael Caine — Good thea
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Schneeberger
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stage ablaze, for the vast drama of ourselves. Anon Without language, one cannot talk
to people
and understand
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easy on you. Be easy on yourself and life will be hard on you. Chuck Bode — All things
are difficult before they are easy. John Norley — Nothing great was ever achieved
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