"I loved almost everything about being a teacher, but I was an unusual teacher."

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"I loved almost everything about being a teacher, but I was an unusual teacher."

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"Being noticed can be a burden. Jesus got himself crucified because he got himself noticed. So I disappear a lot."

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"The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already degraded."

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