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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If I get asked to talk to a group of CEOs or a group of high school students, I pick high school students.
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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 gave up soccer. But I don't think I can ever stop running.
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I know how to make a record that commercial radio or Triple J will smash now... It's kind of hard to stay true and write what you would write if you didn't have that in your head. Because I know I can get way more airplay and get this much bigger... and that's what I'm trying to avoid doing. Trying to avoid the poisons of success.
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I don't believe in organized religion - I dealt with them hand in hand, and a whole bunch of Catholic priests tried to molest me. Telling me I was gay and I should go home with them and stuff.
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I have a strong dance background. I danced from age five until 18, and that helps a lot. Doing a fight routine is like doing a dance routine.
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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.
