Journalism is not a precise science, it's a crude art
Dan RatherRead
The dream begins, most of the time, with a teacher who believes in you.
Interpretation
A supportive teacher can ignite a student's ambition and potential.
This quote emphasizes the crucial role of educators in shaping the aspirations and self-belief of their students. When a teacher believes in a student's capabilities, it can inspire the student to pursue their dreams and strive for success, highlighting the profound impact that encouragement and faith from mentors can have on an individual's journey.
In practice
In a graduation speech to inspire students to remember their mentors.
Journalism is not a precise science, it's a crude art
Only votes talk, everything else walks.
From the streets of Cairo and the Arab Spring, to Occupy Wall Street, from the busy political calendar to the aftermath of the tsunami in Japan, social media was not only sharing the news but driving it.
A college degree is the key to realizing the American dream, well worth the financial sacrifice because it is supposed to open the door to a world of opportunity.
Covering the civil-rights movement was a mind- and eye-opener for me. Houston was a segregated society, as was Texas as a whole - some of it by law, a lot of it by fear and tradition. But there was no violence where I lived, and if there was hate, it was either concealed from me or I just didn't recognize it.
Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow.
Except when he has regressive tendencies, the child's nature is to aim directly and energetically at functional independence.
It is still not enough for language to have clarity and content... it must also have a goal and an imperative. Otherwise from language we descend to chatter, from chatter to babble and from babble to confusion.
Since I was old enough to understand what a songwriter/producer is, I've had a curiosity about how Max Martin creates what he creates. I wanted to see that happen. I wanted to be there. I wanted to learn from him.
Kids who have an understanding of how and why their feelings are what they are are much more likely to talk to us about what's happening, and they have better skills to work it out.
Never begrudge the money you spend on your own education.
My law school class in the late 1950s numbered over 500. That class included less than 10 women.
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