Charlie Sykes Quotes

The dumbing down of elementary and secondary education has made its way to the collegiate level; too many unprepared students are admitted despite their inability to do college-level work.

Charlie Sykes

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 11, 1954

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I think the greatest hip-hop artist of all time is Jay-Z, without a doubt. He just keeps amazing me with his performance, and since '96, that guy has been producing at least one hit every summer and every winter. That's a pretty good resume.

John Cena

WinterGoodTimeAmazingMeThink

Every time you do a true story - and I've done a few - you have to look in the mirror and say, 'That's close enough. I'm comfortable with this.' You're always going to compress time; you're going to change the order of things. But I don't think you want to tell a big lie. You want to think that you're embracing the truth.

John Lee Hancock

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It is pretty hard to find the right result to a controversial issue.

Max Baucus

ResultFindHardRightPrettyIssue

Rattigan's world demanded unwavering trust in principles, loyalty, and virtue. At the time of this play - Rattigan was writing this play in 1947 about an incident that took place in 1914 - should a boy say he didn't do something, his father would believe him; a British father would take the defense of his son's honor to his grave.

Roger Rees

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I want to be perfect. I don't want to fail. And you always fail.

Robin Wright

YouPerfectWantAlwaysFail

Misery no longer loves company. Nowadays it insists on it.

Russell Baker

CompanyMiseryNowadaysLongerLoves

Every year or so, I try to do something; it keeps me refreshed as to what's going on in front of the lens, and I understand what the actor is going through.

Martin Scorsese

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I don't have to psych myself up, or do something special mentally - I look through the scope, get my target in the cross hairs, and kill my enemy, before he kills one of my people.

Chris Kyle

MyselfPeopleLookTargetEnemyUp

Nobody expected Darryl Glenn to win, and he's won every time.

Cory Gardner

TimeWinNobodyHeExpectedEvery

Talent is nothing but a prolonged period of attention and a shortened period of mental assimilation.

Constantin Stanislavski

TalentAttentionNothingMental

When I was in fifth grade, a boy put a rose on my desk and I threw it away. The attention makes me nervous.

Claire Coffee

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In the early years, I found a voice that was my voice and also partly my father's voice. But isn't that what you always do? Why do kids at 5 years old go into the closet and put their daddy's shoes on? Hey, my kids do it.

Bruce Springsteen

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