#studying

I probably dreamt about running off to America or something when I was 16 because it just seemed like I was studying algebra and going, 'What am I going to use this for?' ↗

— Carey Mulligan

#algebra #am #america #because #dreamt

The marvelous thing is that even in studying linguistics, we find that the universe as a whole is patterned, ordered, and to some degree intelligible to us. ↗

— Kenneth L. Pike

#even #find #intelligible #linguistics #marvelous

I was studying American politicians who were searching - allegedly - for American communists because it would put them on the front pages of the papers in their home towns. ↗

— Robert Vaughn

#american #because #communists #front #home

In school, I wasn't a very good student - I was very irresponsible and never did the studying but always liked to get the laugh. ↗

— Ray Romano

#did #get #good #good student #i

You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving. ↗

— Anatole France

#learn #love #loving #run #running

My goal was not to be famous or rich but to be good at what I did. And that required going to New York and studying and working in the theater. ↗

— Shirley Knight

#famous #goal #going #good #i

When I was younger and studying acting, I never ever saw myself in the sitcom world; it was drama that really turned me on and still does. ↗

— Matt LeBlanc

#does #drama #ever #i #me

The great philosophers and the great works are standards for the selection of what is essential. Everything that we do in studying the history of philosophy ultimately serves their better understanding. ↗

— Karl Jaspers

#essential #everything #great #history #philosophers

It had rained on some vivid green ferns in Maine and it was quite beautiful. I was moving the camera slightly and studying the ground glass. Looking at those 20 square inches, trying to find out just what were the right elements to include. ↗

— John Sexton

#camera #elements #find #glass #green

I wanted to be in a band that gave bang for the buck. I wanted to be in the band who didn't look like a bunch of guys who, you know, should be in a library studying for their finals. ↗

— Gene Simmons

#bang #buck #bunch #finals #gave