"Readiness is a studentâ€™s entry point relative to a particular understanding or skill."

-- Carol Ann Tomlinson

#Skills Quotes #Understanding Quotes #Students Quotes

“A curiosity prompt heightens the senses and hones compositional ability...”
“When anyone calls you out for something you have done in your life and you're just on a journey to be authentic, to live in your own skin better, man, it makes you feel extremely special. I think that any time you're making huge steps in your life - I always say I need lots of hugs to feel special.”
“Having to make a blockbuster every time puts unhealthy pressure on creatives. The pressure on the filmmakers is so intense, I think it stifles the creativity.”
“The things that we have and that we think are so solid - they're like smoke, and time is like the sky that the smoke disappears into, nothing is left but the sky, and the sky keeps on being just the same forever.”

Source : Booth Tarkington (2013). “The Magnificent Ambersons”, p.74, Courier Corporation
“Directing is a tremendous art.”
“Jesse Owens had to be a very strong person. There were a lot of protests, but I think that he knew, despite the pressure on both sides, the pressure to go and the pressure not to go, he had to do it for himself. Unknowingly, he changed the world and broke so many barriers by doing so, by being a leader.”
“Having a human conversation is not something I've had any training in either as a comedian or as, you know, a human being.”
“If it be true that democracy is based upon the assumption that every man shall serve his fellow man, the organization of democracy should be gradually adapted to that assumption.”

Source : Herbert Croly (2005). “The Promise of American Life”, p.418, Cosimo, Inc.

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