Arne Duncan Quotes
I think every student needs access to technology, and I think technology can be a hugely important vehicle to help level the playing field.
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If it weren't for the Internet, WWE probably wouldn't even know my name. If I had to rely on 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated' to get my name out there, it would have been a much more difficult road.
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No man ever quite believes in any other man. One may believe in an idea absolutely, but not in a man.
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If the 2016 election is any indication, every four years, millions more Americans will continue backing away from their own parties to choose a third party instead.
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I'm against a signature look, as that can be very outdating. But having said that, I also know my best qualities, so I'm not going to foolhardily give away my power.
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There's a big debate whether pentathlon or heptathlon is harder: five events in one day or seven in two.
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Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing.
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We are more casual about qualifying the people we allow to act as advocates in the courtroom than we are about licensing electricians.
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Remember this: classics never make a comeback. They wait for that perfect moment to take the spotlight from overdone, tired trends.
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Many societal problems concern science, such as the energy crisis, genetic alterations of foods.
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You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
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More often than not, the experience of shooting the movie has been disappointing and the end product has been a mere shadow of what I hoped it would be. But immersing myself in the story - that's what I like best of all.
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I had seen some films made about the underground music world in Tehran, and most of them were short documentaries about 30 or 40 minutes long. And I always wondered why they weren't publicized more. Really, their only flaw was they were short documentaries.
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The real challenge that we face in our communications with others is to condition our hearts to have Christlike feelings for all of Heavenly Father's children. When we develop this concern for the condition of others, we then will communicate with them as the Savior would.
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Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm. But the harm does not interest them.
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Do we exert our own liberties without injury to others - we exert them justly; do we exert them at the expense of others - unjustly. And, in thus doing, we step from the sure platform of liberty upon the uncertain threshold of tyranny.
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I have no problem being mainstream. I grew up in the '90s when the mainstream was amazing.
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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For better or worse, a lot of people who build things don't want to part ways. They don't have the short exit plan that a lot of the investors have.
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I can never find a movie I want to watch, even though I've got hundreds to choose from.
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I feel like this: Whatever is in your path and in your heart, you need to do.
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A champion owes everybody something. He can never pay back for all the help he got, for making him an idol.
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Be the best you can be, but acknowledge that you will make mistakes, and then know which errors to let go of. There will be typos in e-mails, meetings you are late for, daily to-do lists that don't get completed. Cut yourself some slack and, more important, reward yourself along the way.
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You learn that the only way to get rock-star power as a girl is to be a groupie and bare your breasts and get chosen for the night. We learn that the only way to get anywhere is through men. And it's a lie.
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I think every student needs access to technology, and I think technology can be a hugely important vehicle to help level the playing field.
