Anya Kamenetz Quotes

You know, students who major in elementary education - they're going to be grade school teachers - they have the highest rates of math anxiety of any college major. And they bring that into the classroom. So you find students being introduced to math concepts by teachers who may have not only a lack of training but also a lack of enthusiasm about math.

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• We must continue building in all corners of the Land of Israel, with determination and without being confused.

  

  Naftali Bennett
  • Building
  • Determination
  • Confused

• People just decided I was an R&B artist because I'm black.

  

  Gallant
  • People
  • Black
  • Artist

• I've done a lot of drama, and comedy was the one genre I was not being offered. So I became obsessive about getting one.

  

  Rachel Weisz
  • Done
  • Comedy
  • Drama

• My candidacy is one that fits the district and fits the Mick Mulvaney-Jim DeMint philosophy.

  

  Ralph Norman
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  • District
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• I take my kids to school... I make them breakfast. Unfortunately, dad is a big spoiler, and most days, I make four different breakfasts.

  

  Carlos Ponce
  • Different
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• I would not hesitate to vote for a white person as president if I thought he was the best person for the job.

  

  Oliver Tambo
  • Job
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• Many schools desperately need caring professionals like guidance counselors and social workers to ensure students' emotional, social and educational needs are met. But proposals to arm teachers are irresponsible and dangerous. The role of educators is to teach and nurture our children, not to be armed guards.

  

  Randi Weingarten
  • Children
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• Chinese learning is an internal learning, but Western learning is an external one; Chinese learning is for the cultivation of oneself, just as Western learning is for the handling of worldly affairs.

  

  Zhang Zhidong
  • Learning
  • Chinese
  • Just

• I don't like the word 'balance.' To me, that somehow conjures up conflict between work and family... as long as we think of these things as conflicting, we will never have happiness. True happiness comes from integration... of work, family, self, community.

  

  Padmasree Warrior
  • Up
  • Work
  • Long

• I'm a girls' girl. I have guy friends, but the problem with having guy friends is, like, I always get linked to them, and they'll end up in a slideshow of people I've apparently dated on the Internet.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • People
  • Up
  • Friends

• It is better to be likable than to be talented.

  

  Utah Phillips
  • Better
  • Talented
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• It was not a religion that attacked us that September day. It was al-Qaeda. We will not sacrifice the liberties we cherish or hunker down behind walls of suspicion and mistrust.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Day
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• My focus is on my constituents.

  

  Randy Hultgren
  • Focus
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• Handsome, thin, sophisticated men often fall madly in love with larger women, we just never see it on TV.

  

  Camryn Manheim
  • Men
  • Women
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• I think we do want a front-runner from the Republican Party who can win the general election.

  

  Pat Robertson
  • Party
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• There are different flavours of sexiness.

  

  Queen Latifah
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• 'You’re the U. S. Robot’s psychologist, aren’t you?' 'Robopsychologist, please.' 'Oh, are robots so different from men, mentally?' 'Worlds different.' She allowed herself a frosty smile, 'Robots are essentially decent.'

  

  Isaac Asimov
  • Men
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• I went to a state school in Christchurch, New Zealand, and then straight on to the University of Canterbury. But I worked part-time all the way through high school: first with a paper round, then at a fast-food outlet, a video store and a hardware store.

  

  Eleanor Catton
  • Time
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• I used to work at a pub called The Miner's Rest, and the landlord, Dennis, taught me how to pour a proper pint - it's the type of place where the regulars would send their drinks back if they weren't right.

  

  Katherine Kelly
  • Work
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• The basis of self-government and freedom requires the development of character and self-restraint and perseverance and the long view. And these are qualities which require many years of training and education.

  

  John F. Kennedy
  • Long
  • Character
  • Freedom

• Teachers teach and students educate. Students are the only true educators. Historically, every other method of education has failed. Education occurs when students get excited about learning and apply themselves; students do this when they experience great teachers.

  

  Oliver DeMille
  • Great
  • Experience
  • True

• In the South, the food is outstanding. Down south, we eat to get full, and the people up north, they don't do that.

  

  Frank Thomas
  • People
  • Up
  • Food

• You know, students who major in elementary education - they're going to be grade school teachers - they have the highest rates of math anxiety of any college major. And they bring that into the classroom. So you find students being introduced to math concepts by teachers who may have not only a lack of training but also a lack of enthusiasm about math.

  

  Anya Kamenetz
  • Training
  • Students
  • Teachers