Daniel Pennac Quotes

Each country thinks its school is in a specific crisis, without ever linking the school's crisis to that of the society around it.

Daniel Pennac

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SchoolSocietyCountryCrisisThinks

I tell the people that hire us, if we don't get a standing ovation when we're finished with our performance, it's free - and we've always been paid.

Jesse White

PeoplePerformanceFreeAlwaysTell

A fact of modern life is that it takes women longer to get ready than men.

Jessica Savitch

LifeWomenMenReadyModernGet

In my head, I think I'd make a perfect spy, but in reality, I don't think I'd fare very well.

Matthew Rhys

ThinkRealityPerfectHeadSpyWell

All evolutionary biologists know that variation itself is nature's only irreducible essence... I had to place myself amidst the variation.

Stephen Jay Gould

NatureMyselfPlaceKnowEssence

Someone like a Bob Marley - he was singing Scripture.

Sonny Sandoval

SingingSomeoneLikeHeScripture

Feminism is very much a part of a lot of my student's lives, but they're not going to march about it or take a public political stance. And I think more and more young women are claiming that they're not feminists - even though they are.

Mary Gordon

WomenThinkPoliticalStudentYoung

It is not surprising that most Pakistanis do not support America's bombardment of Afghanistan. The Afghans are neighbours on the brink of starvation and devastated by war. America has shown itself to be untrustworthy, a superpower that uses its values as a scabbard for its sword.

Mohsin Hamid

WarSupportAmericaValuesSword

The mobile industry changed Africa.

Mo Ibrahim

AfricaIndustryMobileChanged

I know that New York City remains the highest density urban area in the country and by far dedicates more of its own funds to fighting terrorism than any other municipality.

Jose Serrano

New YorkCityFightingCountryKnow

Then a year would go by and I'd realize I love the acting too much and it is my identity and I don't know how to be anything but an actress. It's who and what I am, so I always come back.

Delta Burke

LoveI AmIdentityYearBackActing

I'm a lesbian. Yup. Hundred percent. Hundred percent. I remember being in college, and I had fallen in love with this woman, and I remember sitting in my dorm room saying out loud to myself, like, 'You have enough problems. You are not gonna let this happen.' You just kinda, like, stuff it away until - well, some people stuff it away forever.

Christine Quinn

LoveMyselfWomanPeopleCollege

For me, it matters that we drive technology as an equalizing force, as an enabler for everyone around the world. Which is why I do want Google to see, push, and invest more in making sure computing is more accessible, connectivity is more accessible.

Sundar Pichai

TechnologyMeWorldDrivePushWant

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