Wendy Kopp Quotes
I've heard a number of our alumni - people who are running schools and school systems - think a lot about different models for the teaching profession.
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Even when something sad or tragic happens, I find a way to look at it in a positive light. People who don't have a sense of humor must be so sad all the time.
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I think I'm somebody who takes praise with a very big - probably too big - pinch of salt.
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I've just come back from Mississippi and over there when you talk about the West Bank they think you mean Arkansas.
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People realize this man knows what the hell's going on and nobody else does.
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Some people's personalities are so compelling that they command attention.
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Since I started acting, I've always been aware of the sort of 'beastly entity' that is America and Hollywood, and semi-consciously, I devised a kind of route in - I'd seen a lot of people try and fail.
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These trees and these old people have one thing in common, they're both going in the ground soon!
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The wiser you get, the more experience you have, and the more you see people for who they are as human beings, as opposed to figures you have to fight against.
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I'm all about telling stories. I like people to picture the music video in their head when they're just listening to the song.
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Just because a couple people on the Supreme Court declare something to be 'constitutional' does not make it so.
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Most of my early records were not cohesive at all, just collections of demos recorded in different years. 'Odelay' was the first time I actually got to go in the studio and record a piece of music in a continuous linear fashion, although that was written over a year.
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I have always been interested in having people fall into the image and be aware of their reaction first, and then think about the style.
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I think anything that is expressed directly and as honestly as possible will last.
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It was a lovely opportunity for the first time in my whole career to stand up and thank people who are really responsible for me getting to realize my dreams.
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In school I was in the dark room all the time, and I've always collected stray photographs; there's a great deal of memory in them.
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People need to take a breath and remember that it's only fashion. Relax. No one's going to die.
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I'm not that involved in personal grooming. But I try not to be offensive to people.
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I have never believed in comparisons, whether they are about different eras, players or coaches.
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I don't think anyone's made a videogame yet that is me as the target audience.
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Besides entertainment and action, I want to educate. You know, as a producer or director, we do have a responsibility to society.
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For what the horse does under compulsion, as Simon also observes, is done without understanding; and there is no beauty in it either, any more than if one should whip and spur a dancer.
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I can never sit still for five minutes.
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I've heard a number of our alumni - people who are running schools and school systems - think a lot about different models for the teaching profession.
