James S. Coleman Quotes
Schools are successful only insofar as they reduce the dependence of a child's opportunities upon his social origins.James S. Coleman
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Individual goals never meant that much to me. The Heisman is no exception.
Barry Sanders -
There's this wonderful first assistant and he'll be saying, 'Now Harry goes down among the dragons.' You have to hold yourself together. Because if you lose it for a second then you're sunk.
Maggie Smith -
The kingdom of God is a theocracy. And as it is the only form of government which will redeem and save mankind, it is necessary that every soul should be rightly and thoroughly instructed in regard to its nature and general characteristics.
Orson Pratt -
I think there's no higher calling in terms of a career than public service, which is a chance to make a difference in people's lives and improve the world.
Jack Lew -
I threw a lot of balls and walked a lot of batters. Not something I'm proud of, but something I learned from.
Randy Johnson -
My favorite actor who played villains - who could play anything, really - was Jimmy Cagney.
Malcolm McDowell
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Perhaps a hundred people assembled one evening, May 15, 1876, at the time when the country was celebrating the hundredth anniversary of its political independence.
Felix Adler -
We have real enemies in the world. These enemies must be found. They must be pursued and they must be defeated.
Barack Obama -
You watch yourself age and it's hard to feel like a sex symbol.
Idris Elba -
I don't like doing most things unless I can do them quite well.
Oliver Reed -
I think J.D. Salinger is correct in granting no interviews, and in making no speeches.
Patricia Highsmith -
My mother worked in advertising and my father was a journalist. But they split up when I was three and I grew up in a single-parent family. My mum brought my brother and I up.
Felicity Jones
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New York for me is about work. If L.A. were to become a West Coast version of that, I'd shoot myself. The climate, the lifestyle - it really fits as the yin to my New York yang.
Vera Wang -
I think all tennis players have to struggle through the early stages of their career. We start off playing tournaments and really just get by. I always had a dream to play in the big tournaments and never have doubted if it was worth it. Having to battle a little early on in my career makes it all the more worthwhile now.
Samantha Stosur -
I'd say, specifically after 'Get Smart,' people now know me either as The Guy from 'Get Smart' or 'She's Out of My League'; when that came out on DVD, everyone was recognizing me from that. But as far as the amount of people in a time, nothing touches when those Capital One commercials were playing.
Nate Torrence -
I can understand where the oil company wants to deduct the cost of drilling a well. That's one of the tax breaks for oil companies - the subsidies - they get to deduct the cost of the well the year you drill.
Dan Benishek -
You shouldn't have one opinion when you're running and another when you're president.
Rand Paul -
I also like to garden. I grow things, vegetables, flowers... I particularly like orchids. I raise orchids.
Beau Bridges
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If there's anything about longevity in television, it's about knowing what to take and what to turn down, and what to stop.
Anne Robinson -
The failure to return thanks for definite blessings received is a manifestation of ingratitude that grieves Jesus Christ.
R. A. Torrey -
It is easier to feel than to realize, or in any way explain, Yosemite grandeur. The magnitudes of the rocks and trees and streams are so delicately harmonized, they are mostly hidden.
John Muir -
Schools are successful only insofar as they reduce the dependence of a child's opportunities upon his social origins.
James S. Coleman