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After you start learning all about the mechanics of piloting a riverboat, you stop seeing all the pretty sunsets and you start thinking about the weather.
John Hartford on learning

After learning the language and culture of the Chinese people, these Jesuits began to establish contacts with the young intellectuals of the country.
Hu Shih on learning

I prefer to think of myself as a musician who is still learning and trying to do something every time out.
Geddy Lee on learning

We believe that if you put in place the mechanisms that allow for personal choice as far as Medicare is concerned, as well as the programs in Medicaid, that we can actually get to a better result and do what most Americans are learning how to do, which is to do more with less.
Eric Cantor on learning

From the time I started school, it was clear to everyone that I wasn't learning at the same pace as other kids.
Carre Otis on learning

So foolish is the heart of man that he ever puts his hope in the future, learning nothing from his past errors and fancying that tomorrow must be better than today.
Mika Waltari on learning

Learning how to improvise really awakened my interest in music.
Carter Burwell on learning

The learning curve is 'The Hobbit' is being shot in 3D.
Andy Serkis on learning

Next year, I hope there will be even more parties, lots of holidays and just having a good time, really. Plus wing-walking, air shows and learning to fly, as they are all things I want to do. I won't be restricted by age.
Carol Vorderman on learning

You should put time into learning your craft. It seems like people want success so quickly, way before they're ready.
Lucinda Williams on learning

In the end, the humanities can only be defended by stressing how indispensable they are and this means insisting on their vital role in the whole business of academic learning, rather than protesting that, like some poor relation, they don't cost much to be housed.
Terry Eagleton on learning

I'm constantly learning, and that is the greatest gift of life in my opinion - to always be learning and growing.
Kristin Chenoweth on learning

Now, for this book I had to learn the world of the Senate, which is really for all that's 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 on learning

If you live through the initial stage of fame and get past it, and remember thats not who you are. If you live past that, then you have a hope of maybe learning how to spell the word artist.
Patrick Swayze on learning

I think the most wonderful thing in the world is another chef. I'm always excited about learning new things about food.
Paul Prudhomme on learning

It's not like learning how to hit a curve ball in baseball.
Floyd Abrams on learning

The excitement of learning separates youth from old age. As long as you're learning you're not old.
Rosalyn S. Yalow on learning

I am involved with 'Write Girl,' which is such a great organization, because they go into inner city schools and work with underprivileged girls to pair them up with other writers. And it gets them learning to express themselves and become familiar with their own voice. They have a 100% success ratio getting those girls into college.
Melissa Rosenberg on learning

I think I'm learning to be bolder in my career choices and be more confident in my personal life. I haven't always felt very secure as an individual, but now I feel I certain confidence and sense of self that gets me through the day a lot better than before.
Winona Ryder on learning

This is actually a very important principle that science is learning about large systems like evolution and that futurists are learning about anticipating human society: just because a future scenario is plausible doesn't mean we can get there from here.
Kevin Kelly on learning