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Monique1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-01-11 11:59 PM
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Sometimes it sucks to care
I am so for teachers - but they don't respond. Please don't tell me they are out there protesting, not all of them. I am for you teachers but please respond.

I almost giving up caring for others so I don't get slapped in the face. Perhaps I should become a silent person, not a majority or minority - just a silent person.
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RandomKoolzip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-02-11 12:02 AM
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1. Either you're sleep-typing or you expect us to know the context here.
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pinboy3niner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-02-11 12:05 AM
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2. ALDONZA: Why do you do these things?
DON QUIXOTE
What things?

ALDONZA
These ridiculous... the things you do!

DON QUIXOTE
I hope to add some measure of grace to the world.

ALDONZA
The world's a dung heap and we are maggots that crawl on it!

DON QUIXOTE
My Lady knows better in her heart.

ALDONZA
What's in my heart will get me halfway to hell.
And you, Señor Don Quixote-you're going to take
such a beating!

DON QUIXOTE
Whether I win or lose does not matter.

ALDONZA
What does?

DON QUIXOTE
Only that I follow the quest.

ALDONZA
(spits)
That for your Quest!
(turns, marches away; stops, turns bock
and asks, awkwardly)
What does that mean... quest?

DON QUIXOTE
It is the mission of each true knight...
His duty... nay, his privilege!
To dream the impossible dream,
To fight the unbeatable foe,
To bear with unbearable sorrow
To run where the brave dare not go;
To right the unrightable wrong.

To love, pure and chaste, from afar,
To try, when your arms are too weary,
To reach the unreachable star!

This is my Quest to follow that star,
No matter how hopeless, no matter how far,
To fight for the right
Without question or pause,
To be willing to march into hell
For a heavenly cause!

And I know, if I'll only be true
To this glorious Quest,
That my heart will lie peaceful and calm
When I'm laid to my rest.

And the world will be better for this,
That one man, scorned and covered with scars,
Still strove, with his last ounce of courage,
To reach the unreachable stars!

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snagglepuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-02-11 12:36 AM
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4. How apropos.
:applause:
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patrice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-02-11 12:41 AM
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5. Agreed: Success should always be our goal, but not our only one & not exclusively our most
important goal.
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Sal Minella Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-02-11 12:25 AM
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3. Have been chasing a quote around in my head all day, can't
quite catch it, but it's something like:

What you do will not matter in the long run, but it is very important that you do it.
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