Sugata Mitra Quotes
Learning is the new skill. Imagination, creation and asking new questions are at its core.
Quotes to Explore
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I would not be gotten into a schoolhouse until I was eight years old. Nor did I accomplish much after I started. I doubt if I had gone to school six months in all when my father died. I was fourteen at the time.
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I've never been far from the river. I'm sort of like a Thames-nymph.
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We have been given a role to play. We have been asked to provide, to give lectures on the role of Islamic development and the way we do it here, so the people who are Muslims there would understand what the role of Islam is.
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Kosovo today is closer to Europe than other countries in the region of South Eastern Europe.
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Since 1987, when I got my first one, I've been wearing a clock around my neck 24/7. You feel me? 24/7.
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Typically on a TV series, the writers on a show are writing for their life almost every episode. When someone sits down to write a Netflix show, they know there's going to be a 13th hour.
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I had two things I could do: I could run over you, and I could put a good stiff arm on you. That was about it.
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The emotive power of hummus all over the Middle East cannot be overstated, being the focus of some serious tribal rivalries.
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Sometimes, I sit down to sketch at the unearthly hour of 3 in the morning!
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I want a society that provides decent jobs for those who can work and decent security for those can't.
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Take seriously the traditions, the Christian roots, and all the values that are the basis of the civilisation of Europe.
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What moves me in art is how we question who we are as people.
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If I don't think about it, it won't drive me crazy.
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I get a feeling about where a teammate is going to be. A lot of times, I can turn and pass without even looking.
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I'm working with published authors and some very young undergraduates and lots of people in between. They are lovely people, and they can write.
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I didn't even realize that I was interested in film until I was in college, and since then, I've had a very uncertain and sort of lost decade.
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No religion is responsible for terrorism - people are responsible for violence and terrorism.
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In 1983, my second year of law school, I became the only white player in the Ogden Park Basketball League at 65th and Racine. My teammates joked that I integrated the league, which I guess is true. They weren't so much focused on integration as on winning, and they knew you can't teach height. 'He can't jump, but he sure is tall.'
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If the gospel of Jesus Christ can be proclaimed as a theology of self-esteem, imagine the health this could generate in society!
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Play is not only our creative drive; it's a fundamental mode of learning.
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I prioritize my daughter and my wife.
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Learning is the new skill. Imagination, creation and asking new questions are at its core.
