Quotes about "Retirement & Later Life"

I really only had one audition in my life, and that was when I was 14 or 15. When I was that young, I listened to what my teachers would say, like wearing a certain kind of leotard that you'll be noticed in. ”

If we could truly experience one another, we could end bigotry. ”

I never strike out at any life form. The only things I attack are icons of conspicuous consumption. People put objects in front of their life, in front of anything that has real importance. They make this 'thing' their God. ”

I want to cause a change with my life, make the world a little better. ”

Conservatives who care about nominations of judges who practice judicial restraint are, constitutionally, restrained people themselves. ”

My husband and I had recently been in a car accident, and I came out of that experience with more clarity about my career and the energy to continue to pursue it hard, no matter what the challenges. ”

In every case where I've seen a transformational school, there's a principal who really has the foundational experience of having taught successfully. ”

Our experience at Teach For America has been that the more people understand educational inequity, the more they want to do something about it. ”

When I started Teach For America, I wasn't trying to come up with an idea that would change the world. I was trying to solve a problem much closer to home: I was a senior in college, and I had no idea what I was going to do with my life! ”

Harvard was the most intimidating experience. I felt so out of my league there. ”