Freeman A. Hrabowski III Quotes
My mother was an English teacher who decided to become a math teacher, and she used me as a guinea pig at home. My father had been a math teacher and then went to work at a steel mill because, frankly, he could make more money doing that.
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I think in every picture that I've ever made. Everything that I've done torments me. I really would like another chance except I'd be too embarrassed to ever really try to do them again and no one would want to see the same movie just done differently.
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Human technology has made it to Mars. We are transmitting gorgeous pictures from it. Yet we have not explored our own planet. Two-thirds of it is covered with oceans that are still mysterious places.
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I'd sing all day, every day, all the time if I thought it didn't sound like dying cats.
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The cast of 'Lemonade Mouth' was picked so perfectly. A lot of people see us as a band on camera, but not a lot of people know that Lemonade Mouth was a band off-camera, too.
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Somebody gets to be smart and somebody gets to be dumb. If we win, it'll be because of the president. And if we lose, it'll be because of me.
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The power of Twitter still never ceases to amaze me.
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People often try to disguise televisions. I always think that makes it worse. It is what it is!
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The only way reliably to gauge the heat of any particular chilli is to cut it in half, so exposing the core and membranes, and to dab the cut surface on your tongue.
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The rebuilding of Iraq has been terrible.
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Of all the haunting moments of motherhood, few rank with hearing your own words come out of your daughter's mouth.
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While marriage is historically associated with dire obligation and clipped wings, I've found that it actually liberates you to take on adventure and achieve your dreams. I like to call my husband 'my person.' Find your 'person,' and you can do anything!
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The cliche of what a rock star is - there's something elitist about it. I never related to that. I'm an entertainer. I think of it as, you're performing for people. It's not a self-glorification thing.
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No one is above the law, not even the president. I believe perjury does meet at least the definition of high misdemeanor.
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I'm fascinated by the way Diane Arbus saw things. She came from this fashion background and then twisted it.
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It's quite absurd to act against a smoke creature that is not there.
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I obtained eight years of elementary education in a two-room school, where I encountered a stern but engaging teacher who awakened my intellect with instruction that would seem rigorous today in many colleges. History figured large in the curriculum, exciting for me what was to become an enduring interest.
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I believe that blues and jazz are the two uniquely American contributions into music.
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Statistical studies are all over the lot about the pluses and minuses of raising the minimum wage.
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I was strongly encouraged by a science teacher who took an interest in me and presented me with a key to the laboratory to allow me to work whenever I wanted.
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I met my wife; she barely owned a television and worked for Save the Children. We sat down one night, and we fell in love, and that was it.
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I think the biggest insult, the worst way you can offend a Mexican, is to insult their mother. A mother is the most sacred thing in life.
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Remember that you are needed. There is at least one important work to be done that will not be done unless you do it.
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Gratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy.
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My mother was an English teacher who decided to become a math teacher, and she used me as a guinea pig at home. My father had been a math teacher and then went to work at a steel mill because, frankly, he could make more money doing that.
