Wendy Kopp Quotes

Teach For America would not be able to continue recruiting and developing an ever-more diverse and impactful group of corps members and alumni if the nation's leading colleges become even less diverse.

Wendy Kopp

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: public
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 29, 1967

Topics

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Generalizations, like brooms, ought not to stand in a corner forever; they ought to sweep as a matter of course.

John Lukacs

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It's super easy to do what Conor does. He earned something. Then, he looks over the fence - he looks for something new - and it's very easy to be motivated for something new.

Max Holloway

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I get a special joy in knowing people feel comfortable if they see me in Wal-Mart or in a no-frills section trying to get something on a discount.

Angie Stone

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But if you can create an honorable livelihood, where you take your skills and use them and you earn a living from it, it gives you a sense of freedom and allows you to balance your life the way you want.

Anita Roddick

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When the audience comes in, it changes the temperature of what you've written.

Stephen Sondheim

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It sounds so simple, but if you just be yourself, you're different than anyone else.

Tony Bennett

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The best part about being a champion is going out and defending your belt, so that's what I plan on doing and doing it many times.

Robbie Lawler

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The most effective executive branch officials try to help legislators develop explanations for the votes they are being asked to take.

Robert Zoellick

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Miss Britney Spears took a dude that was already with a girl that had babies. And sometimes when you do that kind of stuff and take a dude, that's called karma.

Loni Love

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The word 'mixology' adds $3 to the price of any drink.

Jon Taffer

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I always saw my role as getting LGBT to support the immigrant rights movement - which they did - and getting Latino organizations to support the women's movement, for reproductive rights. So that's kind of the work that I've always been doing.

Dolores Huerta

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I always liked characters that were more grounded in reality.

Clint Eastwood

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