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Maryanne Wolf Quotes

After many years of research on how the human brain learns to read, I came to an unsettlingly simple conclusion: We humans were never born to read.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: educator
Nationality: american

Topics

Simple Research Brain Born Never

I don't want to go around like some kind of bleeding giant or whatever, or thinking I'm a big deal, because it doesn't help you do your work. I think people like Hemingway got into an awful lot of trouble that way.

Work People Think Thinking Help You

In Turkey, you're not allowed to be left alone in the hospital. The nurse teaches the family how to do things, and somebody is always there with the patient.

Family Alone You Always Hospital

People failed to realize that when you're living such a hyper, super reality of a life, where you're just doing shows and you're on TV and you're talking to this magazine, that doesn't bode well for trying to talk about everyday stuff that hopefully you'll connect with people on.

Life People Reality Doing Talking

I've always been really ambitious, whatever I do. At school, I always wanted to be the best in the class - no, it wasn't enough to be the best in the class, I'd want to be the best in the country.

Best School Enough Country Want

My crickets found me.

Definitely when you get handed roles like Joel in 'The Last of Us,' that's something that will change your life, and I learned so much from that role.

Life Change You Will Something Role

If you're going to change things, you have to be with the people who hold the levers.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Change People You Things Hold Going

I don't think the Whataburger would dunk on the In-N-Out Burger, but I never really liked Whataburger or all the other burgers. McDonald's is decent, I guess, but no, the In-N-Out Burger kills them all.

Burger Think McDonald Never Decent

I'm slow to pick things up. Everybody always seems to know more than I do.

Christopher Lloyd

Slow Know More Always Up Things

Nations, great nations have limitations. All nations have limitations. Even great powers have limitations.

Great Limitations Even Nations

There should be no tolerance for cheaters, especially in fighting.

Fighting Tolerance Should Cheaters

I often wake up in the night, and I like to have something to think about.

Night Wake Up Think Up Something

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