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Learning

I knew nothing about martial arts. The coach told me I was talented with learning martial arts, and put me in a school. Three years later I got my first championship in China. – Jet Li

Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote. – Edward Young

I was not good in school. I could never read very fast or very well. I got tested for learning disabilities, for dyslexia. Then I got put on Ritalin and Dexedrine. I took those starting in the eighth grade. As soon as they pumped that drug into me, it would focus me right in. – Channing Tatum

Let schoolmasters puzzle their brain, With grammar, and nonsense, and learning, Good liquor, I stoutly maintain, Gives genius a better discerning. – Oliver Goldsmith

All the time a person is a child he is both a child and learning to be a parent. After he becomes a parent he becomes predominantly a parent reliving childhood. – Benjamin Spock

I used to be scared of women. When I was very young they terrified me, but discovering the female universe was incredible and still is to this day, as you never stop learning about them. – Antonio Banderas

By playing games you can artificially speed up your learning curve to develop the right kind of thought processes. – Nate Silver

I think my biggest focus for myself is learning how to continue to get through the trauma that my father has caused in my life. – Lindsay Lohan

You should be having more fun in high school, exploring things because you want to explore them and learning because you love learning-not worrying about competition. – Maya Lin

Composing gives me a chance to work in multiple dimensions and helps me pare down my melodies into what is essential. Learning new skills has always energized me and scoring has opened up a world of sonic possibilities. – Liz Phair

Books have led some to learning and others to madness. – Petrarch

There is no royal road to learning no short cut to the acquirement of any art. – Anthony Trollope

Learning to speak was the most remarkable thing you ever did. – Jeffrey Kluger

The mind of the polyglot is a very particular thing, and scientists are only beginning to look closely at how acquiring a second language influences learning, behavior and the very structure of the brain itself. – Jeffrey Kluger

Much learning shows how little mortals know much wealth, how little wordings enjoy. – Edward Young

But if we learn to think of it as anticipation, as learning, as growing, if we think of the time we spend waiting for the big things of life as an opportunity instead of a passing of time, what wonderful horizons open out! – Anna Neagle

I was learning, as I did in the Ministry of Defense. I never knew, but I always learned. – Shimon Peres

Without feeling abashed by my ignorance, I confess that I am absolutely unable to say. In the absence of an appearance of learning, my answer has at least one merit, that of perfect sincerity. – Jean Henri Fabre

I grow old learning something new every day. – Solon

All are agreed, that the increase of learning and good morals are great blessings to society. – Joseph Lancaster