Ernest L. Boyer Quotes
Education must prepare students to be independent, self-reliant human beings. But education, at its best, also must help students go beyond their private interests, gain a more integrative view of knowledge, and relate their learning to the realities of life.
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I've traveled all the way around the world; I've been to over 95 countries, so I love ethnic food, different types of cuisine.
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I would love to have been around in the Keystone Studios days.
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Should the time come when the county family will be taken away, then the parish will feel for some time like a mouth from which a molar has been drawn - there will be a vacancy that will cause unrest and discomfort.
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When I was younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?
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Some of the greatest survivors have been women. Look at the courage so many women have shown after surviving earthquakes in the rubble for days on end.
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Anyone who sets foot into the 'Watchmen' universe and isn't just a little nervous should be given a few days of electroshock therapy. I've always considered 'Watchmen' to be one of the best graphic novels ever written, and when it came out back in 1986 I was as blown away as everyone else. Just masterful.
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Where I live, nobody who's fourteen is having sex and doing major drugs. And I think if you see it in the movies, you may be influenced by it. I think it's so important to preserve your innocence.
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Art is individualism, and individualism is a disturbing and disintegrating force.
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Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!
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As far as expectations go, you can never work for expectations. You have to work against them.
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When you look at the stars and the galaxy, you feel that you are not just from any particular piece of land, but from the solar system.
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Blog culture has a hard time digesting narratives, but it has an easy time digesting 'big ideas' pieces.
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What higher art does is to invite us in and allow us to make decisions.
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My views line up with Mick Mulvaney's views pretty much exactly.
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The way I feel today, as long as my health is good and I can handle myself well and people still come to my concerts, still buy my CDs, I'll keep playing until I feel like I can't.
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I want to be someone who is a great representation of a black woman in Hollywood, a black woman in the entertainment industry.
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It is not the business of the botanist to eradicate the weeds. Enough for him if he can tell us just how fast they grow.
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PsychologÂy is in its infancy, as a science. I hope in the interests of Art, it will always remain so.
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The artists is responsible for his history and his nature, his history is part of his nature.
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The greatest thing anyone can do for God or man is pray.
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Reality always outstrips fiction. Whatever you make up, something more incredible always pops up in real life.
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I don't change my style for anybody.
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There is a real danger of unintended consequences, of encouraging people to give up. Pessimism, if it becomes a habit, can reinforce a narrative of unstoppable decline. If there is nothing we can do, that releases us from our obligations.
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Education must prepare students to be independent, self-reliant human beings. But education, at its best, also must help students go beyond their private interests, gain a more integrative view of knowledge, and relate their learning to the realities of life.
