Lynn Schusterman Quotes
To all of the young people out there who are creating social change or even fomenting social movements: hold on to your idealism and your belief in your ability to change the world. Your lofty goals demand attention and deserve support.
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I'm so intrigued by women throughout history where the significance of what they were representing at that time is obscured by the fact a man saved them or they were prostitutes.
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But ya know what, I am a part of something that happened. I'm a part of the music that happened. My voice is one more instrument, is what it is. So that's the way I feel about people who play on sessions.
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I grew up being a dancer, so I was always doing some sort of dance number, like the Tornado in 'The Wiz.'
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The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.
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Some of the furor that surrounded a Harry Potter publication was fun.
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My health is fine.
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A teacher should have a creative mind.
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I can't bear to see myself even in movies. The feeling is complex. I can't stand the sight of myself.
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A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
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For about ten years now, the struggle for democracy and the respect of human rights has been in the focus point - if not a commodity - of political groups aiming to rise to power.
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I like the discipline of well-cut, impeccable clothes. I think it's a very healthy discipline.
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I don't really set out to please anybody, and I don't think I ever have. I have occasionally been encouraged to try to write something specifically for the purpose of releasing it as a single to get radio play. Those are not my best songs, as a rule.
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I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy and have fun. Nothing more.
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Our emerging workforce is not interested in command-and-control leadership. They don't want to do things because I said so; they want to do things because they want to do them.
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I was not emotionally mature enough to accept any kind of success when I was young. I needed to go that long route.
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You learn to control every aspect of your muscles, your face, your toes, your fingernails. And that is how you tell a story, through movement.
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When you make as many speeches and you talk as much as I do and you get away from the text, it's always a possibility to get a few words tangled here and there.
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The mere holding of slaves, therefore, is a condition having per se nothing of moral character in it, any more than the being a parent, or employer, or ruler.
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It is perfectly logical and proper to recognize differences between races and colors and creeds - as long as we don't classify them as being better or worse.
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Teaching can be learning, especially if student curiosity with the question 'What's going on here?' can be elicited.
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If an adult is constantly criticizing how other people look, the girl will have a more critical voice about herself and others.
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I enjoy seeing people have fun.
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To all of the young people out there who are creating social change or even fomenting social movements: hold on to your idealism and your belief in your ability to change the world. Your lofty goals demand attention and deserve support.
