The first task in teaching is to bring to consciousness what the students already believe by virtue of their personal experiences about themselves and society.
Paul Wellstone
SocietyBelievePersonalVirtueTask
It may seem a hard task to condemn fellow creatures to long years of confinement in prison, but it is not so hard if they clearly deserve it.
Thomas Mellon
PrisonLongDeserveHardYearsTask
Paleoanthropology is not a science that ends with the discovery of a bone. One has to have the original to work with. It is a life-long task.
Richard Leakey
WorkScienceDiscoveryTaskOriginal
While the male eye zooms in on a particular element to the exclusion of all else, a woman's gaze flickers from one tedious task to the next, to the point where we can't distinguish between the importance of mopping the kitchen floor and achieving world peace.
Mariella Frostrup
PeaceWomanWorldKitchenEyeTask
I worked hard at whatever task I was given and embraced leadership opportunities, whether as a crossing guard, an altar boy, or a general.
Martin Dempsey
LeadershipOpportunitiesBoyTask
Writers themselves benefit from all helpful information about their task and methods. Readers, in turn, can have both their understanding and appreciation of literature enhanced by information about the writer's work.
Leland Ryken
WorkAppreciationUnderstandingTask
Before venturing on so large an undertaking as is involved in the task I had set myself I consulted a number of distinguished scholars as to the desirability of such a series.
James Loeb
MyselfTaskInvolvedSetScholars
The secret of life is to have a task, something you devote your entire life to, something you bring everything to, every minute of the day for the rest of your life. And the most important thing is, it must be something you cannot possibly do.
Henry Moore
LifeDayRestYouImportantTask
There's no bigger task than protecting the homeland of our country.
George W. Bush
CountryTaskBiggerHomelandThan
Art is the proper task of life.
Friedrich Nietzsche
LifeArtTaskProper
Sometimes, I feel promoting a film is a more difficult task than acting!
Emraan Hashmi
FeelActingSometimesDifficultTask
When I was very young, my nanny was a big Newfoundland dog... whose task was to keep me from drowning.
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
DogMeYoungTaskBigKeep
Producing is a thankless task akin to hotel management. Unfortunately, there are not too many good hotel managers.
David Hemmings
GoodManagementHotelTaskThankless
The more books we read, the clearer it becomes that the true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and that no other task is of any consequence.
Cyril Connolly
TrueMasterpieceMoreTaskFunction
So we are fulfilling our task in preventing serious armament stocks in Iraq within our possibilities.
Bulent Ecevit
PossibilitiesSeriousTaskWithin
The main task for the Middle East is geopolitical stability. The rest of the world has to help to get this region straight, and once that's been achieved, the region has a great future.
Joe Kaeser
FutureGreatWorldRestHelpTask
The Israeli military plays more than a critical role in defending the citizens of the Jewish state. It also plays an important social, scientific and psychological role in preparing its young citizens for the challenging task of being Israelis in a difficult world.
Alan Dershowitz
WorldImportantYoungDifficultTask
The director's task is to recreate life, its movement, its contradictions, its dynamic and conflicts. It is his duty to reveal every iota of the truth he has seen, even if not everyone finds that truth acceptable.
Andrei Tarkovsky
LifeTruthDutyMovementTaskSeen
We live in a world of guns, bombs and terror. To conquer hate seems a nigh-impossible task.
Theodore Bikel
LiveHateWorldConquerTaskGuns
I am deeply impressed with the gravity and wisdom with which most federal judges approach the responsibility of sentencing. It is a difficult, soul-searching task at best.
Robert Kennedy
WisdomResponsibilityBestI AmTask
Our task is not to rediscover nature but to remake it.
Raoul Vaneigem
NatureTaskOurRemakeRediscover
To rewrite history on the bases of hypotheses which have not materialized is not only a fruitless task, but, in my eyes, meaningless.
Jean Monnet
HistoryEyesTaskMeaninglessOnly
The thing about praising beauty is that good looks are an unforgiving task- master, a Forth Bridge of a maintenance job. The passing years present their accounts. Younger models become available.
Laurie Graham
GoodBeautyJobBridgePresentTask
The revolutionary sees his task as liberation not only of the oppressed but also of the oppressor. Happiness can never truly exist in a state of tension.
Steven Biko
HappinessOppressorNeverTaskExist
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