James S. Coleman Quotes
If we refuse to accept as inevitable the irresponsibility and educational unconcern of the adolescent culture, then this poses a serious challenge.
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A thousand years will pass and the guilt of Germany will not be erased.
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It seemed like the more complex the music we were playing, the less able we were to guarantee its consistency.
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It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.
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Clinton's hands remain incredibly clean, don't they, and Tony Blair's smile remains as wide as ever. I view these guises with profound contempt.
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I don't think people really understood what I did. And you know, in my book, 'A Helluva High Note' deals with my back story, that I was a songwriter, that I spent years trying to hone my craft and being rejected and then finally becoming a successful songwriter, record executive and publisher.
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The difference in the quality of medical care received by people with mental illness is one of the reasons why they live shorter lives than people without mental illness. Even in the best-resourced countries in the world, this life expectancy gap is as much as 20 years. In the developing countries of the world, this gap is even larger.
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My mom and stepdad were strict. I couldn't date; I couldn't go out. And I was a kid who was never good at just taking no for an answer. I needed to understand why. And sometimes they weren't interested in explaining.
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If you can get yourself where you're not afraid of dying, then you can move forward a lot faster.
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I like to play table tennis, spend time with my kids.
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Personal style? I don't really believe in that. Whatever is comfortable.
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I was always very grateful I was never hot. In the entire length of my career, I haven't been the most adored.
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I shall never ask any pilot to go on a mission that I won't go on.
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I have been in more classrooms than any legislator will ever walk into in their lives, and I see wonderful, caring, dedicated teaching out there.
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I saw 'The Artist.' It's really beautiful and it's all done to the letter with all the silent film techniques. The costumes were amazing and the dog is so good.
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In business, you're the Chief Salesman. Create a sense of demand, rather than waiting to have demand.
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I'm really interested in playing my age.
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I loved experiencing city life in New York.
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I think I surprise some people because a lot of the time, I roll out of bed and go to school, and it's like I don't wear anything that interesting sometimes.
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I really think the biopic thing so rarely works, because people's lives don't have a dramatic shape that can be satisfying.
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But it's for every writer to decide his own pace, and the pace varies with the writer and the work.
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I don't need to be on the cover of 'Maxim.' But I want to feel good, and I do.
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I'm new to this TV thing, at least as an actor. It's a challenge. The thing I have to adjust to is the changing directors every week. That's new for me. I tend to establish with a director - and then two days later, he's gone.
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I don't think there's going to be sustainable demand for restaurants that force you to spend hours there.
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If we refuse to accept as inevitable the irresponsibility and educational unconcern of the adolescent culture, then this poses a serious challenge.
