Quote by Esperanza Spalding
I think theres so much negative influence on children in school se

I think theres so much negative influence on children in school settings. It becomes learning by rote to pass a test. Its not contextualized. – Esperanza Spalding

Other quotes by Esperanza Spalding

I love people, and I love to be with people and to make music with people, but my natural state is to revert back to being by myself in my house, which is cool because thats where I practice and write and listen and study. – Esperanza Spalding

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cool
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The benefit of the radio is, something beyond your realm of knowledge can surprise you, can enter your realm of knowledge. – Esperanza Spalding

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Knowledge
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By keeping my hand in that, its the way I keep learning. The main way you learn in medicine is by practicing and working with patients. – Andrew Weil

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Learning

Now, for this book I had to learn the world of the Senate, which is really for all thats written about the Senate, an unknowing world and its mores, and the way things work with subcommittees and all. I loved learning about that. – Robert Caro

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Learning

Having photographed the landscape for a number of years and specifically working with trees and in the forest I found, without consciously thinking about it, that it was a great learning experience for me in terms of organizing elements. – John Sexton

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Learning

I grew up listening to Jay-Z, and I think the first time I really became obsessed with learning and thinking about lyrics was when I started listening to rap I was 11, 12, and started becoming aware of music beyond the familiar. – Ezra Koenig

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Learning

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To give pain is the tyranny to make happy, the true empire of beauty. – Samuel Butler

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Beauty

Even actresses that you really admire, like Reese Witherspoon, you think, Another romantic comedy? You see her in something like Walk the Line and think, God, youre so great! And then you think, Why is she doing these stupid romantic comedies? But of course, its for money and status. – Gwyneth Paltrow

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Romantic

I still close my eyes and go home – I can always draw from that. – Dolly Parton

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Home

On the environmental front theres concern about global warming and high levels of carbon dioxide, and trees take in CO2 and store carbon. – Clive Anderson

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environmental