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"Philosophy is asking questions you'll never answer."

"History repeats itself, usually with my mistakes."

"Technology will never replace the human touch, but it will try."

"Imagination is lying, and I'm very good at lying."

"Adventure is what happens when you make poor life choices."

"Health is a luxury item I cannot afford."

"Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy power, which I'll settle for."

"Power corrupts, but I was already corrupt before I had any."

"Strength comes from within, or so I tell myself."

"Kindness is weakness masquerading as morality."

"Patience is a virtue I will never possess."

"Justice is when students actually learn something."

"Creativity is what I use to hide my incompetence."

"Gratitude is a word I don't know the meaning of."

"Perseverance is continuing to show up even when no one respects you."

"Death is the only escape from teaching Spanish to these monsters."

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but mainly just me."

"Dreams are just thoughts that happened when you fell asleep grading papers."

"Work is what we do to avoid thinking about our failures."

"Leadership is about making decisions, usually terrible ones."

"Faith is believing in something you can't see, like my credibility."

"Music soothes the savage beast, but not my savage students."

"Science is just Spanish with numbers instead of words."

"Art imitates life, and my life is a tragedy in three acts."

"Nature is beautiful, like the Spanish language, which I butcher daily."

"Peace is what I crave but never achieve in my classroom."

"Freedom is not having to explain yourself to anyone. I failed at that."

"The truth will set you free, but first it will make you uncomfortable."

"Knowledge without action is just pretending you know things - which I do."

"Change is inevitable, unlike my students' test scores."