#posed

Imagine filling a college with the first 1,000 students to get perfect SATs. Whatever the racial composition of that class would be, the notion seems absurd because we know that college in America is supposed to be about creating citizens and leaders in a diverse nation. ↗

— Eric Liu

#absurd #america #because #citizens #class

Only those who are ideologically opposed to military programs think of the defense budget as the first and best place to get resources for social welfare needs. ↗

— Herman Kahn

#budget #defense #defense budget #first #get

It's hard to be happy when you are facing 120 to 140 degree temperatures and nothing seems to be moving in a direction that you think or they think or you've been told it's supposed to be moving in. ↗

— Janis Karpinski

#been #degree #direction #facing #happy

I have been exposed to a great amount of temptation throughout the course of my career. ↗

— DeForest Kelley

#been #career #course #exposed #great

One is a child when one has a child. No one says, 'You will never be the same again.' Which is the truth! And we're all supposed to be happy all the time. What is that about? ↗

— Emma Thompson

#again #be happy #child #happy #never

Award trophies, as opposed to letting the players define and claim their own. Ultimately, pay them to play so that their activity not only resembles work but is work. ↗

— John Thorn

#award #claim #define #letting #only

The first music I was exposed to was Stravinsky and I loved it but I don't remember it. ↗

— Leo Kottke

#first #i #loved #music #remember

I am supposed to owe the government something like $100 million. I couldn't squeeze out a dime. ↗

— Dennis Kozlowski

#dime #government #i #i am #like

I am opposed to the use of public funds for private education. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#education #funds #i #i am #opposed

When you're in your 30s and actively pursuing a career and a home life, a wife and children, you're busy doing as opposed to busy thinking. As you get older, even as you don't have as much time, I think you tend to think more and reflect more on what is happening in your own life. ↗

— Alex Trebek

#busy #career #children #doing #even