Dana Goldstein Quotes
I don't think school reform should be motivated by missionary zeal. I think it should be motivated by evidence of what works.
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There's nothing more interesting than the landscape of the human face.
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Self-doubt kills talent.
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You know, quarterbacks, I think greatness in quarterbacks is taking what you've got, whether it's a great team, a good team, or a struggling team and make them better.
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'Pathological liar' is absolutely the toughest individual to deal with as a psychiatrist. Because you can't take anything they say at face value. And you can't, you know, fill in their personality. You don't know what's real and what's not.
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I have a cousin who is a spiritual advisor for Native veterans in Canada, so I'm very familiar with the history of Natives in the military. And growing up as an American Indian myself, the story of Ira Hayes is one that is often told.
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Exercise, from a public health perspective, is an unmitigated failure. The world's longest-lived people live in environments that nudge them into more movement. They don't use power tools, they do their own yard work, they grow a garden.
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For a young player like me, it is good to play for a club that can get to the semi – finals because one of the reasons I play football is for these big games.
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History is imperfect and biased, and it always, always has omissions. The most common omissions are the bits that the writer of that history took for granted that his readers would know.
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Twitter has been a godsend for travelling.
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I submitted manuscripts to publishers. This was not so much a feeling that I should be published as a wish to escape the feared and hated drudgery of normal work.
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We owe it to all our veterans to make sure they have a chance to achieve the American Dream, just like the rest of us.
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A lot of times they don't want to hear it. But you know, if some good is done to you, you should pass it on.
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I figured, 'Why not go into entertainment?' I love entertaining people. I always loved being extra loud.
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Each man has an equal social right to multiply his power of motion by all the social factors of civilization. Private property in any of these factors is inconsistent with this fundamental right; it must, obviously, prove a source of economic despotism and industrial slavery.
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If I respect myself and believe in what I'm doing, no one can touch me.
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Sometimes when you've got too much money you lose your imagination.
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I took up an offer for me to lose 30 pounds in 30 days. It worked. I lost 30 days!
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You've got to trust people. And because I am a control freak, sometimes that's difficult for me, because I want to micro-manage absolutely everything. I can't hand over. But I'm trying to do that more.
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Companies can't delegate social media to the new college grad and think they have it covered.
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I think the big thing with O.J. - I've known him since he was in high school - and he's a great kid, loves the game of basketball.
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If we want America to stay on the cutting edge, we need young Americans to master the tools and technology that will change the way we do just about everything.
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We expanded the brand to include a whole line of apparel and accessories, but we quickly learned that it was not good to have one channel of distribution.
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I never wanted to be an anchor for 25 years, and suddenly I wanted to be one.
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I don't think school reform should be motivated by missionary zeal. I think it should be motivated by evidence of what works.
