Elliot W. Eisner Quotes
The Arts are fundamental resources through which the world is viewed, meaning is created, and the mind developed. To neglect the contribution of the Arts in education, either through inadequate time, resources, or poorly trained teachers, is to deny children access to one of the most stunning aspects of their culture and one of the most potent means for developing their minds.
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I realized that women's liberation is men's liberation, too.
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This is my ultimate fantasy: watching QVC with a credit card while making love and eating at the same time.
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Mama is my chance to be a stand-up comedian. In my mind, it's my chance to be Chris Rock.
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I like second chances. I've given people second chances. You have fall-outs with friends, and forgiveness is a great thing to have. It's not easy to forgive. I definitely don't forget, but I do forgive.
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You just have to take these opportunities when they come along. They're not that frequent; you'll get a really good script, oh, maybe once a year if you're lucky.
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I went out to Mount Kilimanjaro, which I thought was very beautiful, but there were a lot of people there.
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I am not overlooking any mail. I'm looking at all of it. I even wrote back to the Viagra people.
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I want anything I produce to be good for people kind enough to try it, but it's the momentum and process I enjoy most.
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Struggle is strengthening. Battling with evil gives us the power to battle evil even more.
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The one-sided funding creates one-sided images that reinforce the press defining as progress an examination of only women’s issues. Thus, a quarter century’s-worth of studies showing domestic violence against men to be more than equal to domestic violence against women receive so little publicity as to barely make a dent on the public’s consciousness.
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Now that I can see it's the queen's new clothes Now that I can hear all your poison prose Now that I can talk with my tongue unfroze I'm not so sure of Santa or the buck tooth fairy There are no words for me inside your dictionary
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We make such terrible mistakes with visual choices about beauty.
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In Paris, I really do like to try and do nothing... but that's impossible.
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It's strange how the mind works while you're acting, because you have all sorts of quick thoughts going on as well as the motivations with the character.
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When your lips get dry, is there anything more frantic?
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We've gotten to a point where it costs so much money to make a movie that directors and filmmakers feel they have to make sure that everybody gets it. And that's an unfortunate development, I think, in a lot of narratives floating around in the film industry.
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We've digressed from the true meaning of life. We have replaced the Creator with money and claim Him in the name of war. We have dishonored our children.
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The BBC's television, radio and online services remain an important part of British culture and the fact the BBC continues to thrive amongst audiences at home and abroad is testament to a professional and dedicated management team who are committed to providing a quality public service.
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I don't think I'm a very good businessman. I act too much with my heart.
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America will not be held hostage to nuclear blackmail. We will not allow American cities to be threatened with destruction. And we will not allow a regime that chants 'Death to America' to gain access to the most deadly weapons on Earth.
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I like the feeling of being dominated. It actually makes me feel safe as opposed to challenged.
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The Arts are fundamental resources through which the world is viewed, meaning is created, and the mind developed. To neglect the contribution of the Arts in education, either through inadequate time, resources, or poorly trained teachers, is to deny children access to one of the most stunning aspects of their culture and one of the most potent means for developing their minds.
