John Holt Quotes
People should be free to find or make for themselves the kinds of educational experience they want their children to have.
Quotes to Explore
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Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.
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It's great to play somebody's wife, but not all the time. There's so many other stories to tell.
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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.
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I've had the good fortune of studying the 17th-century art of Amsterdam in preparation for a film.
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I could go out to five parties a day if I wanted to. I don't. I have attachments to my wife and kids - and about 20 pieces of art.
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It's not like I've ever been the popular pretty girl at school or anything. I was always such a weirdo.
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I have only a few really enviable skills, but packing - condensing just the right amount of stuff into a single bag, whether the trip is for a weekend or, as in this case, seven weeks - is one of them.
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You can't say what the outcome of a competition is going to be, so now I am ready to accept any result that comes my way, if I give my best shot.
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I'm obsessed with Radiohead. They're just the greatest band on the planet.
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GIS started on mainframe computers; we could get one map every five to 10 hours, and if we made a mistake, it could take longer. In the early '90s, when people started buying PCs, we migrated to desktop software.
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As a kid, I was obsessed with space. Well, I was obsessed with nuclear science too, to a point, but before that, I was obsessed with space, and I was really excited about, you know, being an astronaut and designing rockets, which was something that was always exciting to me.
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The movie I've watched a million times is 'A Face in the Crowd,' directed by Elia Kazan, starring Andy Griffith and Patricia Neal. I first saw this movie, I guess I was in my early 20s. I'd never heard of it, and somebody told me about it, and I watched it and was just completely jaw-droppingly shocked at how current it was.
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What the government and we in society need to do is to address the issue of gender justice.
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It would be a great adventure for Leicester to be in the Champions League.
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I live in a Moomin house in East London which I fill with blankets and nice crockery and get people round for dinner. When you travel a lot, you feel rootless and adrift - this is my sanctuary, where I can breathe out.
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We all have a stake in ensuring that all students have the schools they deserve and that communities are leading this effort, not being left behind. To do that, we must challenge unchecked charter expansion and the forces driving it.
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Am I grumpy? I might be. But I think maybe sometimes it's misinterpreted.
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I grew up in a family of secrets; there was a lot of pathology in the family.
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I'm not really looking for theater work. But if somebody approaches me with enthusiasm, I might respond.
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It is pointless to get your knickers in a twist if a certain person fails to react the way you want. It is best to avoid people and situations that you know drive you crazy. Remember to vote with your feet. If a situation is untenable or unchangeable, walk away.
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We have about 4 million people who have voted for who they want to see in the Hall of Fame. There are some people they put down that are pretty good players. You have Ray Guy, Jim Plunkett, Lester Hayes and Donnie Shell.
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I don't care about the size of the roles, or how they're marketed or billed or anything like that. I would love to be a part of stories that tell us about where we've come from, where we are, where we're going - with great directors.
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My intention is to make music that you can enjoy at all times.
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People should be free to find or make for themselves the kinds of educational experience they want their children to have.
