Andreas Schleicher Quotes
The test of truth in life is not whether we can remember what we learned in school, but whether we are prepared for change.

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I didn't audition for 'SNL.' I sent in a tape to 'SNL' the year before I started writing there, but I got the job there through doing stand-up on Fallon.
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I never wanted to give up my given name. I'm proud of it, but the only problem was that no one remembered it. It was just a little too awkward, and they mispronounced it so frequently.
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Both my parents are Scottish, and although I grew up in Canada after moving over, all of my family are proud to be Scots.
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It is possible to tolerate anything as long as it only affects you. But the method of collective punishment is bigger than that.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.
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I don't need drugs to make my life tragic.
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The one word that no politician will ever speak, is 'enough.' Enough.
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I'd repair our education system or replace it with something that works.
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In the past, human society provided encouragement and opportunity for people to extend support to each other, especially in highly stressful situations.
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The Barenboim Foundation has nothing to do with politics.
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I don't really approach a character as to whether or not it's good or bad. I just approach a character as to where it lives in me.
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At 39, I was back in a Red Wings uniform and loving it.
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I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief... For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.
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It is not often that idealism of student days finds adequate opportunity for expression in the later life of manhood.
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I will run against anybody.
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I'm a big routine guy. I have to have everything in threes.
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Koranic teaching still insists that the sun moves around the earth. How can we advance when they teach things like that?
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Fortunately for me I was able to do well here, and it really did great things for my career and now hopefully I can go out there and continue to do what I did.
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Being successful is not determined by the amount of money you make but by the amount of lives you affect and influence for the better.
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Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the highest degree of intelligence sharing, planning and collaborative enforcement.
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It is an unfortunate fact that in many parts of the world women are considered property. An awful lot of injustice is obviously due to that; not just women's status in the home, but all kinds of laws that are even more discriminating.
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The test of truth in life is not whether we can remember what we learned in school, but whether we are prepared for change.