It was not until I got my first job, at the University of Washington in Seattle, and began playing chess with Don Gordon, a brilliant young theorist, that I learned economic theory.
Through the years I've been getting better and better and better, and it's what you learn though the seasons.
My goal, as always, is simply to inform the public about an issue that is nearly impossible for them to learn about on their own. That is my only goal as a reporter.
If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader.
I was a prodigy who learned how difficult writing was only after getting published. I paid my dues later.
Every job I do, I like to think it makes me better or I learn things. It's all about how much something's going to stretch me or test me.
What I learned is that acting is to a large extent about trying to stave off self-doubt long enough to be natural and real onstage.
Test ideas in the marketplace. You learn from hearing a range of perspectives. Consultation helps engender the support decisions need to be successfully implemented.
Chairman Mao not only introduced Pinyin in China, but also simplified half the Chinese characters, believing that fewer strokes would enable more people to learn to write the characters.
We must be ready to learn from one another, not claiming that we alone possess all truth and that somehow we have a corner on God.
I've learned the dangerous lesson of the web: You succeed by giving up control, and that's inverse of the normal campaign.
I had to learn how to become a real actor, I had to suffer and be rejected and face that 100 times just like every actor. It wasn't like someone handed it to me.
Everything that is past is either a learning experience to grow on, a beautiful memory to reflect on, or a motivating factor to act upon.
But when it came to jamming and writing songs like we used to, we realized Brandon was a huge spirit in the band. Who knew? It was just something we had to learn.
Individuals who have learned to endure and persevere through the storms of hardships are those who can dance in the rain during a storm.
I think we can all learn things if we really want to. It's fascinating how that can get expedited when you have a support system around you.
Maybe I just never learned my harmony part, because what everybody says sounds odd to them sounds perfectly natural to me.
I really appreciate an actor who has paid their dues and who has learned hard knocks and has been rewarded in the end.
If did go back to school, I would want to learn another aspect of the entertainment industry like to become a producer or an agent, you need a law degree.
My English text is chaste, and all licentious passages are left in the decent obscurity of a learned language.
To help people in the third world get educated and learn how to read and write is so important. I mean it is such an important human right.
