Alan Patricof Quotes
The advent of interactive communications has created an inflection point where it's economical to provide education differently than in the past.
Quotes to Explore
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You can never plan the future by the past.
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It's not enough to train today's workforce. We also have to prepare tomorrow's workforce by guaranteeing every child access to a world-class education.
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The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence.
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I think fashion is actually very good training for being in the tech world, because it's all about moving on to the next thing, looking for the next thing, not getting stuck in the past.
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I don't like to travel as much as I have in the past, but it's good for my soul to get to pick, especially with these good musicians and these guys that play so well.
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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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I don't like the road. I love being on the track. I like being indoors and the fact I'm not battling past 200 other riders.
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In an era ruled by materialism and unstable geopolitics, art must be restored to the center of public education.
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As a child I experienced firsthand the severe effects of poverty and illiteracy, especially upon women and children. My parents taught me the importance of education and that it was a key to improving an individual's life.
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I thought some of Mrs. White's material was prophetic. I felt some of her insights were extremely helpful and I regarded her as a sister in the Lord. I wasn't out to attack Ellen White's character.
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Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.
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Elvis was just like a big old kid. It was like he never got past 19, I don't think, in a lotta ways.
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In education, technology can be a life-changer, a game changer, for kids who are both in school and out of school. Technology can bring textbooks to life. The Internet can connect students to their peers in other parts of the world. It can bridge the quality gaps.
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I am just a quiet reclusive person who has managed to hang around for a while.
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The study of history empowers nations and individuals with an ability to avoid errors of the past and lay foundations for victories in the future.
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One of the most unsettling things about 'Monologue' is its long silences, in which the man sits alone, staring into the middle distance, without grip of his narrative, lost to the past.
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When you come through a business education, a lot of what they teach you is to make decisions through analysis, and logic and rationale, and I'm a big believer in that. But I also believe in the power of instinct. The truth is you're never going to have a perfect answer or view of how it is going to work.
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Mix-tapes are something that have been going on for a while. They've been pretty important to hip-hop for the past 10 years. It's the way we advertise our music to the public for free.
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In the past, there has always been so much pressure about carrying a show and promoting a record.
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That's the fun of going to a high school reunion: it's seeing the people who you were close to all those years ago, and re-exploring the relationships of the past.
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I think whatever dress you wear, people will criticise you. Different people have different opinions.
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None of us can buy goodwill; we must earn it.
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On my second swim at Deception Island, the water was very clear and I was looking at hundreds of whale bones beneath me. It was a graveyard from the whaling some time in the 1920s-30s.
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The advent of interactive communications has created an inflection point where it's economical to provide education differently than in the past.
