EducationSeamus Heaney I would say that something important for me and for my generation in Northern Ireland was the 1947 Education Act, which allowed students who won scholarships to go on to secondary schools and thence to university. – Seamus Heaney Allowed Quotes Education Quotes Generation Quotes Ireland Quotes Northern Quotes Scholarships Quotes Schools Quotes Secondary Quotes Students Quotes University Quotes It is really important that we promote competitive support in schools. It is very important that we recognise that has to be underpinned by good quality physical education and by getting people into patterns of exercise. I believe in God, but in my own unconventional way. We’re not affiliated with any organisation, and I have no religious education of any kind, but I definitely have my own kind of ideas about it.
Kathleen Hanna Sometimes, being a feminist artist, there are times where I’m in a position where I just want to feel like I’m saying all the right things politically, or I feel like I have to mention my own project over other people’s projects. But I don’t do that anymore. I just want to be off the cuff and honest. – Kathleen Hanna
HomePaul TherouxTravel What draws me in is that a trip is a leap in the dark. It’s like a metaphor for life. You set off from home, and in the classic travel book, you go to an unknown place. You discover a different world, and you discover yourself. – Paul Theroux
Steve Stoute I tell young entrepreneurs to use the leader in their industry and as a benchmark as they work to create their own brand. Don’t look at what your competition is doing – if you emulate the leader in your industry, you will achieve a higher level of engagement with consumers and make their buying experience richer. – Steve Stoute
Colson Whitehead The readership for ‘Sag Harbor’ was different from people who’d read me before – it was linear and realistic, not as strange as ‘The Intuitionist.’ Did they carry over to ‘Zone One,’ a story about zombies in New York? Some, some not. I’m used to people not caring about my other books. – Colson Whitehead
Horatio Nelson Our country will, I believe, sooner forgive an officer for attacking an enemy than for letting it alone. – Horatio Nelson
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