1,646 Quotes About Lasts

  • Author Jean-Paul Sartre
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    There is a universe behind and before him. And the day is approaching when closing the last book on the last shelf on the far left; he will say to himself, "now what?

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  • Author Jerry Spinelli
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    Happy". I had not heard that word since Mr. Milgrom spoke it at the last Hanukkah. I asked him the question that had been on my mind since then. "Tata, what is happy?" He looked at me and at the ceiling and back to me. "Did you ever taste an orange?" he said.

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  • Author Jerry Spinelli
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    When was the last time you used the words 'teach me'? Maybe not since you started first grade? Here's an irony about school: The daily grind of tests, homework, and pressures sometimes blunts rather than stimulates a thirst for knowledge.

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  • Author Jock Sturges
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    I'm the last person who has any desire to instruct anybody in shame. That's no errand for me.

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  • Author John Sculley
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    Those lessons that I got along the way are the ones that have shaped my life for the last 20 years.

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