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People who have got to know Western educational methods always claim that the reading of the Classics was a useless waste of time and should be abolished. Such chatter is to be heard from hundreds of people and cannot be stopped. But it is a serious mistake. ”
Creating systems where people feel like they're being punished for things they didn't do wrong breaks all kinds of trust and makes people feel like they're not being treated with dignity. ”
Collective decisions about health care and education are best answered on a local level. ”
Give immediate instruction to all your posts in said territory, under your direction, at no time and on no pretence to hoist, or suffer be hoisted, the English flag. ”
Anyone who's been an usher knows it's a training in resilience. But you get such a film education. And the popcorn's free. ”
I grew up with music very much in my life. I achieved success by combining my training as an accountant with my family upbringing and love of music. ”
Literally, when I go to the vocal coach, I'm like, 'You are teaching me nothing.' You know? ”
America should do more to fix the still-festering housing crisis and overhaul its training schemes so that high joblessness does not become entrenched. Hunkering down for austerity is not enough. The rich world needs a strategy for growth. ”
I'm a rational person, and I'm not a method actor. You don't need to call me by my character's name while I'm not shooting. ”
I think that everybody should go out there and test their curiosity, find a haunted place. ”