Zitat des Tages über Gelernt / Learned:
Some of us learned in a school of philosophy which taught that all was for the common good and nothing for oneself and have never, in any case, regarded the pursuit of happiness as anything other than an aberration of the human spirit.
One of the lessons learned from 22 July is that we have to take seriously all those people who take part in debates on the Internet, expressing extreme views, and then meet them, discuss with them, bring them into the open. We have not used bans or used the laws to try to forbid parties or political tendencies which we don't like.
Comics have always helped people to read. A lot of people learned to read by reading the comics. And it's our livelihood, after all. If people don't know how to read, they're not reading our comics.
I was on the set when I was five years old with Spencer Tracy. A lot of what I learned growing up in terms of artistry is very clean, very tidy, very organized.
I've been lucky. I've met a lot of baseball people, and I've learned to value people who talk - people who talk well and in long sentences and even long paragraphs.
I learned from Arnold Schwarzenegger, too, that it's O.K. to be pluggish.
Deep inside, I was hoping I'd win: The competition was tough, but I learned from other's mistakes.
When I was a teenager, I worked in New Orleans for a chef named Paul Prudhomme. That was a very important time in my life as a chef. I developed my palate and learned a lot. And here I am now. I specialize in modern Mexican and contemporary Latin cuisines.
I suppose I learned organization from Altman.
I learned never to listen to acting teachers because they don't know what the hell they're talking about.
I learned with 'The Beach' that I'm a bit better lower down the radar.
Black English is simpler than standard English in some ways; for example, it often gets by with just 'be' and drops 'am,' 'is,' and 'are.' That's because black English arose when adult African slaves learned the language.
Soon I learned that the worse the puns and jokes, the funnier they could be, if you knew how to deliver them.
I've had all the lessons I could get. I've learned from everybody I've ever met.
I have learned to like myself for the first time and to have some serenity.
It was from them that I learned that hard work in stable surroundings could yield rewards, even if only in infinitesimally small increments.
The person I've worked with most is Morena Baccarin, and from her, I've learned to stand up for your character.
The secret of the truly successful, I believe, is that they learned very early in life how not to be busy. They saw through that adage, repeated to me so often in childhood, that anything worth doing is worth doing well.
I have learned to smile when I wasn't happy, to sing when I didn't feel like it, and to do things just to please my fans.
A young sailor boy came to see me today. It pleases me to have these lads seek me on their return from their first voyage, and tell me how much they have learned about navigation.
I used to be a real prince charming if I went on a date with a girl. But then I'd get to where I was likely to have a stroke from the stress of keeping up my act. I've since learned the key to a good date is to pay attention on her.
I've learned it's always better to have a small percentage of a big success, than a hundred percent of nothing.
What I've learned - after working for, I guess, some time now - is when you're approaching a relationship like that, like, any working relationship, it's good to be open. To know that someone might have a different way of doing things and listen to them. And hopefully, you come to a common understanding.
I went along and basically learned a few of the songs they were doing at the time, which were quite a few of the songs we ended up doing on our first album.
I learned early on how to treat women by the examples that were set around me.
It's so easy to use tired, shopworn figures of speech. I love using long, fancy words but have learned - mostly from writing my biography of Winston Churchill - that short, strong words work better. I am ever-vigilant against the passive and against jargon, both of which are so insidious.
The most important thing that I learned in growing up is that forgiveness is something that, when you do it, you free yourself to move on.
Sondheim is my god; I love the man. I learned a great deal about writing from his work, his lyrics, and his structure.
I think at an early age I learned not to judge people.
Having principled men and women in office is how you protect yourself from tyranny, and that was something I learned from when I was 2, 3, 5 years old.
I learned from my uncle that jazz, like symphony music, was built to last.
I tried to stay with things until I thought they were on their feet and they learned to walk and talk.
I didn't have parents, so I lived in people's homes... And because I grew up with no parental role models, I learned to become my own friend, eventually my own father and my own mother.
Studying cows, pigs and chickens can help an actor develop his character. There are a lot of things I learned from animals. One was that they couldn't hiss or boo me.
I grew up very poor, so I learned how to stretch a dollar. It's nice to combine high-end with low-end or whatever-end you want.
The White House used to belong to the American people. At least that's what I learned from history books and from covering every president starting with John F. Kennedy.
