Merit pay has failed repeatedly, and it’s no surprise. When you base teacher pay on standardized test scores, you won’t improve education; you just promote the high-stakes testing craze that’s led parents, students and educators to shout ‘Enough!’ all across the country. Randi Weingarten Read Quote
If I were God, I would just be up there scratching my head, thinking, ‘What the hell am I supposed to do with this?’ For everyone helping an old lady across the street, there’s someone else bludgeoning a person to death. And sometimes they’re the same. How can He separate us all out? Michael Shannon Read Quote
Law became boring, but like every job I’ve done, it helped prepare me for a career in music. Estelle Read Quote
If skating got into the Olympics, I would be tempted to hold off on shredding for a year and just skate, to make that my new goal. In that sport, I’m still the underdog. Shaun White Read Quote
I like to work with directors where you feel they make the movies not for the audience, but make them for themselves. They don’t care if it’s a success financially. That’s what I like. Udo Kier Read Quote
Most youngsters are so well-connected with the rock music circle that they will know instantly if I attempt to imitate any rock star. Harshvardhan Rane Read Quote
I stand before you a changed man. Use me as an example of an instrument of change. Michael Vick Read Quote
