#studying

It would be nice if the poor were to get even half of the money that is spent in studying them. ↗

— Bill Vaughan

#even #get #half #money #nice

I was studying acting in New York, and wasn't being hired by anyone to do anything other than to work in an Oriental rug warehouse. ↗

— Thomas Wilson

#anyone #anything #being #hired #i

Ooh, it's too embarrassing to share my innermost romantic secrets - although I have written Danielle the odd poem. If anything they are more comedic than romantic. They used to be well-received but that was before she started studying Shakespeare at drama college. Now I feel so inept. ↗

— Gary Lineker

#anything #before #college #comedic #drama

NASA space scientists have been studying giraffe skin so they can apply what they learn from it to the construction of spacesuits. ↗

— Joanna Lumley

#been #construction #giraffe #learn #nasa

Learning is acquired by reading books, but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to be acquired by reading men, and studying all the various facets of them. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

#books #facets #knowledge #learning #men

I went to Ohio University studying arts and history, and playing football. But I was only interested in girls, my pals and sports. I only did the minimum for school. ↗

— Ed O'Neill

#did #football #history #i #interested

I don't love studying. I hate studying. I like learning. Learning is beautiful. ↗

— Natalie Portman

#hate #i #learning #like #love

That is the exploration that awaits you! Not mapping stars and studying nebula, but charting the unknown possibilities of existence. ↗

— Leonard Nimoy

#charting #existence #exploration #mapping #possibilities

The only consistent hobby I've had is studying Spanish and French because of some delusion of grandeur to work around the world. I love sports but usually I'm looking for the next job. ↗

— William Sanderson

#because #consistent #delusion #french #grandeur

Ah," Gary said dreamily. " 'Free time.' I've heard about that. Don't fool yourself, Fire-Top. What with extra hours of lessons for punishments, and the extra work you get every day, free time is an illusion. It's what you get when you die and the gods reward you for a life spent working from dawn until midnight. We all face up to it sooner or later--the only real free time you get here is what my honored sire chooses to give you, when he thinks you have earned it." "And he doesn't give it to you at night," Alex put in. "He gives it to you when you've been here awhile, on Market Day and sometimes a morning or afternoon all to yourself. But never at night. At night you study. During the day you study. In your sleep-- ↗

— Tamora Pierce

#free-time #studying #work #dreams