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
Quotes to Explore
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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 -
You shouldn't have one opinion when you're running and another when you're president.
Rand Paul -
Five tankers-and the only time I had to put my hand in my pocket was to scratch my balls.
Aristotle Onassis -
If there is some art involved, Id like it to be that it came through the cracks of daily work.
Martin Mull
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This is the place where anybody - like an African American kid raised by a single mom - can be president.
Jennifer Granholm -
A whole series of events pushed me towards meditation, and now it's become such an integral part of the way I manage myself. It's a tool for me; when you're an entrepreneur, and you're pulled in every direction, it is wonderful to have this discipline.
Imran Amed -
A biopic would have required hiring an actor, and I always wanted to just let Bobby be Bobby. My thought was it would make it a more universal story to focus on ordinary people rather than this extraordinary man.
Emilio Estevez -
The people who shape our lives and our cultures have the ability to communicate a vision or a quest or a joy or a mission.
Anthony Robbins -
Schools are successful only insofar as they reduce the dependence of a child's opportunities upon his social origins.
James S. Coleman