Alfie Kohn Quotes
The overwhelming number of teachers ...are unable to name or describe a theory of learning that underlies what they do.
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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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The Violence Against Women Act is so important. It provides money to train the cop on the beat, to train the judges that this is a new day, that we won't tolerate this violence and to know how to deal with it.
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Every little action creates an effect: We are all interconnected.
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I like being an outsider. It is better in France on the outside.
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I'd feel guilty just doing gags.
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A big part of being an actress specifically is feeling entitled to your artistic opinion, feeling that it means something, and being able to stand by it.
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Vilification on the grounds of race or religion is always wrong. There's no place for inciting hatred within our Australia society.
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It's not necessary that every film has to hit Rs 100 crore box office, or the Rs 50 crore budget. If the film makes double of its project budget, we consider that a hit, and that also means that the film is in profit.
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If you play a real character who's famous and still alive, it makes things easier if you have the luck to have a good relationship with them.
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I have not been a follower of how many millions my films made or did not make.
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I found that if I don't paint for around a week, I get practically suicidal. It took a long time to figure out why I had these mood swings, and I finally figured out it's because I haven't painted.
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The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries.
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I wonder, 'Why did I do that line that way?' And I also constantly think I'm fat and hate my teeth. But I've gotten better over the years. I've started to accept.
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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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I'm not quite as cool as I would like to be, really.
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The National Security Agency has broken privacy rules or overstepped its legal authority thousands of times each year since Congress granted the agency broad new powers in 2008, according to an internal audit and other top-secret documents.
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We have met the enemy and he is us.
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When I moved to Atlanta, I felt like an outsider - away from my friends and family except for the LGBTQ community.
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There are things you can describe in life and things you just can’t. There are dangers and adventures, miseries and fear that you can tell about… well, then there’s hope and joy and love – and those are beyond the power of words to describe.
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The whip's office is almost more educational - educating members on the bill itself, listening to members ahead of time.
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My biographer said that my parties reminded them of a vicarage tea party, with sex thrown in.
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The overwhelming number of teachers ...are unable to name or describe a theory of learning that underlies what they do.
