"I think Mr. Clarke had a tendency to interfere too much with the activities of the CIA, and our leadership at the senior level let him interfere too much. So criticism from him I kind of wear as a badge of honor."

-- Michael Scheuer

#Leadership Quotes #Senior Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Scientific research and other studies have demonstrated that arts education can enhance American students' math and language skills and improve test scores which in turn increase chances of higher education and good jobs in the future.”
“Christianity will only make a contribution to the future of Europe if it can prove that people like Sam Harris are wrong and that we can make peace.”
“When you take a tree that is rooted in the ground, and transfer it from one place to another, the tree will no longer bear fruit. And if it does, the fruit will not be as good as it was in its original place. This is a rule of nature. I think if I had left my country, I would be the same as the tree.”
“Make sure they remember you.”

Source : "Fictional character: Haymitch Abernathy". "The Hunger Games", www.imdb.com. 2012.
“I cop a fair bit of flack for going from 'such a babe to such a boy'. I wanted to share (that) story.”
“It seems to me, that this, too, is how memory works. What we remember of what was done to us shapes our view, molds us, sets our stance. But what we remember is past, it no longer exists, and yet we hold on to it, live by it, surrender so much control to it. What do we become when we put down the scripts written by history and memory, when each person before us can be seen free of the cultural or personal narrative we've inherited or devised? When we, ourselves, can taste that freedom.”
“An educational activity which aims to reveal meanings and relationships through the use of original objects, by firsthand experience, and by illustrative media, rather than simply to communicate factual information.”

Source : Freeman Tilden (2009). “Interpreting Our Heritage”, p.17, Univ of North Carolina Press
“Self-possession is the backbone of authority.”

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