#training

The students that, like the wild animal being prepared for its tricks in the circus called "life", expects only training as sketched above, will be severely disappointed: by his standards he will learn next to nothing. ↗

— Edsger Dijkstra

#animal #being #being prepared #called #circus

The advantage is I have my family with me all the time. When your daughter takes her first steps or says her first words and your son is going through potty training, I'm not missing any of those things. ↗

— Larry Dixon

#any #daughter #family #first #going

My training of cold-calling and everyone under the sun telling me no, and my keeping going, was a huge part of the first two years of Spanx. ↗

— Sara Blakely

#first #going #huge #keeping #me

My knowledge of science came from being with Carl, not from formal academic training. Carl gave me a thrilling tutorial in science and math that lasted the 20 years we were together. ↗

— Ann Druyan

#being #came #carl #formal #gave

When I left drama school, there were dozens of rep theatres you could apply to where you got a good training. ↗

— Brenda Blethyn

#could #dozens #drama #drama school #good

I spent twelve years training for a career that was over in a week. Joe Namath spent one week training for a career that lasted twelve years. ↗

— Bruce Jenner

#i #joe #lasted #over #spent

Looking back on those games, I probably hustled out of position as much as I hustled into position since I really never had any real training. I was working on instincts alone. ↗

— Jim Evans

#any #back #games #had #hustled

The job of training an Iraqi police force is one of the most important tasks being undertaken in Operation Iraqi Freedom. It is also one of the most difficult. ↗

— John Boehner

#being #difficult #force #freedom #important

Education is that whole system of human training within and without the school house walls, which molds and develops men. ↗

— W. E. B. Du Bois

#education #house #human #men #molds

Training is full-on. Some days I really don't want to get out of bed and hit that track again. Sunday and Monday morning sessions are always horrible. But who really looks forward to going to work on a Monday morning? ↗

— Jessica Ennis

#always #bed #days #forward #full-on