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Mortimer Adler Quotes

An educated person is one who, through the travail of his own life, has assimilated the ideas that make him representative of his culture.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: philosopher
Nationality: american
Birth: December 28, 1902 - June 28, 2001

Topics

Life Culture Ideas Person Him Own

Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Wisdom Men Wise Questions Wise Men

Nor ought a genius less than his that writ attempt translation.

Genius Translation Than Attempt His

Politics is rough and tumble everywhere, and many women recoil from that negative aspect of it - the nastiness, the charges and counter-charges.

Melanne Verveer

Women Politics Negative Rough Many

A chef and a restaurateur are different jobs: One is about pleasing people with what's on the plate; the other is about understanding the market. I'm a chef, but I think I'm a savvy businessperson, too.

Jean-Georges Vongerichten

People Chef Think Understanding

Want balance in your life? Then sure, get your own act together, but don't forget four powerful disciplines of execution in your team and organization.

Life Together Balance Team Powerful

That's the thing that I've always kind of kept in the back of my head in writing about teens, that everything is so important, all the time, every day. Every day of your life, you're changing and making decisions and everything is an emergency to you.

Life Time Day Writing Decisions You

Every film teaches you something; every experience on every film set with every co-star teaches you something. You learn something new. I think the challenge is to keep working harder and doing better.

Deepika Padukone

Challenge Experience Think Better

There's a ton of stories that can come out of L.A. I actually think that even though I enjoy being in New York more, I think that L.A. is a really fascinating place.

New York Think Enjoy Place New More

I've always been open to the idea of an adaptation that does its own thing, that freely diverges from the original as long as it's true to the spirit.

Bryan Lee O'Malley

Long True Spirit Always Open Own

My mother really pushed me when I was young. I didn't want to go to dance classes, but for some reason, when I was there, I didn't want to come back.

Mother Dance Me Back Young Want

One industrial age belief is that GDP or GNP is a measure of progress. I don't care if you're the President of China or the U.S., if your country doesn't grow, you're in trouble. But we all know that beyond a certain level of material need, further material acquisition doesn't make people happier.

Age Progress People Care Grow You

Greatness is accomplishing the unrequired - doing what is right beyond what is expected.

Greatness Doing Beyond Right

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