Lena Horne Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use it to destroy ourselves? Even if that is so, knowledge remains better than ignorance.
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Focus on something that you have a passion for and hone that skill; it will make you feel confident about your ability.
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In terms of my involvement in 'don't ask, don't tell' and marriage equality and anti-bullying and social emotional learning in schools - these are all things that arise out of my relationship with the world and with my fans.
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The books that help you most are those which make you think that most. The hardest way of learning is that of easy reading; but a great book that comes from a great thinker is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and beauty.
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Almost anything worth doing involves some measure of risk - from learning to ride a bike, moving to a new city, and certainly, starting your own business. The point is that no one has ever started a business or created a new product with a guarantee of success.
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Going to a party, for me, is as much a learning experience as, you know, sitting in a lecture.
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Perfecting oneself is as much unlearning as it is learning.
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I believe life is an 'experience ball.' You throw it at someone, it picks up their response... it grows. You play with that ball, learning what it teaches you.
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I used to be really insecure about my self-education. I'm definitely always learning. But there's many ways to learn. There are many, many ways to always be a learner.
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Learning from the experiences of our ancestors, let us together create knowledge for all that benefits all.
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I woke up this morning, and I still don't believe I won the Daytona 500.
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If your faith is opposed to experience, to human learning and investigation, it is not worth the breath used in giving it expression.
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Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things.
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You have to grow thick skin and that only comes with time and learning.
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We are learning more about the humanity of the unborn child. Science and truth support the prolife movement.
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Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.
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I love figuring out a stranger, sitting down and learning about their loves and struggles and everything. People are my jam.
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Taken as a whole, consumer technologies have made startling advances, but they still are not as easy to use as they should be.
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In the universities, we teach you what we decide you need to know. And the employers find out when they hire people that students didn't learn what we needed them to learn. Online learning offerings, like the University of Phoenix, have relationships with employers and teach what you need to know.
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Real stories - whether in pure fiction or historical - have a certain indefinable power; we are endlessly curious about the past and hungry for learning that we hope will illuminate the present.
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Who would have thought that somebody Latino was going to be singing with Beyonce at Coachella? Years ago? Nobody. But I did believe in me. So, that's what I want to do: keep inspiring people as much as possible.
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I don't like rules.
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I am and have always been a strong proponent of public education. But by the virtue of its very nature - publicly funded schools cannot offer the type of spiritual education that Catholic schools have long provided.
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I'm still learning, you know. At 80, I feel there is a lot I don't know.
