#lesson

When I grew up we had gym at school, two or three dance classes after school, ice skating lessons, and all sorts of sports at our finger tips. We weren't glued to computers because they didn't exist, so being active was all we knew. ↗

— Lisa Loeb

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He who is firmly seated in authority soon learns to think security, and not progress, the highest lesson in statecraft. ↗

— James Russell Lowell

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When I was 12 and started to take singing lessons from a woman, she told me that I would probably spend the rest of my life taking care of my voice. ↗

— Johnny Mathis

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The important thing is to learn a lesson every time you lose. Life is a learning process and you have to try to learn what's best for you. Let me tell you, life is not fun when you're banging your head against a brick wall all the time. ↗

— John McEnroe

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He who follows his lessons tastes a profound peace, and looks upon everybody as a bunch of manure. ↗

— Moliere

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In contravention of my belief that any life ending in death is essentially pointless, I needed my friends to open up that plastic bag and take one last look at me. Someone had to remember me, if only for a few more minutes in the vast silent waiting room of time. ↗

— Gary Shteyngart

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I took acting and elocution lessons, to get rid of my Sicilian accent. ↗

— Maria Grazia Cucinotta

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The most important lesson I've learned in this business is how to say no. I have said no to a lot of temptations, and I am glad I did. ↗

— Penelope Cruz

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It's about lessons for life. It's not just about winning either. ↗

— Lynn Davies

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The fact that a person loves one particular person is what is important; the life lesson, whether you are homosexual or heterosexual, is that you not be promiscuous, and true to one person. ↗

— Loretta Devine

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