"From exam grading to health education to professional training to democratic participation, paths towards self-realization and success in the world are often daunting and obscure: journeys only the privileged feel confident setting off along."

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Source : "Can Video Games Alter Society.. in a Good Way?" by Tom Chatfield, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 5, 2013.

Tom Chatfield

#Journey Quotes #Self Quotes #Training Quotes

“My mission at Google is to develop natural language understanding with a team and in collaboration with other researchers at Google.”
“We don't know if capital punishment is a deterrent, but we know that men we execute will not murder again.”
“By the time I got to building synthesizers, I had perhaps 20 years experience building electronic musical instruments.”
“I love the characters not knowing everything and the reader knowing more than them. There's more mischief in that and more room for seriousness, too.”
“A whole roomful of Jews is like a charged battery. The vitality sparks seem to fly, and frequently the result is a short circuit.”
“If I were in the government I would have a brigade of policemen assigned to keeping an eye on people who paint landscapes outdoors. Oh, I wouldn't want anyone killed. I'd be satisfied with just a little buckshot to begin with.”
“We all know that Social Security is one of this country's greatest success stories in the 20th century.”
“I think that it gave me a really strong feeling of my life force and a confidence in myself. I felt like I was a man. Before that point for some reason, I always felt I was a boy (laughter). In fact, they called me the baby on the ship 'cause I was the youngest guy on the ship. But I always felt that way.”

Source : "Remembering Oscar-Winning Cinematographer Haskell Wexler". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. December 29, 2015.

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