Lamar Alexander Quotes
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I've done quite a few things based on real events or real people, and I think that's always really interesting that you can read about them or, if you're lucky, you can meet them.
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Nietzsche claimed that his genius was in his nostrils and I think that is a very excellent place for it to be.
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I think the show does better with newsmakers and politicians than it does with actors.
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Education is the cheap defense of nations.
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Of course people think Washington is arrogant. It is.
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I think it's a natural human tendency, when you read something, you tend to read a lot of your prejudices into it. And neuroscience is like a lot of disciplines - it has fashions; things change.
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I enjoy the sari. I think it's the sexiest garment ever. It shows you the right amount, it covers the right amount, it's extremely versatile, it suits every body type, it suits every face.
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I think a British icon is someone who conducts themself with real dignity: someone who is truly talented and modest. These are things that I would aspire to in my career.
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I think that all things, in their way, reflect heavenly truth, the imagination not least.
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I think that, as athletes, sometimes we have the opportunities to make an impact. When it's authentic, I think there's room to share your opinion in an appropriate way.
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I think I'm developing a kind of subconscious loathing of the word 'franchise.' I just think of something that's packaged, something you can buy on a shelf and is immediately disposable. I don't know. It's a really weird word for me.
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My schedule is too overwhelmingly full to think about the future.
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I've always been interested in how people think, how they react to challenges in their lives - what makes people tick. I've also always been passionate about social issues and causes, and I wanted to make films that addressed important issues in very human terms.
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In athletics there's always been a willingness to cheat if it looks like you're not cheating. I think that's just a quirk of human nature.
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Tenured professors are more prone than the rest of us to think that the university is the universe.
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One cannot understand what's happening to women in the Middle East if they don't realize that the mothers are a strong, progressive force. The mothers push the daughters to get out of the harem, to get the education, to achieve what they could not even dream of.
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In the long run, we need to build a leadership force of people. We have a whole strategy around not only providing folks with the foundational experience during their two years with us, but also then accelerating their leadership in ways that is strategic for the broader education reform movement.
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When I write for kids, I have to make sure they know what can't happen. They have to know it's a fantasy. But when I write for adults, they have to think it's real. Every detail has to be real or they won't buy it.
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I don't think, until you've actually lost somebody you really love, that you can go through that door that allows you to be grown-up.
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A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape.
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All our words from loose using have lost their edge.
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We are using resources as if we had two planets, not one. There can be no 'plan B' because there is no 'planet B.'
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As far as 3-D goes, I don't know if that will stay very long because things are moving so rapidly.
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I think higher education is over-regulated.
