#academy

The manager sits down with me; I sit down with the board. We assess the success of the year. The manager assesses whose coming through the academy system. His job is to look at what is happening in European and world football. ↗

— David Gill

#assess #board #coming #down #european

When I first encountered the name of the city of Stockholm, I little thought that I would ever visit it, never mind end up being welcomed to it as a guest of the Swedish Academy and the Nobel Foundation. ↗

— Seamus Heaney

#being #city #encountered #end #ever

Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#academe #academy #ancient #football #modern

The theory of permanent Muslim-Christian enmity, though it flourishes in the caves of Tora Bora and parts of the American academy, was long ago exploded by the historians. ↗

— James Buchan

#ago #american #caves #enmity #exploded

You've probably noticed already that I'm dressed like a grown-up... I apologize to the Academy, and I promise that I will never do it again. ↗

— Cher

#again #already #apologize #dressed #grown-up

I studied at the Budapest Academy of Theatrical Arts for four years and emerged with a degree. ↗

— Bela Lugosi

#arts #budapest #degree #emerged #four

There's been a slow death in a way. On the positive side, there are films getting into the Academy Awards that wouldn't have, but on the negative side, financiers are now dominant and making all the decisions. I can't count the ways a director's vision is compromised. ↗

— Lili Taylor

#academy awards #awards #been #compromised #count

So I think we got together as the Academy to give ourselves that sort of responsibility and to play well. ↗

— Neville Marriner

#give #got #i #i think #ourselves