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Michel de Montaigne Quotes

In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book: the prank of a page- boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk - they are all part of the curriculum.

Michel de Montaigne

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: philosopher
Nationality: french
Birth: February 28, 1533 - September 13, 1592

Topics

Education Good Book Table True Hand

I've learned something about kids - they don't do what you say; they do what you do.

Jennifer Lopez

You Say Something Kids Learned

My dad died of a heart attack when I was 15. I was bullied mercilessly in middle school. I went through a divorce - those not-so-great things are all a part of me, and they give me a place to go when I cover those stories on the news. I'm more empathetic, more relatable because of them.

Megyn Kelly

Heart School Me Divorce Place News

Think of Slide as a giant media network for people to transmit information. The content that's in there now has been provided by users - it's whatever they want it to be.

Max Levchin

People Think Media Information Want

It sucked to make my own CDs. I'm bad at that. It sucks to figure out how to power my amp. I don't know that stuff.

Andy Grammer

Power Bad Know My Own Out Own

That's acting for you. 'White Queen' has English playing Welsh and vice versa.

Aneurin Barnard

Queen You Acting White Vice Playing

In sixth grade, I went to a very good private school, and I did learn there. I learned how to read and write. If I had quit school in sixth grade, I would know as much as I know today and would have made one more movie. By the time I got to college, I was so bored and angry.

John Waters

Good Today Time School Angry Learn

My parents came from lower-class British backgrounds. But they worked hard and, without formal education, made it where they are today.

Amy Jackson

Education Today Parents Hard Without

As an actor, if I just did sci-fi, I think it would get limiting, like if you just play lawyers or doctors, over and over. It's a lot more fun, if you get to play lots of different types of characters.

Tricia Helfer

Fun Think You Lawyers Play Actor

I do really like serio-comic movies that treat real difficulties in a real way.

Ron Howard

Treat Movies Way Difficulties Real

I believe, as a matter of principle, that the debt is a problem that must be addressed sooner rather than later. I also know that fundamental changes are needed in the way Washington spends and taxes if we truly want a healthy economy. This must include changing our government's long-term fiscal path, which is unsustainable.

Mick Mulvaney

Path Government Believe Problem Know

As one gets older one sees many more paths that could be taken. Artists sense within their own work that kind of swelling of possibilities, which may seem a freedom or a confusion.

Jasper Johns

Work Freedom Possibilities Paths Own

I'm such a perfectionist. I can be like, 'This has to be like this. And this, and this and this.' But then you realize a lot of things that you thought mattered, they really don't matter.

Ciara

Thought You I Can Matter Realize