I think universities are trying to figure out how we could use what we know about learning to change our education system,… — Alison Gopnik Copy Share Image
I can be completely indulgent and spend as many hours and days or weeks as I like on one thing. Writing music… — Guy Pearce Copy Share Image
Did I become a theater person right then, sitting in the Imperial Theater, waiting for the high piccolo note at the start… — Jean Hanff Korelitz Copy Share Image
What is the idea of God in heaven? Materialism. The Vedantic idea is the infinite principle of God embodied in every one… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Sorry,” he said, his voice thick and gruff. “It’s morning and you’re sitting on me. That’s a combination meant to bring any… — J. Lynn Copy Share Image
I slapped my face two or three times with both hands, as hard as possible. The slapping hurt. It snapped me to… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share Image
Everything that I do is for sound goals. It comes from my gut. When I'm sitting in the studio, a mix isn't… — Dr. Dre Copy Share Image
I have a terrible weakness for collecting snatches of other people's conversations, and occasionally I'm rewarded with unusual fragments of knowledge. My… — Peter Mayle Copy Share Image
I had this extraordinarily bizarre moment when, two Fridays ago, my missus gave birth to our second child at 11am and by… — Mark Strong Copy Share Image
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There's a wealth of information and knowledge you can gain from sitting down with people who are successful. — Grant Hill Copy Share Image
When I left the dining room after sitting next to Mr. Gladstone, I thought he was the cleverest man in England. But… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
We've lost our way, we have lost our centeredness. We don't have the time, literally, to think during the day. To listen… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
It is in vain that we get upon stilts, for once on them, it is still with our legs that we must… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
“Palestinians no longer blamed Yasser Arafat or Hamas for their troubles. Now they blamed the Israelis for killing their children. But I… — Mosab Hassan Yousef Copy Share Image
We were like the Beatles, Dad.' 'I know you think that, sweetie' 'Seriously. Mom is John, you're Paul, I'm George, and Ice… — Maria Semple Copy Share Image
Prayer is the opening of the heart so we can receive all these good things that God has for us every day.… — Jim Cymbala Copy Share Image
While sitting on the bank of a river one day, I picked up a solid round stone from the water and broke… — Sadhu Sundar Singh Copy Share Image
I realize that the memories I cherish most are not the first night successes, but of simple, everyday things: walking through our… — Vivien Leigh Copy Share Image
I have been working on my craft and haven't just been sitting and eating potatoes. — Pooja Batra Copy Share Image
I went to the springs while the sun was still up, and sitting on a rocky outcrop above the cave mouth I… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
The thought of people in this day and age sitting down to listen to a radio variety show on Saturday evening is… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
Being blocked, being uncertain, sitting there not knowing, waiting, abiding with it: this is the work. If you don't have the tolerance… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
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