“I was a kid, and I wasn't even sure if I wanted to play the drums, you know? All I wanted to do was skateboard, but I was still learning and taking it in, so it was good.”
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“I don't think I've ever been moulded but I think I am always learning.”
“I've bought pretty much every book ever written about the Alamo, and I talk to my friends that I've made over the past 15, 20 years. It's just a constant learning and fascinating thing for me.”
“The process of learning requires not only hearing and applying but also forgetting and then remembering again.”
“Hungry people cannot be good at learning or producing anything, except perhaps violence.”
“Generally, I like making my own mistakes and learning from them because that's what I think life is about.”
“Learning what you don't want to do is pretty valuable, it may be as valuable as figuring out what it is you do want to do.”
“The only animals I'm not comfortable with are parrots, but I'm learning as I go. I'm getting better and better at 'em. I really am.”
“Emotional 'literacy' implies an expanded responsibility for schools in helping to socialize children. This daunting task requires two major changes: that teachers go beyond their traditional mission and that people in the community become more involved with schools as both active participants in children's learning and as individual mentors.”
“I'm passionate about learning. I'm passionate about life.”
“I'm writing a book and working on my one-woman show, Learning To Be Human.”
“The hardest of all is learning to be a well of affection, and not a fountain to show them we love them not when we feel like it, but when they do.”
“It's learning how to negotiate to keep both sides happy - whether it's for a multi-million dollar contract or just which show to watch on TV, that determines the quality and enjoyment of our lives.”
“The Tea Party was born out of the disgust many Americans felt early in the financial crisis upon learning that the federal government was even contemplating reducing the principal on some troubled mortgages.”
“Being steeped in the process of learning and exploring keeps me from becoming too nervous. Partly it's about not getting bored.”
“Learning operatic roles is ongoing, and I find that I can learn on the train or subway, during a manicure, getting my hair done, and even while driving if I only look at the score at red lights.”
“It has to be a very specific role for me because of my accent. I can't complain I've been working since I got to LA. But it is hard. I have no training as an actress so I try whatever I do like school, because I'm learning.”
“Year by year we are learning that in this restless, strenuous American life of ours vacations are essential.”
“He that knew all that learning ever writ, Knew only this - that he knew nothing yet.”
“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.”
“It's not the teaching, it's the learning.”
“No man is the wiser for his learning it may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon but wit and wisdom are born with a man.”
“After you start learning all about the mechanics of piloting a riverboat, you stop seeing all the pretty sunsets and you start thinking about the weather.”
“After learning the language and culture of the Chinese people, these Jesuits began to establish contacts with the young intellectuals of the country.”