#agu

We cannot ignore the disparity in resources that continue to plague many of our school systems, especially those serving predominantly inner-city minority and impoverished children. ↗

— Diane Watson

#children #continue #disparity #especially #ignore

Affirmative action is a little like the professional football draft. The NFL awards its No. 1 draft choices to the lowest-ranked team in the league. It doesn't do this out of compassion or guilt. It's done for mutual survival. They understand that a league can only be as strong as its weakest team. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#affirmative #affirmative action #awards #choices #compassion

All the government decisions remain and won't be altered until I get in the role and have had a chance to discuss them with my colleagues. ↗

— Jay Weatherill

#chance #colleagues #decisions #discuss #get

And time for reflection with colleagues is for me a lifesaver; it is not just a nice thing to do if you have the time. It is the only way you can survive. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#just #me #nice #only #reflection

It's funny, 'cause it seems like just yesterday that I was the youngest player just starting out. But now there are young players all over the league, and they'll ask me questions about playing overseas or finding an agent. ↗

— Sue Wicks

#agent #ask #cause #finding #funny

The Champions League is the competition everyone wants to be in. ↗

— Steven Gerrard

#competition #everyone #league #wants

You have to hit the fastball to play in the big leagues. ↗

— Ted Williams

#big leagues #fastball #hit #leagues #play

In 2010, my two Harvard mathematician colleagues and I dismantled kin-selection theory, which was the reigning theory of the origin of altruism at the time. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#colleagues #dismantled #harvard #i #mathematician

I always vaguely knew I wanted to perform, but I haven't got the greatest singing voice and my dancing isn't up to scratch. Acting was really the only alternative. My parents have been really supportive throughout. ↗

— Ruth Wilson

#alternative #always #been #dancing #got

I'm not going to name some of my colleagues who are very well-known for their television presentation, but they wouldn't know new information or how to report a story if it came up and bit them. ↗

— Bob Woodward

#came #colleagues #going #how #i