Paulo Freire Quotes
At times, I have been criticized by some philosophers of education, who place me in postures that they classify pejoratively as 'revolutionary.' But I have had the satisfaction of being invited to work in societies making progressive efforts without wavering. They were changing, and so they called on me.
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Only time, education and plenty of good schooling will make anti-segregation work.
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Education is the mother of leadership.
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The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence.
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In the back of my mind, I can never forget this could be gone tomorrow - and at this point I think the odds are against me... the chances of succeeding in this business are slim to none; there's only a handful of people that have long careers. You have to put in the work, you can never be satisfied, never take it for granted.
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People have got to get together and work together. I'm tired of the kind of oppression that white people have inflicted on us and are still trying to inflict.
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My best work is often almost unconscious and occurs ahead of my ability to understand it.
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For my own part, I had rather suffer any inconvenience from having to work occasionally in chambers and kitchen... than witness the subservience in which the menial class is held in Europe.
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I have already seen death, and I know that death is supporting me in my cause of education. Death does not want to kill me.
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I like Alexander McQueen's work a lot: he's always pushing boundaries, and he's rough around the edges.
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It was a lovely opportunity for the first time in my whole career to stand up and thank people who are really responsible for me getting to realize my dreams.
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While I was at Cornell in engineering, I was an engineering co-op student, and that turned out to be very valuable because we'd go out every other term to work in industry and have that close association with industry.
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I work with the Humane Society a lot and have three rescue cats.
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Special-interest magazines are dangerous places for writers to start out in because the writing quickly falls into a routine and people are likely to find themselves artistically exhausted when they want to work on something of their own.
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Our work for human dignity is often lonely, and almost always an uphill climb. At times, our efforts are misunderstood, and we are mistaken for the enemy. There has been a clear erosion of respect for U.N. blue and our impartiality.
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Music really gets me going, so I've always got to make sure I have my iPod to give me energy to work out.
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I always say, one way to connect with a working mother is to ask her what she has done before work that day!
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The real composer thinks about his work the whole time; he is not always conscious of this, but he is aware of it later when he suddenly knows what he will do.
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We do not want to alienate supporters.
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My work is a self-portrait of my mind, a prism of my convictions.
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It's almost a problem how much I enjoy my work.
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My ultimate life dream project is my kids. My family.
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You respect people you grew up around.
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If there is a problem with democracy, the answer has to be more democracy.
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At times, I have been criticized by some philosophers of education, who place me in postures that they classify pejoratively as 'revolutionary.' But I have had the satisfaction of being invited to work in societies making progressive efforts without wavering. They were changing, and so they called on me.
