We Learned Quotes
160 quotes by 145 authors
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This tree house became our galleon, our spaceship, our Fort Apache...Ours was a learning tree. Through it we learned to trust ourselves and our abilities.
— Richard Louv
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When I was in school, all our history books were American, so we learned American history, not Canadian history.
— Dave Foley
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In the last century, as we learned more about genes, we were able to devise ways of accelerating evolution.
— Nina Fedoroff
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I grew up in a family where our mother made our clothing. We didn't have a lot of money, so we learned how to scrimp,…
— Marcy Kaptur
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As a revolutionary people, we Americans won a probable victory over the best and biggest army in the world because we learned to fight from…
— James Lee
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The Bowery was a place that would let us do original songs - not just covers - but we would have to work for tips,…
— Randy Owen
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Mindfulness means that as we go through the day we learn to gain control of our mind, our emotions. We learn to conserve energy in…
— Frederick Lenz
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We learned from Gauguin that every work of art is a transposition, a caricature, a passionate equivalent of a sensation which has been experienced. He…
— Maurice Denis
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I grew up on a farm. We learned that there was a season to plant, a season to water, and season to harvest. The planting…
— John Wooden
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One of my first experiences with the space program was with the memorial that was built for the Challenger. When I was in 7th grade…
— Jonathan Nolan
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There is something uniquely depressing about the fact that the National Portrait Gallery's version of the Barack Obama 'Hope' poster previously belonged to a pair…
— Thomas Frank
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I remember thinking that people were crazy for reading the same book more than once, but I now have a new-found appreciation for the re-discovery…
— Rachel Nichols
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We learned about honesty and integrity - that the truth matters... that you don't take shortcuts or play by your own set of rules... and…
— Michelle Obama
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We learned about gratitude and humility - that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the…
— Michelle Obama
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We learned about dignity and decency - that how hard you work matters more than how much you make... that helping others means more than…
— Michelle Obama
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Israel was born under the British mandate. We learned from the British what democracy means, and how it behaves in a time of danger, war…
— Shimon Peres
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In Israel, a land lacking in natural resources, we learned to appreciate our greatest national advantage: our minds. Through creativity and innovation, we transformed barren…
— Shimon Peres
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When you decide to get involved in a military operation in a place like Syria, you've got to be prepared, as we learned from Iraq…
— Colin Powell
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We learned to put discipline in the haircuts by using actual geometry, actual architectural shapes and bone structure. The cut had to be perfect and…
— Vidal Sassoon
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Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here.
— Marianne Williamson
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