I've always told my children that Americans will tell you pretty much anything, but that convention dictates that we don't like to talk money or politics.
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Susan Straight
These are some quotes by American author Susan Straight Writer, who was born on October 19, 1960.
Quotes by Susan Straight
My brother acquired his first gun when he was very young, from a recently-fled drug dealer's residence. Now, he lived in a rural orange-grove area, and he shot at coyotes who killed his animals and at drug runners who used the groves for transport. Sometimes he joked that he only shot what moved.
Susan Straight
More than half of my former students teach - elementary and high school, community college and university. I taught them to be passionate about literature and writing, and to attempt to translate that passion to their own students. They are rookie teachers, most likely to be laid off and not rehired, even though they are passionate.
