Wendy Kopp Quotes
Whenever we've seen the kids in the most disadvantaged context truly excel, always it's been in classrooms and in whole schools where there is a clear vision of where the kids have the potential to be.

Quotes to Explore
-
In fairy tales the bad guy is very easy to spot. The bad guy is always wearing a black cape so you always know who he is.
-
When one takes action for others, one's own suffering is transformed into the energy that can keep one moving forward; a light of hope illuminating a new tomorrow for oneself and others is kindled.
-
We do high heels, and people know us for that, but the idea of wearing a flat from day to night feels special.
-
It is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance.
-
Being on a television series is sort of life-altering on every level.
-
Censorship is advertising paid by the government.
-
'The Omen,' 'The Exorcist,' those movies for me are the quintessential horror movies that still scare me as an adult.
-
I don't like allegories.
-
I tell people, 'Have you ever been to Oklahoma? There are a lot of nice people there that do wonderful things.'
-
The love story for me was the nature of the love and not the age of the lovers.
-
'Hannity' had a a guy on that said, 'I fathered 20 kids by 14 mothers.' That is s cultural issue which has demeaned our society and has caused our society dearly in terms of imprisonment. Who's going to be the fathers to those children? Who's going to pay child support?
-
Me writing about tennis is like a baker baking bread.
-
In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.
-
From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.
-
You can write whatever you want about me in websites and newspapers, but no one really knows me. They get the idea that I'm a tough, heroic figure, but I'm a sensitive pussycat.
-
The most influential thinker, in my life, has been the psychologist Richard Nisbett. He basically gave me my view of the world.
-
I am a hopeless romantic who falls in lust and gets in trouble. I love my work and am very productive, yet I always find time to play.
-
It's really bizarre because no one knows this, but elephants have killed more animal trainers than any other animal.
-
Beyond a power play by the oil industry, there is no conceivable explanation for barring courts within any state from considering cases related to oil leases and energy production off its own coastlines.
-
I support engagement, diplomacy, and trade with Cuba, China, Vietnam, and many countries with less than stellar human rights records, because I believe that once enslaved people taste freedom and see the products of capitalism, they will become hungry for freedom themselves.
-
Your wrinkles either show that you're nasty, cranky, and senile, or that you're always smiling.
-
Weston Bakeries is proud to support local children's charities across Canada. We believe the more we invest in our kids' futures today, the better our communities will be tomorrow.
-
I didn't go to a normal high school. It was for people in the performing arts.
-
Whenever we've seen the kids in the most disadvantaged context truly excel, always it's been in classrooms and in whole schools where there is a clear vision of where the kids have the potential to be.