Learning Quotes
“I can't do the same movies all my life. I'm conscious of that. But it's a trade-off. 'Dear John' allowed me to do movies I've wanted to do. You learn to balance it out. I'm still learning. Only now am I getting to do the kinds of movies that I have wanted to do. So it's a steady climb. You don't jump into a Soderbergh film.”
“Just learning to think in another language allows you to see your own culture in a better viewpoint.”
-- Gates McFadden
“I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands you need to be able to throw something back.”
-- Maya Angelou
“The role of the musician is to go from concept to full execution. Put another way, it's to go from understanding the content of something to really learning how to communicate it and make sure it's well-received and lives in somebody else.”
-- Yo-Yo Ma
“I've finally learnt how to say, 'No comment'. To appear in the tabloids is a real learning curve and a steep one at that. You had better learn quick or you get burnt.”
-- Ben Affleck
“There was a time when young people respected learning and literature and now they don't.”
-- Doris Lessing
“Surround yourself with good people. Whether they're the best or not, people are capable of learning if they've got good hearts and they're good souls.”
-- Kid Rock