Urie Bronfenbrenner Quotes
There is no more critical indicator of the future of a society than the character, competence, and integrity of its youth.
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I'm not a psychiatrist.
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All those things you hear about networks trying to stifle creativity - CW lets creators create and gives us freedom.
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I was there when the quote-unquote golden age of musical theater was flourishing. I met everybody who worked in theater or was famous in theater from the '40s on.
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I believe the answers to most problems that confront us around the world can and should be approached by engaging both friend and foe in dialogue. No, I don't naively think that dialogue always works, but I believe we should avoid the rigidity of saying that dialogue never works.
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I don't want to be a bust.
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I can't say I'm having trouble with my husband or that I have a stubborn child.
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He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.
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I just love France, I love French people, I love the French language, I love French food. I love their mentality. I just feel like it's me. I'm very French.
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The pace of innovation may slow down or speed up depending on the appetite in the public markets, but the constant progress of technology doesn't really ever stop. There's always opportunities for new ideas and creative people to go build great things. I'm always interested in learning about those kinds of opportunities.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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I think in the lifetime of a tennis player there are many times where you feel that tremendous confidence.
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I've got five or six unpublished stories kicking around looking for somebody to buy them.
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The radio even weren't allowed to say there was a Holocaust and people were being killed right, left and center in these terrible camps.
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Especially in comedies, I think a lot of time the female characters are there to provide a balance for guys.
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I'd love to have William Faulkner, Beethoven and Bach over. I want to find out what makes those guys tick!
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You cannot make peace with terrorists. The normal dividing lines between war and peace do not apply.
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I was hiding behind athletics and all my jockitude, so I didn't have to deal with being ostracized as the weird art kid.
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There's a certain fear of simplicity. I think that's the thing, when you're younger as an artist, you get this idea in your head that complexity equals quality. The more notes you're playing, the better.
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You still have to pitch the same game, execute your pitches as best you can. If the shadows end up helping you out, then great, but you can't really worry about that stuff.
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To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.
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Be funny on a golf course? Do I kid my best friend's mother about her heart condition?
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Your kids are going to do well in the workplace of the future if they can bring creativity, if they can bring some innovation, if they can bring some entrepreneurialism.
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Here [in Wonder Boys] I had this group of characters where you didn't know which were the important ones or what direction they were heading.
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There is no more critical indicator of the future of a society than the character, competence, and integrity of its youth.
