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" My father is a chemist, my mother was a homemaker. My parents instilled in us the feeling that learning was the most exciting thing that could happen to you, and it never ends. "
Rita Dove
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" Waiting is a period of learning. The longer we wait, the more we hear about him for whom we are waiting. "
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" Success in management requires learning as fast as the world is changing. "
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" I didn't learn to read until I was almost 14 years old. Reading out loud for me was a nightmare because I would mispronounce words or reconstruct things that weren't even there. That's when one of my teachers discovered I had a learning disability called dyslexia. Once I got help, I read very well! "
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" There is only one thing more painful than learning from experience and that is not learning from experience. "
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" I don't think human beings learn anything without desperation. Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything or creating anything. Period. If you ain't desperate at some point, you ain't interesting. "
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" Yes. I did more research than I ever wanted to and saw some things I wish I didn't. I went on ride-alongs, spent time with Homicide, Cold Case, and SVU detectives, hung out in subways learning how to spot pervs and pick-pockets, viewed an autopsy, went to a police firing range, and witnessed court cases and I read, read, read. "
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" I have terrible handwriting. I now say it's a learning disability... but a nun who was a very troubled woman hit me over the fingers with a ruler because my writing was so bad. "
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" We also learn that this country and the Western world have no monopoly of goodness and truth and scholarship, we begin to appreciate the ingredients that are indispensable to making a better world. In a life of learning that is, perhaps, the greatest lesson of all. "
John Hope Franklin
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" I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions. "
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" I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it. "
George Bernard Shaw
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" Singing into a microphone and learning to play an instrument - learning to do your craft - that's the most important thing! It's not about what goes on in a computer! "
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" A lot of people tell me, 'You are from North; how do you manage to get along in the South?' I don't know what to say to them. I've always felt at home here, and by learning to speak Telugu, my connection with the place has gotten that much stronger. "
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" The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot. "
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" I definitely believe our coaches are now leading more and learning more. They are hungry in terms of getting the athletes to improve. I believe it's now more mental than anything else, and I'd like to assist in that area. "
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" The biggest change for me as a mom was realizing I needed to put someone else before me. Now the hardest part about the empty nest is learning to put myself first. "
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" I have always been intrigued by other cultures, and traveling to foreign lands has always been a part of my personal passion for learning about our world. "
Ashlan Gorse Cousteau
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Timothy Leary
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" I always loved science. And in fact, I got a science award in high school. I mean, I loved science, but I think I loved literature more. "
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" As I was coming up, it always seemed like I was learning. If it wasn't from school, it was the 'hood. The influences of the 'hood are very powerful. "
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" What keeps you confident in a healthy way is knowing that everyone else around you is going to support you and teach you and you're going to learn from them. I just feel open to learning from people. "
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" If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it would be the ability for each individual to learn to laugh at himself. "
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" No one ever said learning was to be easy, but it's part of the process of evolving as a human being, and we all have to go through it. When I look back, I see that each difficult time brought an important lesson. And I prefer to look at it with gratitude because I wouldn't be who I am today if I haven't gone through it all. "
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