James Heckman Quotes
Cognitive and character skills work together as dynamic complements; they are inseparable. Skills beget skills. More motivated children learn more. Those who are more informed usually make wiser decisions.
Quotes to Explore
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Doing voice-over work is something that I love to do, and it is a lot of fun at the same time.
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My brother is the former mayor of Baltimore.
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I just want to do my job.
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I think the greatest privilege you have as an artist is time to nurture what you want to make; that's super luxurious. For you to rush into something, that doesn't feel fun to me. I'm living life in order to be able to write about it.
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Everything with me is pretty close to the surface, but having kids has completely ruined my emotional equilibrium.
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One who works for his own profit is likely to work hard. One who works for the use of others, without profit to himself, is likely not to work any harder than he must.
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Country music tells stories, and I've always loved to tell stories.
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Becoming a vampire means completely changing your identity.
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The last romantic novel I think I read was 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles.'
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I am deeply immersed in my medical work, and it can get very intense, but I believe that the connection and devotion is key. You can not work on diseases as devastating and deadly as Lassa and Ebola without complete trust and respect for the individuals with whom you work. My lab and colleagues are just extraordinary, and we are a family.
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It is fantastic to be found in a foreign country.
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Colorado cannot afford to become the next California, with skyrocketing taxes that hurt our state's economy and our quality of life.
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I have a Rhodesian Ridgeback dog named Lola.
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I made nothing happen very slowly.
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What have we achieved since the end of the Second World War? We have allowed petty, bourgeois regimes in which everything is average, mediocre.
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You're always going to have terrorism.
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I like the work that I get to do.
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There's so much else to do in the world. To just be interested in doing films would limit my life.
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Anything that we do to make ourselves feel worthy and safe is a flight from the pain of powerlessness. Every pursuit of external power - every attempt to change the world or a person in order to make yourself feel valuable and safe - is a distraction from the pain of powerlessness.
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I can't change the past, and I don't think I would. I don't expect to be understood. I like what I've written, the stories and two novels. If I had to give up what I've written in order to be clear of this disease, I wouldn't do it.
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Every child you encounter is a divine appointment.
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My motivation wasn't really to get a $95 million contract, you know?
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Cognitive and character skills work together as dynamic complements; they are inseparable. Skills beget skills. More motivated children learn more. Those who are more informed usually make wiser decisions.
