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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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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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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You're always going to have terrorism.
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I like the work that I get to do.
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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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I consider myself more a European director who is from Iceland than an Icelandic director.
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Design is about point of view, and there should be some sort of woman or lifestyle or attitude in one's head as a designer.
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I want to make sure the people we elect to office believe in America.
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Charles Barkley, Clyde Drexler and I used to argue for hours about who the best athletes are. I thought football players were better overall.
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I went to a public high school, and after graduation, college wasn't really much of an option for me. I didn't believe I had the money or the grades at the time, so I continued to work and save money to support my acting career.
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Well first of all, it's hard to shoot a movie and break for a long time and then come back and do, in a sense, one of the biggest scenes that each character had.
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It's a real challenge to have someone perform a character vs. imitate a character.
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After I dropped out of college at the age of 19, I became a mortgage broker, and when I went back to school I thought about going into real estate law.
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My paintings are always images of my whole psychic makeup. You cannot deny yourself. You ask, am I painting myself? I'd been a swindler if I did otherwise. I'd be denying my existence as an artist. I've been also asked, what do you want to convey? And I say, nothing but my own nature.. .I am nothing but an optimist.
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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.
