Derek Bok Quotes

Colleges do not merely offer preparation for the future; they occupy four years of a student's life, and an institution should do what it can to make these years absorbing and enjoyable.

Derek Bok

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: lawyer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 22, 1930

Topics

LifeFuturePreparationStudentFour

I have been suffering for so long and didn't even recognize it. I just stopped doing so many things that I used to love to do due to my pain.

Jennifer Grey

LovePainSufferingDoingLongUsed

As soon as I started working at the 'Los Angeles Times,' people warned me not to get too close to artists because it could make it difficult to review their work, and you can never really tell if the 'friendship' is genuine.

Robert Hilburn

WorkFriendshipPeopleMeYouNever

Staying more controlled mentally stemmed from taking my fitness more seriously. When you're doing track work, sprints and so on, it's pretty painful, but that does make you feel better prepared and therefore mentally stronger when you're going into a match. You know, without a doubt, that you are strong enough to last.

Andy Murray

WorkFitnessStrongBetterDoing

It is amazing how nice people are to you when they know you're going away.

Michael Arlen

PeopleAmazingYouKnowNiceGoing

I do text a lot. Sometimes, at night, my thumbs hurt because I've texted so much, so I definitely text too much.

Miranda Cosgrove

NightHurtToo MuchSometimesText

In Eastern Europe, the past is not only always hovering over the present, it is not even passed. It waits, like some malevolent caged beast, ready at any moment to escape and bring back all the horrors.

Michael Korda

MomentPastPresentBackReadyOver

I like mantras and repeating things, like in pop music, where you repeat a line over and over again. It's just so beautiful.

Julia Holter

MusicBeautifulYouOverLineWhere

I was sad Jon Ronson, who wrote in the Guardian and has made a TV show for Channel 4, took against me.

Jonathan King

SadMeAgainstGuardianShowMade

One naively thinks that by winning the Olympics, it's going to be this switch, and then your life is going to be perfect, and that's not reality.

Dorothy Hamill

LifeWinningRealityPerfectGoing

There comes a time when you have to shut it off, let it go, and say it's not going to happen.

Art Shell

TimeYouGoSayHappenGoing

Rock and roll and swing never quite mixed. Rock and roll came in and just blew everything out of the water. Big bands were dead.

Brian Setzer

WaterRock And RollSwingRockNever

When you aren't doing too many films, people find other things to write about you.

Arjun Kapoor

PeopleDoingYouFindWriteThings

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