#learning

I grew up in the southern United States in a city which at that time during the late '40's and early '50's was the most segregated city in the country, and in a sense learning how to oppose the status quo was a question of survival. ↗

— Angela Davis

#country #during #early #grew #how

I've seen a lot of the United States, having stayed in so many different cities and towns for work. It's such a strange and fascinating country, and instead of learning about it through a textbook, I would rather discover its history and traditions and institutions through fiction and nonfiction writers. ↗

— Hope Davis

#cities #country #different #discover #fascinating

The learning process continues until the day you die. ↗

— Kirk Douglas

#day #die #learning #learning process #process

My father is a chemist, my mother was a homemaker. My parents instilled in us the feeling that learning was the most exciting thing that could happen to you, and it never ends. ↗

— Rita Dove

#could #ends #exciting #exciting thing #father

It wasn't until after private lessons and learning bass lines that I even noticed bass in the music I was listening to at that age. My ears were blown wide open. ↗

— Trevor Dunn

#age #bass #blown #ears #even

I had a lot of trouble with engineers, because their whole background is learning from a functional point of view, and then learning how to perform that function. ↗

— Brian Eno

#because #engineers #function #functional #had

It has to be a very specific role for me because of my accent. I can't complain; I've been working since I got to LA. But it is hard. I have no training as an actress so I try whatever I do like school, because I'm learning. ↗

— Sofia Vergara

#actress #because #been #complain #got

Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value. ↗

— Jean de La Fontaine

#learning #talk #value #will

The only things worth learning are the things you learn after you know it all. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

#know #learn #learning #only #things

There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

#art #cut #learning #road #royal