944 private quotes tagged learning

“I've studied all my musical life, but learning is only good if you do something constructive with it.” — Tony Williams

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“Coming to understand a painting or a symphony in an unfamiliar style, to recognize the work of an artist or school, to see or hear in new ways, is as cognitive an achievement as learning to read or write or add.” — Nelson Goodman

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“I have never forgotten my days as an Eagle Scout. I didn't know it at the time, but what really came out of my Scouting was learning how to lead and serve the community. It has come in handy in my career in government.” — Lloyd Bentsen

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“So I went out and bought Hard Again by Muddy Waters. That was a big learning curve. I listened to that album again and again and again. James Cotton was the harmonica player on that album.” — Sonny Terry

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“The nice thing about being a writer is that you can make magic happen without learning tricks.” — Humphrey Carpenter

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“I was myself brought up with my brother, whose name was Matthias, for he was my own brother, by both father and mother and I made mighty proficiency in the improvements of my learning, and appeared to have both a great memory and understanding.” — Flavius Josephus

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“Learning disabilities cannot be cured, but they can be treated successfully and children with LD can go on to live happy, successful lives.” — Anne Ford

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“For me, French is so rich and so sacred that learning it is like learning a foreign language.” — Fabrice Luchini

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“Playing golf is like learning a foreign language.” — Henry Longhurst

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“For a small child there is no division between playing and learning between the things he or she does just for fun and things that are educational. The child learns while living and any part of living that is enjoyable is also play.” — Penelope Leach

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“Our country has had a hard time learning that lesson with energy.” — Mac Thornberry

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“I was a total education geek. I loved school. I loved learning. I loved doing homework. All of my books and notebooks from high school are underlined and highlighted and there are notes all over the margins. And you know, I was a theater kid too. I was all over the place.” — Sophia Bush

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“I saw why people died and how they died. I saw gunshot wounds and liver failure. It was a good learning experience, so I came regularly on weekends and holidays.” — Michael Baden

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“The countries who do the best in international comparisons, whether it's Finland or Japan, Denmark or Singapore, do well because they have professional teachers who are respected, and they also have family and community which support learning.” — Howard Gardner

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“I've had a tough time learning how to act like a congressman. Today I accidentally spent some of my own money.” — Joseph P. Kennedy

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“I'm forever learning and that's why I'm always able to create new styles and new dimensions of hip-hop.” — Doug E. Fresh

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“Learning about issues such as sustainability and locavorism are things that you need to have as part of you as a chef because it will make you cook more delicious food.” — Rene Redzepi

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“Start with God - the first step in learning is bowing down to God only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning.” — King Solomon

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“It definitely has learning a lesson about the way you're living your life. I wouldn't compare our movie to that, but it has a structure where it's about a man who doesn't appreciate all that he has and finds out at the end that life has been great and he has to enjoy that.” — Adam Sandler

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“My father had never watched tennis, never liked tennis too much. He said, 'OK, we buy a racket, we watch together,' because we didn't know anything. It was a process of learning together that made it more interesting.” — Novak Djokovic

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“Most sailing ships take what they call trainees, who pay to be part of the crew. The Picton Castle takes people who are absolutely raw recruits. But you can't just ride along. You're learning to steer the ship, navigation you're pulling lines, keeping a lookout in the galley you're cooking.” — Billy Campbell

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“Children don't just play any more - they're far too busy learning to fence and taking extra French classes. In the end, you're actually doing more damage to your children by trying to hot-house them. It's far better to remain a calm parent.” — Shirley Henderson

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“Growing up, my sisters and I would always talk stories. One of my frustrations was I didn't know anything about cameras. I didn't know how to make a film and I obviously didn't have a special effects budget. I was a kid. So I was learning to draw to get down the stuff that was in my head, that I couldn't afford to actually do.” — Jennifer Yuh Nelson

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“I am involved with 'Write Girl,' which is such a great organization, because they go into inner city schools and work with underprivileged girls to pair them up with other writers. And it gets them learning to express themselves and become familiar with their own voice. They have a 100% success ratio getting those girls into college.” — Melissa Rosenberg

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“Hopefully with each thing that you do you're learning something, you're growing, and you're pushing yourself a little harder in some way or another. So I think you'd be in real trouble if each new thing that you create didn't feel like 'Oh, wow. I feel like I'm doing something a little different this time.'” — Rian Johnson

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