Quote by Tracy Kidder
The hardest thing was learning to write. I was 13, and the only wr

The hardest thing was learning to write. I was 13, and the only writing I had done was for Social Studies. It consisted of copying passages right out of the encyclopedia. – Tracy Kidder

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You do the right thing even if it makes you feel bad. The purpose of life is not to be happy but to be worthy of happiness. – Tracy Kidder

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Paul Farmer has helped to build amazing health care system in one of the poorest areas of Haiti. He founded Partners in Health, which serves the destitute and the sick in many parts of the world from Haiti to Boston and from Russia to Peru. – Tracy Kidder

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It has to be a very specific role for me because of my accent. I cant complain Ive been working since I got to LA. But it is hard. I have no training as an actress so I try whatever I do like school, because Im learning. – Sofia Vergara

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A tough lesson in life that one has to learn is that not everybody wishes you well. – Dan Rather

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The second half of the 60s really was a kind of learning period, in terms of writing, for me. – Bruce Cockburn

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Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out of doors. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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