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Learning

I think that if you keep your eyes and your ears open and you are receptive to learning, there are skills you can get from any job at all. – Cat Deeley

The hardest of all is learning to be a well of affection, and not a fountain to show them we love them not when we feel like it, but when they do. – Nan Fairbrother

The Tea Party was born out of the disgust many Americans felt early in the financial crisis upon learning that the federal government was even contemplating reducing the principal on some troubled mortgages. – Mark Zandi

Learning operatic roles is ongoing, and I find that I can learn on the train or subway, during a manicure, getting my hair done, and even while driving if I only look at the score at red lights. – Renee Fleming

Year by year we are learning that in this restless, strenuous American life of ours vacations are essential. – Ellsworth Huntington

He that knew all that learning ever writ, Knew only this – that he knew nothing yet. – Aphra Behn

No man is the wiser for his learning it may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon but wit and wisdom are born with a man. – John Selden

After you start learning all about the mechanics of piloting a riverboat, you stop seeing all the pretty sunsets and you start thinking about the weather. – John Hartford

After learning the language and culture of the Chinese people, these Jesuits began to establish contacts with the young intellectuals of the country. – Hu Shih

I prefer to think of myself as a musician who is still learning and trying to do something every time out. – Geddy Lee

We believe that if you put in place the mechanisms that allow for personal choice as far as Medicare is concerned, as well as the programs in Medicaid, that we can actually get to a better result and do what most Americans are learning how to do, which is to do more with less. – Eric Cantor

Learning how to improvise really awakened my interest in music. – Carter Burwell

Recipes tell you nothing. Learning techniques is the key. – Tom Colicchio

Directors who turn into big babies and shut out criticism stop learning. – Richard King

Churchill was the canny political animal, very devious, bursting with energy and determination, learning as hard as he could. – Lord Mountbatten

I spend more time learning about Buddhism than English, which is why my English today is still bad. – Jet Li

When I was 8 years old, I knew nothing about martial arts. The coach told me I was talented with learning martial arts, and put me in a school. – Jet Li

I view life as a learning experience. It is not so much all about music it is about what happens when you are doing the music. – Michael Schenker

Hollywood and the recording industry argue that current law permits the copying of songs and movies, and sharing them on the Internet. This enables young people to grow up learning how to steal. – Suzanne Fields

The greatest gift that Oxford gives her sons is, I truly believe, a genial irreverence toward learning, and from that irreverence love may spring. – Robertson Davies