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Quotes About Learning

I wasn't a very good student in elementary school and had a hard time with reading and writing.
~ Patricia Polacco
The nice thing about student drama is that you're allowed to get things wrong, because it doesn't mean no one will ever hire you again.
~ Anna Popplewell
Punk rock and skateboarding took the 'school' out of living your life, and I related to learning as I went, doing a lot of different things that I liked, when I liked. Consequently, I'm mediocre at all of the above, but still stoked on being a lifetime student of music, skating, painting, writing, etc.
~ Jeff Ament
In regard to music, I just think that it's always best to have an attitude of being a perpetual student and always look to learn something new about music, because there's always something new to learn. Don't dismiss something out of hand because you think it's either beneath you or outside of the realm of where your interests lie.
~ David Sanborn
I was a horrible student. I really hated school.
~ Craig Venter
I decided, as a medical student, to devote myself to a study of the brain.
~ John Eccles
My university teacher and mentor Kenneth Arrow remembers me as a student who asked good questions. Although I had not previously thought of myself in that way, on reflection I think that Arrow was right.
~ Oliver E. Williamson
I'll always be a student. I learn by doing.
~ Joey Alexander
I really enjoyed Princeton as a graduate student.
~ Brian Kernighan
Learn when and how to use different data structures and their algorithms in your own code. This is harder as a student, as the problem assignments you'll work through just won't impart this knowledge. That's fine.
~ Robert Love
I was a decent student but not a great student.
~ Robert J. Fisher
I think what any student adds is the ideas they bring.
~ Gordon Gee
As a college student, what really interested me was the human brain and human intelligence.
~ Sebastian Thrun
I am a student of cinema, and I love filmmaking of all kinds.
~ James Wan
I think I spent most of my childhood, and my early years as a performer, in student mode. And I think that's OK - I mean, it led me to where I am.
~ Leslie Odom, Jr.
To make films, you have to have something to say. To have something to say, you have to be a student of life. And to be a student of life, you have to be feeding yourself with what life, politics, society, and your family fuels you with.
~ Mira Nair
There's very little that's comparable to seeing the spark in a student's face when she gets something that she's been struggling with.
~ Alexi Zentner
'Saw,' in many ways, was like my student film. The first crappy student film you don't really want people to see.
~ James Wan
The student body was huge at UT and you had to mature pretty quick, very quick actually. I enjoyed it and it helped me a lot in my life in general - not only in the classroom but on the baseball field as well.
~ Roger Clemens
It's an interesting juxtaposition, being student body president and leading others and learning how to effectively help people on the team in a way that's not as direct.
~ David Robinson
Students shy away from Maths, but in reality Maths is the best friend of man.
~ Shakuntala Devi
'No Child Left Behind' requires states and school districts to ensure that all students are learning and are reaching their highest potential. Special education students should not be left out of these accountability mechanisms.
~ Dianne Feinstein
Most important, I have learned from my colleagues and students.
~ James Tobin
Instead of educating students, these professors are trying to indoctrinate them.
~ David Horowitz