Learning Quotes
“I am involved with 'Write Girl,' which is such a great organization, because they go into inner city schools and work with underprivileged girls to pair them up with other writers. And it gets them learning to express themselves and become familiar with their own voice. They have a 100% success ratio getting those girls into college.”
“For a small child there is no division between playing and learning between the things he or she does just for fun and things that are educational. The child learns while living and any part of living that is enjoyable is also play.”
-- Penelope Leach
“By keeping my hand in that, it's the way I keep learning. The main way you learn in medicine is by practicing and working with patients.”
-- Andrew Weil
“I enjoy learning about different periods and people, and then taking what's universal about the human condition and seeing where it matches up. No matter where you are, certain things unite everybody.”
-- Laura Linney
“Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you?”
-- Walt Whitman
“If we have a chance of succeeding and bringing stability and democracy to Iraq, it will mean learning from our mistakes, not denying them and not ignoring them.”
-- Carl Levin
“I always loved the idea of learning martial arts, but it wasn't until I was in my 20s that I really started doing it and taking up karate.”
-- Kelly Hu