#assessment

In Connecticut, my understanding, although I haven't seen the actual litigation, is that they want to measure every other year and not provide annual assessment as is required in the statute. ↗

— Margaret Spellings

#although #annual #assessment #connecticut #every

Stay diagnostic even as you take action. ↗

— Ronald Heifetz

#open-mindedness #change

Desperate people are dangerous people. ↗

— Bob Ritter

#assessments #dangerousness #presidents #psychological-profile #secret-service

The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and the respect to look at ourselves honestly and gently. ↗

— Pema Chödrön

#mindfulness #pain #self-assessment #self-awareness #truth

Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others. ↗

— Confucius

#self-assessment #self-determination #responsibility

Our initial assessment is that they will all die. ↗

— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

#die #initial #our #will

Think of what happened after 9/11, the minute before there was any assessment, there was glee in the administration because now we can invade Iraq, and so the war drums beat. ↗

— Ron Paul

#after #any #assessment #beat #because

I think kids should have a mentor and a role model, but that they shouldn't take one person's opinion to be what we call final assessment or judgment about how life is supposed to be. ↗

— Sean Paul

#assessment #call #final #how #i

Well, I think first of all there was a failure to have real, clear information at our disposal. There was a real lack of situational awareness. We didn't have the capabilities on the ground to give us real-time, accurate assessments of the physical condition of the city. ↗

— Michael Chertoff

#assessments #awareness #capabilities #city #clear

All right, so give me some idea of what you can do," says Haymitch. I can’t do anything," says Peeta, "unless you count baking bread." Sorry, I don’t. Katniss. I already know you’re handy with a knife,” says Haymitch. Not really. But I can hunt,” I say. “With a bow and arrow.” And you’re good?” asks Haymitch. I have to think about it. I’ve been putting food on the table for four years. That’s no small task. I’m not as good as my father was, but he’d had more practice. I’ve better aim than Gale, but I’ve had more practice. He’s a genius with traps and snares. “I’m all right,” I say. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#talents #food