- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
People Quotes
Quotes about people, privacy, and human nature.
This page collects quotes touching on people in different senses - novelists describing how characters take on independent vitality, and technologists warning how easily people's movements and data can be tracked. It's a broader mix than a single theme, much like Like Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fact that I have such a problem that people... that that has to, you know, be on people's mind, what my personal background is. To me, to be very frank with you, is a totally irrelevant thing.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
You know, I find it so difficult being a... as a matter of fact, little do people know that most of the leading members of the cast have a background that they would never expect them to have, and play the show they did.
- Guitar
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never really been schooled in music theory. I'm a guitar player, and I attack the guitar in a certain way that it not fully unique to me, but it's more unique that some other people.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our experience at Teach For America has been that the more people understand educational inequity, the more they want to do something about it.
- Real
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think people are attracted to teaching because they want to make a real impact.
- Gift
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- Nov 07, 2020
People think of teachers who are born to teach, and you think of all these charismatic folks. Some of the most successful teachers are some of the least charismatic, interestingly. But they have a gift of figuring out what motivates people.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's possible to train great people, but a person with great training who doesn't have certain characteristics is only going to go so far.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
Teach for America recruits top recent college grads, young professionals, people we believe are the U.S.'s most promising future leaders, and asks them to commit two years to teach in high-need urban and rural communities.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the long run, we need to build a leadership force of people. We have a whole strategy around not only providing folks with the foundational experience during their two years with us, but also then accelerating their leadership in ways that is strategic for the broader education reform movement.
- School
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've heard a number of our alumni - people who are running schools and school systems - think a lot about different models for the teaching profession.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're looking for people out there who have demonstrated that they are leaders, have track records of achievement, and want to be part of a force... of a much larger force of determined people who want to bring about, ultimately, institutional change.
- Challenges
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- Nov 07, 2020
Throughout history, when societies have been faced with big challenges, they've put their best people on them. During the Space Race, American and Russian scientists, engineers, astronauts and cosmonauts pushed the bounds of what was possible and landed men on the moon.
- Business World
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- Nov 07, 2020