"The best way to improve the American workforce in the 21st century is to invest in early childhood education, to ensure that even the most disadvantaged children have the opportunity to succeed along side their more advantaged peers"

-- James Heckman

#Children Quotes #Opportunity Quotes #Childhood Quotes

“We don't have meetings unless absolutely necessary.”
“Actually, I caught myself thinking that I was hoping for someone to break into my apartment and steal my computer, or a big fire would take place in my apartment, or thinking of uninstalling my firewall so someone could hack into my computer. I just had all these dreams and eventually realized what I needed to do was delete the songs because I really wasn't happy with them. I needed a fresh beginning.”

Source : Interview with Ryan Schreiber, pitchfork.com. February 13, 2006.
“How soon will you realize that the only thing you don't have is the direct experience that there's nothing you need that you don't have?”
“Just as the ideal of classic Greek culture was the most perfect harmony of mind and body, so a human and a bicycle are the perfect synthesis of body and machine.”

Source : Richard Ballantine, Richard Grant (1998). “Ultimate Bicycle Book”, Willowdale, Ont. : Firefly Books
“Humans are a TOUGH animal! We can do anything.”

Source : Interview with Mick Grant, John Molvar, www.youthrunner.com. January 12, 2011.
“Dating is about finding out who you are and who others are. If you show up in a masquerade outfit, neither is going to happen.”
“I grew up thinking that whatever I wanted to do, I could do.”
“The worst state of affairs is when science begins to concern itself with art.”

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