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" My father was a great admirer of music and the arts, so there was always a lot of culture in the house. As it happened, while my father was the ambassador in Portugal, the ambassador's residence had a piano, and so I started learning how to play it at the age of five. "

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" I was a very good student. Procrastinating gives me anxiety, and getting a B really ticked me off. Sure, I didn't always want to do my homework, but I actually really liked school. As nerdy as it sounds, I love learning. "

" The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot. "

" Secretary Powell and I agree on every single issue that has ever been before this administration except for those instances where Colin's still learning. "

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" We learned about honesty and integrity - that the truth matters... that you don't take shortcuts or play by your own set of rules... and success doesn't count unless you earn it fair and square. "

" Not to unlearn what you have learned is the most necessary kind of learning. "

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" It takes a long time to learn that a courtroom is the last place in the world for learning the truth. "

" I'm always writing and learning. It's about growth. So I'm growing as a musician, as a guitarist. "

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" Terrorism doesn't have a border. Terrorists attack Mumbai, Peshawar, and also Paris. "

" I get stubborn and dig in when people tell me I can't do something and I think I can. It goes back to my childhood when I had problems in school because I have a learning disability. "

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Childhood

" Learning lines is on my mind until I do know them. I'll read the paper or paint the house to keep from starting to memorize. I've never found an easy way. "

" 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. "

" Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything, or creating anything. Period. If you ain't desperate at some point, you ain't interesting. "

" Learning in a face-to-face human community, as humans have evolved to do over hundreds of thousands of years, may always be the ideal - especially in an endeavor that is as relationship-driven as business. "

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" I raised five children. They all have different personalities. All of them have different issues, different levels of success. That was a learning experience for me. "

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