Nel Noddings Quotes
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No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power.
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I've never dreamed of a story idea. I have such boring dreams.
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With the rights now in our loving hands, I'm beyond excited to bring 'The Green Hornet' into the 21st century in a meaningful and relevant way: modernizing it and making it accessible to a whole new generation. My intention is to bring a gravitas to 'The Green Hornet' that wipes away the camp and kitsch of the previous iteration.
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I've always looked at filmmaking as a lifestyle. There is no decision of when you go to work. It's a way of life: you're thinking about scripts; you see things and think, 'That could be interesting'... I don't think about my work as, 'Today I'll work on this, this and that.' It just comes to me.
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I have always compared our traditions of liberty, like those of Abraham Lincoln and Ho Chi Minh.
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As a child, my mother told me lots of fairy stories, many her own invention. She, too, tended to reverse the norm.
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A sentence that clots in your mouth is unlikely to flow in your mind.
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When I am angry, I pray God to swing our globe into the fiery sun and prevent the sorrows of the not-yet-born: but when I am content, I want to lie forever in the shade, till I become a shade myself.
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There was nothing more I wanted to do than to see my dad react well to my music. I still do. I send him my demos all the time.
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The method of 'postulating' what we want has many advantages; they are the same as the advantages of theft over honest toil.
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The thing that's very puzzling to somebody who's been in Pakistan repeatedly since 1983 is lots of people live in compounds with high walls in Pakistan. I mean, that's so completely routine. In fact, you know, it would be un-routine to have the reverse.
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I've been wearing jeans all my life. I remember my first denim as a kid because my mum used to buy me OshKosh overalls.
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I lost like... 13 lbs. from just cutting out dairy.
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I play the piano and have been playing since I was 7, mainly classical Chopin, Beethoven, Mozart.
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And I certainly like being on a plane, next to a stranger, having conversations that you'd never otherwise have. You're unplugged, your phone doesn't work, you're not online.
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I like computers. I like the Internet. It's a tool that can be used. But don't be misled into thinking that these technologies are anything other than aspects of a degenerate economic system.
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The highlight of my career was being at the inaugural gala of Ronald Reagan, and I owe that to Mr. Sinatra.
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One way to ensure that all kids will be successful in school and life is by focusing on literacy by the end of the third grade.
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I don't want my guy to buy me cars, villas or diamonds. I can do all that. I don't want any PDA, either. But my guy should be very sensitive to my pains and sorrows and should try to make me happy because I'd do all that for him. Sadly, most of the men that I have met in the past couple of years are too self-obsessed.
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Literature is always trying to show other parts of this immense universe in which we live. It's endless. I'm sure there will be other writers who will discover new worlds.
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The most important thing is to have a good relationship with the bike... you have to understand what she wants. I think of a motorcycle as a woman, and I know that sounds silly, but it's true.
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I've been connected to the most culturally important albums of the past four years, the most influential artists of the past ten years. You have like, Steve Jobs, Walt Disney, Henry Ford, Howard Hughes, Nicolas Ghesquière, Anna Wintour, David Stern.
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Everybody's career has ups and downs. I like to take chances; I don't like to stand still. And I don't give a damn what the market is interested in; I want to try things.
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The student is infinitely more important than the subject matter.
