"If you define yourself as someone fixing education, there's nothing short-range you can do to fix education directly. It's labor intensive. You have to change the way people act. You have to convince people, and change people."

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Source : Source: www.motherjones.com

Deborah Meier

#People Quotes #Way Quotes #Fixing Quotes

“In my private circle I am a mother, grandmother, wife, friend, daughter... the success means nothing to my small tribe.”
“I write in English because I was raised in the States and educated in this language.”

Source : "The Exchange: Daniel Alarcón" by Thessaly La Force, www.newyorker.com. May 5, 2009.
“The more unlived your life, the greater your death anxiety.”

Source : Irvin D. Yalom (2010). “Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death”, p.49, John Wiley & Sons
“I think it need realness, you should speak on thing that you know about, that you being from, that you experienced or that you been around, you know. I think you need a good hook, good beats and good lyrics.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I never know what to tell them. I mean, there's nothing you can say to make a person stop hurting. Half the time, I just feel like telling them the truth. I'd say that for 3 months, you're going to feel worse than you've ever felt and you cope as best you can. And that after 6 months, the pain isn't so bad, but it still hurts more than you think it will. And even after years, you still find yourself thinking about the person you lost and get sad about it. And you still miss them all the time.”
“Just because you're a solo artist playing guitar, that doesn't make it folk. People get a bit confused about these things. There's so many more aspects to my music than that. Earlier on in my career, people tried to push me in that direction. They kind of wanted me to be a folky princess, which was just never gonna happen. I don't understand quite why it is, but it is very irritating that it's still happening.”
“Well Microsoft really does develop some really interesting technology.”
“Denzel Washington: I like the collaboration, I like seeing people do well, so I really plan to direct the rest of my days.”

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