If I were to limit myself to the opportunities that were presented playing only Chinese-American parts, I would be virtually without a career.

The most successful classes are those where the teacher has a clear idea of what is expected from the students and the students know what the teacher expects from them.

The number one problem in the classroom is not discipline; it is the lack of procedures and routines.

In an effective classroom students should not only know what they are doing, they should also know why and how.

The single greatest effect on student achievement is not race, it is not poverty - it is the effectiveness of the teacher.

It is the teacher - what the teacher knows and can do - that is the most significant factor in student achievement.

The most important day of a person's education is the first day of school, not Graduation Day.

A well-managed classroom is a task-oriented and predictable environment.

Half of what you will accomplish in a day will be determined before you leave home. Three quarters of what you achieve will be determined before you enter the classroom door

Photography must be integrated with the story.

Something coming back from the dead was almost always bad news. Movies taught me that. For every one Jesus you get a million zombies.

Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden.

I am learning that a life isn't real unless someone else knows its reality. And I want my life to be real.

We are a nation that is seriously troubled. We're losing our jobs. People are pouring into our country.

One of my hardest parts of my job is to console the family members who have lost their life.

I have a feeling that very soon I'm going to fail very, very big. I'm going to try something and everybody's going to be like, 'What was she thinking?

Yoga is somewhat hard to quantify in terms of benefits because you see them in all the injuries you don't get.

Antarctica is otherworldly, like nothing I've ever seen before. Stark, cold, beautiful desolation.

I thoroughly believe that any man who's got anything worthwhile to say will be heard if he only says it often enough.

Time spent in honor of God for the salvation of souls is never badly spent.

I’d know you in the dark,” he said. “From a thousand miles away. There’s nothing you could become that I haven’t already fallen in love with.