Darell Hammond Quotes
Our education system is increasingly embracing a black-and-white way of thinking, in which 'learning' and 'play' are diametrically opposed. 'Learning' is the serious stuff that happens inside a classroom and can be measured via multiple choice questions and a No. 2 pencil. 'Play' is frivolous, fun, and worst of all, optional.
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I think that my parents' divorce gave me a very strong sense of self-reliance and independence. I realised that I needed to make sure I could support myself because you don't know what's going to happen in the future.
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It always surprises me when donors who operate successful businesses assume that just building a school structure means that a community now has access to education. When creating a business, does renting an office space now mean that you're producing goods, training staff and generating revenues?
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A theoretical system does not merely state facts which have been observed and that logically deducible relations to other facts which have also been observed.
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The average celebrity meets, in one year, ten times the amount of people that the average person meets in his entire life.
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It ultimately becomes an asset to be part of a theatrical family if, indeed, you're good at what you do.
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My son's a West Point cadet.
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Every little action creates an effect: We are all interconnected.
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Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag.
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Youth doesn't need friends - it only needs crowds.
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Nothing is to come, and nothing past: But an eternal now, does always last.
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Working gets in the way of living.
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I'm a natural blonde!
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I was born technically in D.C., and then my family moved to the Columbia area when I was in elementary school. It was right on the line between Clarksville and Columbia in Howard County. I remember it being just like a peaceful, safe atmosphere. I always felt connected to the woods and that whole suburban feel.
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Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other men's thoughts, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits.
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While I have never been more excited about SecondMarket, I have chosen to move on from day-to-day management of the private company/fund business so that I can focus 100% of my energy on our digital currency business.
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I've always had an addictive nature.
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The reason why I moved from Young Thug to Jeffery was because I felt like I did a wrong turn.
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I was young and irresponsible, a silly woman laden with sin, not caring for anything except fame and fortune and self. But I have lived seeking truth in Jesus Christ and found it has made me free.
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Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.
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Somehow, I realized I could write books about black characters who reflected my own experiences or otherworldly experiences - not just stories of history, poverty and oppression.
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No other group in America has so had their identity socialized out of existence as have black women... When black people are talked about the focus tends to be on black men; and when women are talked about the focus tends to be on white women.
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That's what we grew up with - the good songs, the good lyrics, the good big-band stuff. I miss that era.
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We live in times of wonderful technology and crappy politics. The task before us now is not to let the latter destroy the former.
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Our education system is increasingly embracing a black-and-white way of thinking, in which 'learning' and 'play' are diametrically opposed. 'Learning' is the serious stuff that happens inside a classroom and can be measured via multiple choice questions and a No. 2 pencil. 'Play' is frivolous, fun, and worst of all, optional.
