No Child Left Behind's fourth-grade gains aren't learning gains, they're testing gains. That's why they don't last. The law is a distraction from things that really count.
I had a nervous breakdown at 17 when my first love left me, and he was a typical bad boy, albeit a charismatic one, with a string of broken hearts trailing behind him.
I love going to the Via Giulia, a beautiful old cobbled street, which has a bridge at one end behind the Palazzo Farnese. It has long creepers hanging from it, and is the most evocative, beautiful place to stand and enjoy the city.
Don't ever let anyone or anything stop you from pushing forward with your past behind you. The land of success and happiness is big enough for everybody to reside in.
I always to leave the past behind me, because the present has everything that I need to keep moving forward in the direction of my destiny.
A lot of people think that their lack of money is the reason behind their unhappiness. Maybe they should ask those who are rich and miserable, if money is the root of happiness?
We are the second oldest state in the Union because too many of our young people are leaving Pennsylvania. They are leaving Pennsylvania behind for opportunities elsewhere.
At a certain point, you realize you have a responsibility more behind yourself and your need for adrenaline. I'm glad I did things in my 20s that were more reckless.
Does anyone believe that Goldman Sachs is gonna give up a deal that would yield millions of dollars because someone fussed at them behind closed doors?
There are souls in this world who have the gift of finding joy everywhere, and leaving it behind them when they go.
Not watching the path where his legs took him, he walked on because he knew he had to walk ahead, leaving his past behind.
The principles behind explaining and educating the product or the elected official is similar, even though the actual execution of it is very, very different.
If one bird foraging in a flock on the ground suddenly takes off, all other birds will take off immediately after, before they even know what's going on. The one who stays behind may be prey.
In the course of our journey leading to Consciousness, our objective should not be creating a positive character, and thus a pleasant scenario, but finding the Existence behind every scenario.
The problem with escaping is that we leave behind us, even among those we love, different versions of the truth and everything we couldn’t bring ourselves to say.
No individual has any right to come into the world and go out of it without leaving behind him distinct and legitimate reasons for having passed through it.
The works which this leaves behind him occupy a few pages only; their importance is not greatly superior to their extent; and yet his name will shine out with lustre in the history of the sciences. { }
The days of the future stand in fornt of us Like a line of candles all alight Golden and warm and lively little candles The days that are past are left behind
Sometimes, when you have someone behind the counter who's supposed to assist you and help you out, just being completely bored and uninterested - sometimes it's a little bit frustrating, you know?
It’s called ”being an artist” for a reason; it’s something YOU ARE. It’s how you live. It’s WHO you are. How you spend your life and what you leave behind.
After this many years of being a lead singer in a touring rock band, I've had my fair share of fun. But those days are long behind me.
