#level

An egalitarian educational system is necessarily opposed to meritocracy and reward for achievement. It is inevitably opposed to procedures that might reveal differing levels of achievement. ↗

— Robert Bork

#differing #educational #egalitarian #inevitably #levels

At MIT, I had the good fortune for seven years to teach network theory, which is basic to many disciplines, to one-third of the undergraduate student body. It was an experiment to see how high we could bring their level of understanding, and it exceeded all of my expectations. ↗

— Amar Bose

#body #bring #could #disciplines #exceeded

Her death contributed to my later interest in studying biochemistry, an interest that has not been fulfilled in the sense that my accomplishments remain more at the basic than the applied level. ↗

— Paul D. Boyer

#applied #basic #been #biochemistry #contributed

Umpires, like players, are expected to show constant improvement each season and at each level. Inconsistent plate work and the inability to handle situations are probably the two biggest problems that minor league umpires face. ↗

— Jim Evans

#biggest problems #constant #each #expected #face

At the same time the Constitution sets in stone the Stability Pact and risks preventing member States from implementing a policy of growth. So we are not able to do things at the European or the national level. ↗

— Laurent Fabius

#constitution #european #growth #implementing #level

I don't have examples in my life of people who are all good or bad; I have deeply loved many people who are both, and I relate to those kinds of people on a far greater level. ↗

— Edie Falco

#both #deeply #examples #far #good

I think people should have the legal right to hurt themselves without fearing that they're going to get locked up for doing so. But on a personal level, if someone I loved was hurting himself or herself in front of me, I would, of course, try to restrain them. ↗

— Chester Brown

#doing #fearing #front #get #going

Alan Moore does have a sheen of class. He's a smart guy, and I'm sure there was a metaphoric level, I'm not denying that, but let's face it. the main reason he was doing a super-hero comic was because he was working for a super-hero comic book company. ↗

— Chester Brown

#because #book #class #comic #comic book

During my nearly five years as director-general of WHO, high-level policymakers have increasingly recognized that health is central to sustainable development. ↗

— Gro Harlem Brundtland

#development #during #five #health #high-level

The plan we developed to deal with al Qaeda depended on developing sources of human and technical intelligence that could give us insights into his plans at the tactical level. This is easy to say but hard to accomplish. ↗

— Cofer Black

#al #could #deal #depended #developed