Nonfiction narratives are really powerful and valid in themselves. But one thing that you don't get sometimes from the more clinical or… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
When we study Shakespeare on the page, for academic purposes, we may require all kinds of help. Generally, we read him in… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
Though knowledge itself increasingly ignores boundaries between fields, professors are apt to organize their pedagogy around the methods and history of their… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
I was instructed long ago by a wise editor, "If you understand something you can explain it so that almost anyone can… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
I think that the marriage of academic medical centers and academicians with the private sector is a very, is a marriage made… — Laurie Glimcher Copy Share Image
The negative attitudes toward the genres - romance, science-fiction, westerns, suspense, etc. - are fallout from the academic world's long-standing fascination with… — Jayne Ann Krentz Copy Share Image
It has been proven time and time again in countless studies that students who actively participate in arts education are twice as… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
In spiritual growth, it is important to avoid imbalances between academic or intellectual learning and practical implementation. Otherwise there is a danger… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“She never knew how Hard it could truly get until She was drowning, just Beneath the surface, Unable to catch even a… — L.S Copy Share Image
I was just this chubby little Indian kid who looked like a nerd. I didn't have a ton of academic skills. It… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
These anti-public intellectuals are part of a disimagination machine that solidifies the power of the rich and the structures of the military-industrial-surveillance-academic… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
I only have a Bachelor's Degree but I've had professors who have instilled this kind of academic rigor in me where I… — Ayshay Copy Share Image
You know lots of criticism is written by characters who are very academic and think it is a sign you are worthless… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
One of the greatest predictors of academic success that exist is the emotional stability of the home. So if parents are interested… — John Medina Copy Share Image
In high school, I had fun in my academic clubs, watching movies with my girlfriends, learning Latin, having long, protracted, unrequited crushes… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
Music, to me, was - is - representative of everything I like most in life. It's beautiful and fun, but very rigorous.… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
There were only 75 people in my graduating class at the school I attended in Hannah, S.C. It was a small school… — Josh Turner Copy Share Image
I have many enemies and they all think I'm being highfalutin calling it performance, but the word "reading" has a connotation of… — T.C. Boyle Copy Share Image
There is this peculiar blind spot in the culture of academic medicine around whether withholding trial results is research misconduct. People who… — Ben Goldacre Copy Share Image
Drink lots of water, and nap. I've made some really big messes along the way, whether on the academic side or on… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share Image
Instead of explaining the sober facts of mechanics and electricity, I want to say a few words about the debt which we… — Felix Bloch Copy Share Image
There's a big difference between the role of an academic and the role of someone in government. That's a cliche, but in… — Cass Sunstein Copy Share Image
I am thoughtful about introducing terms that tend to be in circulation primarily in academic circles. "Homonormativity" and "homonationalism" are by no… — Dean Spade Copy Share Image
Undergraduates today can select from a swathe of identity studies… The shortcoming of all these para-academic programs is not that they concentrate… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
I think serious research tends to be associated with higher academic quality, more prestige, more resources, and even, heaven help us, better… — Nicholas Lemann Copy Share Image
Intellectuals of the categories happen to enjoy unusual privilege, unique in history, I suppose. It's easy enough to find ugly illustrations of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I was stupid when I was 17 or 18. My thought process was that I thought that I was legitimately a hyper-genius,… — Tucker Max Copy Share Image
Throughout my college years, I'd watch my sister squeal every Christmas as she unwrapped another 'Buffy' DVD set. I didn't know much… — Marie Rutkoski Copy Share Image
The Internet is a big boon to academic research. Gone are the days spent in dusty library stacks digging for journal articles.… — Nick Bostrom Copy Share Image
There's an academic tradition called the 'Last Lecture.' Hypothetically, if you knew you were going to die and you had one last… — Randy Pausch Copy Share Image
"Poetry" refers to the quite challenging and quite resistant sets of words put together to be admired and interpreted by people who… — Stephen Burt Copy Share Image
This work of the Lord is indeed great and marvelous, but it moves forward essentially unnoticed by many of mankind's political, cultural,… — L. Whitney Clayton Copy Share Image
My parents both work in publishing, and I was a bright, academic kind of kid, and I read a lot of books,… — Harry Lloyd Copy Share Image
It's the fact that you can reduce my whole life to one word, whatever it is, my entire career, my service to… — Paula Broadwell Copy Share Image
For proponents of ecosystem-based management,the good news is that another new book, Ecosystem-based Management for the Oceans, conveys the topic at its… — Carl Safina Copy Share Image
I went to quite an academic school, and all my friends were going to university, but even before my acting jobs, I… — Talulah Riley Copy Share Image
Even as I've become more reticent about the political possibilities of the academic space, I want to note that students have played… — Joshua Clover Copy Share Image
I was very fortunate to be at a wealthy institution. I do recognize the drawbacks and limitations of the academic world but… — Paul Lansky Copy Share Image
Teacher cannot solve or heal all student stress. The teacher can be vigilant in trying to guide the child toward solutions;but the… — Michael Gurian Copy Share Image
It may be primarily property taxes in the case of a public library, or state taxes and tuition in the case of… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
