513 private quotes tagged teacher

“I count myself well educated, for the admirable woman at the head of the school which I attended from the age of four and a half till I was thirteen and a half, was a born teacher in advance of her own times.” — Catherine Helen Spence

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“Following my junior year in high school, I went on a camping trip through Russia in a group led by Horst Momber, a young language teacher from Roosevelt.” — Peter Agre

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“My first public impression was my French teacher, Derek Swift.” — Rory Bremner

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“I had a teacher, he was 86 years old and his name was Luigi in New York City, and he said, 'Never stop moving. You get to reinvent yourself.' So you have to find ways to reinventing yourself. Especially today, because it's a whole different market - social media is so important.” — Ben Vereen

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“I feel really good in the teacher role.” — Jimmy Chamberlin

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“The answer, of course, in the mouth of a Christian teacher is that in Christianity alone is there both present joy and future hope.” — Mary Augusta Ward

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“A teacher enlarges people in all sorts of ways besides just his subject matter.” — Wallace Stegner

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“I was very inspired by my mother. She was a vocal teacher and sang in a band, and my first memories of her were going out with her on the local circuit.” — Daryl Hall

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“When a music teacher that I had at school was taken ill and we had a variety show and I had to fill in - that's when I realized I had a voice.” — Lily Allen

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“My father was a writer and an acting teacher.” — Noah Hathaway

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“I wanted to become a kindergarten teacher like my mother.” — Ziyi Zhang

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“I'm sure any vocal teacher that listens to me would rather cut my throat than do anything - I do everything all wrong - but I think for me that's the best - because I don't think I have a voice so I think what I project would be style - if I learned to sing I'd lose my style.” — Julie London

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“I wanted to be a ballet teacher.” — Jaclyn Smith

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“Both my grandmothers had upright pianos, and I just knew how to play since I was a child. Nobody taught me. I sounded like a grown-up, and then I learned how to read music. I played so well by ear I could fool the teacher to believe I could play the notes. She'd make the mistake of playing the song once, and I could play it.” — Valerie Simpson

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“I had one companion. He was a teacher from the Ukraine who spoke English so we could communicate a bit. I learnt a few Russian words, but it was hard to concentrate.” — Mathias Rust

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“I enjoyed school - although I ran away on the first day. I'd reminded the teacher that it was nearly time for 'Watch With Mother' on TV.” — Paul O'Grady

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“My primary school teacher once poured a bottle of curdled school milk forcefully down my throat. Then I threw it up all over her suede shoes. I'd rather have drunk from the spittoon in Barney's barber shop.” — Paul O'Grady

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“I think it is most important for a teacher to play the pieces and studies that are being played by the student.” — James Galway

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“My second grade teacher told me I would never graduate high school. That I was going to be a juvenile delinquent.” — Miles Teller

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“I got into acting my junior year of high school. We got a new hot drama teacher and I was like 'Alright, I'll try drama.'” — Miles Teller

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“I studied with a blind teacher from about 5 until I was 16, at two different schools. From the age of 12 until 16, I was in a boarding school-which, I believe, at that time was compulsory for blind children.” — George Shearing

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“I had a great movement teacher - he showed me how to walk so I wasn't becoming like a cartoon.” — John Leguizamo

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“I went whole hog at the actor's lifestyle - really embraced it. I had by then known how much I loved acting already, because I discovered acting from a teacher in the seminary - that's the first place I ever did it, in the seminary.” — Peter Jurasik

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“If it wasn't for my drama teacher, I wouldn't be here right now.” — Kel Mitchell

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“When you are studying jazz, the best thing to do is listen to records or listen to live music. It isn't as though you go to a teacher. You just listen as much as you can and absorb everything.” — Carla Bley

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