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It taught me something. It taught you your craft.


Billy Eckstine

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ELIZABETH GEORGE Nina, you taught me to be something better. They could be taught, too.
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NORA ROBERTS Chicago taught me when to talk, taught me when to shut up, taught me when to stay, taught me when to...
BJ THE CHICAGO KID Religion is something that only secondarily can be taught. It must must primarily be taught.
HARRY EMERSON FOSDICK I did meet Sen. Robert Kennedy, and it taught me something about political charisma.
MICHAEL KORDA Football taught me how hard you had to work to achieve something.
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QUINCY JONES I was always taught as a kid if you do something, do it right. If not, go do something else. For me,...
MARCELO BALBOA Life had not taught me to distrust ministers, but it had taught me to trust no one more than dogs.
DEAN KOONTZ My mother taught me when you go someplace, you leave it better than you found it.
ESAI MORALES The lions taught me photography. They taught me patience and the sense of beauty, a beauty that pene...
YANN ARTHUS-BERTRAND I was always taught if you do something, face the piper. Try to make it right.
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ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER My mom taught me how to love, my dad taught me how to be a man.You put them together, and ill be you...
LUIS ARIEL ROMERO JR. Anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad, and that's why I call you dad,...
WADE BOGGS I mean, each one of them coming into my life has brought me something, taught me something.
BILL BERLONI It was a home job. Dave (Grohl) taught me.
KURT COBAIN It opens your eyes in this town, it's amazing. It's taught me who I don't want to be.
RENEE ZELLWEGER My father taught me you have to believe in yourself and run on your own track.
JENNIFER GREY Life has taught me to think, but thinking has not taught me to live.
ALEXANDER HERZEN Failure means nothing now, only that it taught me life.
ELISABETH ELLIOT Sports really taught me discipline. And they taught me to just drive on through life.
MARK HOPP He taught me to play every position and he taught me how to switch hit.
ROBERTA CRAWFORD The 100m taught me a lot and it's given me confidence.
YOHAN BLAKE Forget your mistakes but remember what they taught you.
VANNETTA CHAPMAN Strange what love taught you about your
faults.
MAGGIE STIEFVATER I am in agreement with everything my father taught me and nothing my mother taught me.
FRIDA KAHLO I was taught at an early age to be humble, ... All my family taught me that. You can't forget where ...
BRYSON SUMLIN I taught him how to dress. He taught me how to live forever.
LEONARD COHEN I care not what subject is taught if only it be taught well
THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY How in the hell could you have given me your heart?" I wondered aloud.

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CAMBRIA HEBERT My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it.
JOHN G. POLLARD My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it.
WILLIAM ADAMS (EXPLORER) My father taught me to work, he did not teach me to love it.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN Sport has given me drive and discipline. It also taught me to remain humble.
CHARLENE, PRINCESS OF MONACO Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas -- that's what...
ELIZABETH HELLER It's my passion. My dad taught me how to do it in the seventh grade and it's something I just love t...
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SIMCHA GLUCK Experience has taught me that what you love, you should love all the harder because someday it will ...
RONAN O'BRIEN My father taught me to work, but he did not teach me to love it.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN Mr. Carter : "Don't walk away.". Landon : "You taught me how.
NICHOLAS SPARKS You taught me language, and my profit on't Is, I know how to curse. The red plague rid you Fo...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE This taught me a lesson, but I'm not quite sure what it is.
JOHN MCENROE If football taught me anything about business, it is that you win the game one play at a time.
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DASHANNE STOKES You have been taught that you are unclean, that you are not holy, that your body is impure and could...
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VIK MUNIZ Without cancer, I never would have won a single Tour de France. Cancer taught me a plan for more pur...
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NANCY WERLIN If you become a teacher, by your pupils you'll be taught.
OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II You reclaim your power by loving what you were once taught to hate.
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CHRISTOPHER MOORE He just blew me away and what it taught me was that Miles didn't hear it as a mistake.
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JULIA ROBERTS Don’t call it education if it has not taught you life’s true values.
VIKRANT PARSAI People say to me, You were a roaring success. How did you do it? I go back to what my parents taught...
LEE IACOCCA The only thing grief as taught me is to know how shallow it is.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON My mom taught me how to sew and I liked it for five minutes.
LORI KERR She taught me to play the piano, and what it meant to miss somebody.
ERIC ROTH We all should be wise enough not to make the same mistakes twice. We should all learn to make amends...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA If you want your kids to listen to you, don't yell at them. Whisper. Make them lean in. My kids ...
MARIO BATALI Your absence has not taught me to be alone, it merely has shown that when together we cast a single ...
DOUG FETHERLING It was a lesson that I would learn in time though it wasn't Hegbert who taught me.
NICHOLAS SPARKS You must be the person you have never had the courage to be. Gradually, you will discover that you a...
PAULO COELHO That whole (jail) experience taught me never to take anything for granted. It taught me to keep focu...
KYLE MYRICK Lewis Black taught me stand-up.
NATE CORDDRY Losing taught me how to win.
JEFFREY BENJAMIN That game taught me my uppercut,
VLADIMIR GUERRERO They taught me different was wrong.
ANI DIFRANCO He taught me how to hunt.
GENE PARKER I went to art school, I think it helped me a great deal because it taught me who I am.
JACKIE DESHANNON I have always struggled to achieve excellence. One thing that cycling has taught me is that if you c...
GREG LEMOND Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that'...
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ELEANOR ROOSEVELT I am Happy and satisfied with what I am. 10000 will take me wrong, 1000 will go against me, 100 will...
NEHA KOTHARI We understood, growing up - 'cause it was taught in our family home, my mom and dad - to respect...
BURGESS OWENS Something coming back from the dead was almost always bad news. Movies taught me that. For every one...
DAVID WONG Forget the times of your distress, but never forget what they taught you.
GESSER Anything that you learn becomes your wealth, a wealth that cannot be taken away from you; whether yo...
C. JOYBELL C. I've taught everything, ... I've taught kindergarten. I've taught adult school at night. I taught ma...
DONNA KING It didn't have anything to do with him being elected. It wasn't something that he was taught to do. ...
JIMMY JOHNSON The most important lesson my dad taught me was how to manage fear. Early on, he taught me that in a ...
RUDY GIULIANI My parents were strict and taught me the proper fundamentals that I would use in my life. They taugh...
BILLY CASPER If you are willing to learn, you can be taught. If you are unwilling to learn, you can't be taught.
LORRIN L. LEE I absolutely loved it. It was a lot of work, but it taught me a tremendous amount about municipal go...
ERICK EDWARDS . . . as for helping me in the outside world, the Convent taught me only that if you spit on a penci...
DOROTHY PARKER By heaven, I do love: and it hath taught me to rhyme, and to be mekancholy.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE My mother taught me that it is important to be prepared for a last-minute polish.
AERIN LAUDER Someone taught him right. He gets it.
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BILLY IDOL The thing that alarms me is that there are so many clergymen who say that the so-called 'new mor...
BILLY GRAHAM Only when Christ comes again will the little white children of Alabama walk hand in hand with little...
BILLY GRAHAM Nothing can stop the attack of aircraft except other aircraft.
BILLY MITCHELL Every President I think I've ever known, except Truman, has thought they didn't quite get do...
BILLY GRAHAM There's exceptional work being done on television. Some of our great writers are writing for tel...
BILLY CRUDUP Everybody wants to be a better version of themselves - everybody. And I hope one day I can lose some...
BILLY GARDELL I like those older theaters - the acoustics are perfect, I mean, you just have that feel of there...
BILLY GARDELL We've got to use every piece of data and piece of information, and hopefully that will help us b...
BILLY BEANE The greatest legacy one can pass on to one's children and grandchildren is not money or other ma...
BILLY GRAHAM I know my voice has a limited range of motion; I don't write dramatic monologues and pretend to ...
BILLY COLLINS Hell is the highest reward that the devil can offer you for being a servant of his.
BILLY SUNDAY