“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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“I'm always learning from experiences because each one is different and there are different players involved in the project at the time with their own way of doing things.”
“Books have led some to learning and others to madness.”
“There is no royal road to learning no short cut to the acquirement of any art.”
“Learning to speak was the most remarkable thing you ever did.”
“The mind of the polyglot is a very particular thing, and scientists are only beginning to look closely at how acquiring a second language influences learning, behavior and the very structure of the brain itself.”
“We're learning how important it is both to preserve sibling relationships if they work and repair them if they're broken. We're also learning a lot about nonliteral siblings - stepsiblings, half-siblings - and the surprising power they can have.”
“Much learning shows how little mortals know much wealth, how little wordings enjoy.”
“But if we learn to think of it as anticipation, as learning, as growing, if we think of the time we spend waiting for the big things of life as an opportunity instead of a passing of time, what wonderful horizons open out!”
“Without feeling abashed by my ignorance, I confess that I am absolutely unable to say. In the absence of an appearance of learning, my answer has at least one merit, that of perfect sincerity.”
“The spotlight will always be on me, but it's something I'm learning to live with as the years go by.”
“I feel the older I get, the more I'm learning to handle life. Being on this quest for a long time, it's all about finding yourself.”
“I grow old learning something new every day.”
“I'm learning to accept the lack of privacy as the real downer in my profession.”
“All are agreed, that the increase of learning and good morals are great blessings to society.”
“I've had a tough time learning how to act like a congressman. Today I accidentally spent some of my own money.”
“I have no control over what people think of me but I have 100% control of what I think of myself, and that is so important. And not just about your body, but so many ways of confidence. You're constantly learning how to be confident, aren't you?”
“To be proud of learning is the greatest ignorance.”
“I've always loved music, but I never really played anything. After 'Walk the Line' and learning to play guitar, and having that sense of performing, I think that certainly opened the door for me, for music.”
“I'm pleased to say my knee feels a lot better. It's still not back to normal, and I don't know if it ever will be, but I'm learning to deal with it instead of expecting it to be like it was before.”
“You never stop learning. If you have a teacher, you never stop being a student.”
“I love nature and enjoy learning new skills.”
“I spend a lot of time learning about bird watching.”
“There's no learning without trying lots of ideas and failing lots of times.”