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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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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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 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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One of the torturous things about my job is that, as time goes on, you get more and more clarity on all the things you've screwed up and all the mistakes you've made.
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Television, in particular, doesn't look for talent; it looks for personas. You have a great persona? You can be a TV star.
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Newtonian physics is over. You don't act on the world to change the world. You realize the world is a projection of your inner self. If you change, the world changes.
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In school I was pretty quiet. Kinda shy until my junior year. But at home I was a freak.
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The biggest challenge in New Orleans has been to find workers who can climb a ladder after lunch.
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The most important thing you learn at school is that learning only happens by being taught.
