"With The Myth of Achievement Tests, James J. Heckman, John Eric Humphries, and Tim Kautz have offered a wealth of insightful analysis and brought together a number of topics often treated separately to inform a comprehensive discussion of the growth, character, and impact of the GED that is truly monumental. This is a first-rate book."

-- Eric A. Hanushek

#Book Quotes #Character Quotes #Impact Quotes

“The only piece of advice I would give to the aspiring players is that no amount of practice is enough. You need to keep at it, no matter how successful you are.”
“I grew up in the country, which is probably why I'm so attached to the land. I love it. I love the lay of the land. I love walking the land. And I love knowing that it's my land.”
“Lucky is the man who does not secretly believe that every possibility is open to him.”

Source : Walker Percy (2013). “The Last Gentleman and The Second Coming: In One Volume”, p.14, Open Road Media
“And I thought, you know, a little gender confusion makes a better person. A little adversity in life at an early age. It's character building.”
“To say that Sputnik gave rise to some concern in the United States would be the understatement of the century. The truth is that the US went apeshit”

Source : John Naughton (2015). “A Brief History of the Future”, p.83, Hachette UK
“Facing the darkness, admitting the pain, allowing the pain to be pain, is never easy. This is why courage - big-heartedness - is the most essential virtue on the spiritual journey. But if we fail to let pain be pain - and our entire patriarchal culture refuses to let this happen - then pain will haunt us in nightmarish ways. We will become pain's victims instead of the healers we might become.”
“It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.”
“I just like that dynamic in relationships in movies where they're kind of lovers as rivals, you know?”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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