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The greatest sign of success for a teacher... is to be able to say, "The children are now working as if I did not exist."


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MARIA BAMFORD Don't ever, ever, believe anyone who tells you that you can just get by, by doing the easiest th...
MARIA BARTIROMO The greatest object in educating is to give a right habit of study.
MARIA MITCHELL If we take care of the moments, the years will take care of themselves.
MARIA EDGEWORTH An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has come down. It starts in m...
MARIA CALLAS "Niagara! wonder of this western world, And half the world beside! hail, beauteous queen Of ...
MARIA BROOKS Peace is when time doesn't matter as it passes by.
MARIA SCHELL My biggest dream since I was a kid was to be the woman sneaking on the pirate ship dressed like a ma...
MARIA BELLO Fragrant o'er all the western groves The tall magnolia towers unshaded.
MARIA BROOKS I cannot switch my voice. My voice is not like an elevator going up and down.
MARIA CALLAS I would like to be Maria, but there is La Callas who demands that I carry myself with her dignity.
MARIA CALLAS I only have nightmares because my dreams have come true.
MARIA BARRAGAN My future is just a mirage. The more I expect from it, it just turns out to be mere reflections.
MARIA K I would never want to model as my career, but fashion is my hobby. When you love what you're wea...
MARIA VALVERDE My mom always does this thing where, the closer I get to home, the more she calls. 'Hey, listen,...
MARIA BAMFORD Women somehow get portrayed as one type. You're either a feminist or you're not. You're ...
MARIA SHRIVER I'm not an extroverted person, nor am I hyper-confident in my point of view. I just don't ha...
MARIA BAMFORD I think the issue is that Americans traveling abroad if gotten into legal problems should have acces...
MARIA CANTWELL The United States and the European Union do want to have a rule of law, and that rule of law should ...
MARIA CANTWELL You are born an artist or you are not. And you stay an artist, dear, even if your voice is less of a...
MARIA CALLAS While it's wonderful that investors have access to all the data now available to them, it has be...
MARIA BARTIROMO It's unhealthy to live a life with regrets.
MARIA BARRAGAN When you're an immigrant, you just want a paycheck.
MARIA MARTINEZ I don't need many things. I don't need glamour and attention to be happy. I'm very happy...
MARIA SHARAPOVA I love festivals because they seem like more of an artsy, supportive attitude - which benefits a mor...
MARIA BAMFORD In TV writing, I felt like Gulliver being tied down by the Lilliputians. There's so much more fr...
MARIA SEMPLE The language of the ordinance implies that we're in the business of prostitution rather than massage...
MARIA ROSSI I like to make jokes; I consider myself a funny person. I just think making jokes about people who a...
MARIA SHRIVER