#studied

All of the philosophers I studied were white (with a few Eastern exceptions), and, for that matter, they were all male. Africa, the cradle of civilization, seemed to have no footing in the highest form of human thought. ↗

— Walter Mosley

#civilization #cradle #eastern #exceptions #few

Real knowledge, like everything else of value, is not to be obtained easily. It must be worked for, studied for, thought for, and, more that all, must be prayed for. ↗

— Thomas Arnold

#else #everything #knowledge #like #more

Rage is the only quality which has kept me, or anybody I have ever studied, writing columns for newspapers. ↗

— Jimmy Breslin

#columns #ever #i #kept #me

That's something I learned in art school. I studied graphic design in Germany, and my professor emphasized the responsibility that designers and illustrators have towards the people they create things for. ↗

— Eric Carle

#art school #create #design #designers #emphasized

In this watering-place I acted an heroic character, badly studied; and being a novice on such a stage, I forgot my part before a pair of lovely blue eyes. ↗

— Adelbert von Chamisso

#badly #before #being #blue #blue eyes

It took three years to put Shakespeare's words together, there were a lot of words to be studied and a lot of words to be sorted out, and it proved to be a major project. ↗

— David Crystal

#major #out #project #proved #put

I listened more than I studied... therefore little by little my knowledge and ability were developed. ↗

— Joseph Haydn

#developed #i #knowledge #listened #little

Yes, I mean like you know, having studied with Yehudi Menuhin that is like some direct route into Bach, because he was one of the foremost interpreters of Bach for the violin. ↗

— Nigel Kennedy

#because #direct #foremost #having #i

I studied voice for three months to get rid of my English accent. I changed my hair to blonde. I knew I could be sexy if I had to. ↗

— Deborah Kerr

#blonde #changed #could #english #get

Everyone knows what a curve is, until he has studied enough mathematics to become confused through the countless number of possible exceptions. ↗

— Felix Klein

#confused #countless #curve #enough #everyone