Ivan Illich Quotes
The most important thing you learn at school is that learning only happens by being taught.
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I was probably never going to get to do the kind of things dramatically that I really wanted to do, so I returned to theater from time to time, and to write, and produce. It's by no means sour grapes.
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I was too much of an innocent when I went to university.
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Virtually everything that gets printed about me is wrong anyway, so it doesn't really matter what you say.
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The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime.
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We're on the verge of a financial collapse unless we balance the budget, and that means some really, really tough decisions.
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I work out at home. I don't have a gym, but I use light weights. I do calisthenics, which is basically using your own body weight, like you do in yoga, to strengthen your core. I also do a bit of cardio.
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Better than any argument is to rise at dawn and pick dew-wet red berries in a cup.
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Touring is what you make it. I like to organise as much as possible myself.
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I think as a filmmaker one should make all kinds of films. It is not that one should make only one kind of film. I love to see romantic films; I loved watching 'Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge,' 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.' If I make such films, I will make it with my yardstick, according to my parameters.
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From my side, there was no acceptance to this fact that I am any less than anyone around me. So there was a certain discomfort that I felt growing up that I am not seen as I want to be seen as.
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Hip-hop is such a disposable art form from a business standpoint. It never treats its artists as art; it never treats its product as art.
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Over a period of 11 months, I was constantly afraid that Youth Care would lock me up. It was all a frightening and traumatic experience. So often, these terrible memories come to me. I can't ignore them.
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The world is equally shocked at hearing Christianity criticized and seeing it practiced.
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And Jesus, the heart of the Christian faith is the wildest, most radical guy you'd ever come across.
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I have good stamina and good endurance.
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When I was a freelancer, I thought this journalism thing was a racket, and now that I'm where I am now, I know it's a racket.
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When I was nine, I had this girlfriend and we used to have running races in the park. I wanted to be like Superman and fly in and rescue her.
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It is possible for political forces to agree.
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I've outlasted many marriages at Random House.
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When it comes to the Cowboys, I always play great against them.
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It is a noble land that God has given us: a land that can feed and clothe the world; a land whose coastlines would enclose half the countries of Europe; a land set like a sentinel between the two imperial oceans of the globe.
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Chance explorations on search engines do not 'accidentally' lead users to extremist websites.
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The most important thing you learn at school is that learning only happens by being taught.
