Wendy Kopp Quotes

Ending educational inequality is going to require systemic change and a long-term, sustained effort. There are no shortcuts and no silver bullets.

Wendy Kopp

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ChangeEffortEndingInequality

I don't like to be afraid. I'm afraid every day, all the time.

Melissa Auf der Maur

TimeDayEvery DayAfraidLike

I like to direct movies, but I don't like to goof around for eight years talking about it.

John Malkovich

TalkingMoviesYearsLikeEight

I enjoy high-speed about-turns in thought.

Andy Serkis

ThoughtEnjoyHigh-Speed

Describing something as the 'Woodstock of...' has taken to mean a one-of-a-kind historic gathering.

Steve Blank

GatheringMeanWoodstockSomething

An empowered organisation is one in which individuals have the knowledge, skill, desire, and opportunity to personally succeed in a way that leads to collective organisational success.

Stephen Covey

SuccessOpportunityKnowledgeSucceed

I have wanted to fly into space for many years, but never imagined it would really be feasible.

Stephen Hawking

SpaceFlyNeverYearsWouldMany

I have sometimes been told that my music is 'difficult' for the listener.

Roger Sessions

MusicSometimesDifficultBeen

Russians really needed a product that would be not as strong as vodka and not as feminine as cheap sparkling wine, so Martini was a good solution.

Roustam Tariko

GoodStrongWineSolutionCheap

The money in the schools overpowers the principles of the purpose.

Miroslav Vitous

MoneyPurposePrinciplesSchools

Quality isn't about where the money came from or which company gets to put their name on the thing. What matters is who made the movie and why they made it.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

MoneyQualityNameWhyMattersMade

I was 15 years old at university, studying economics and philosophy, and I saw a retrospective of Australian film. They were very raw. 'Picnic at Hanging Rock,' 'Gallipoli;' they were fantastic.

Deborah Kara Unger

EconomicsPicnicPhilosophyRockOld

There's going to be a flood of opportunities right now but I don't think I could really talk about them.

Chris Daughtry

OpportunitiesThinkNowTalkRight

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