“We should totally ban for-profit charters. For-profit's first obligation is to its stockholders, not to its children.” ShouldFirstsChildrenProfitObligationBansCharter Author:Diane Ravitch
“I support charters, but the right kind of charters. I support charters that support kids who have the highest needs. A charter should be targeting students who are in serious trouble. It should serve students who didn't succeed in public schools when it can help them. Or, at least, charters should agree to accept similar proportions of the kids with the highest needs.” NeedsShouldKindHelpingKidsSchoolAcceptingSupportTroubleStudentsSeriousSucceedHighestAgreeProportionPublic SchoolCharter Author:Diane Ravitch
“I'm moving - as a person and as a writer - through time. I'm a different age. I'm thinking about different things. I have different life experiences. I'm trying to get closer to being honest. And by closer I mean that at different ages I have different ideas of what the truth is, and at any point I'm trying to express that at that moment in time.” ThinkingTryingMeanPersonsIdeasDifferentMomentsAgeMovingHonestTruth IsBeing HonestDifferent ThingsThat MomentLife ExperienceMoments In TimeRough TimesDifferent IdeasDifferent LifeDifferent Ages Author:Charlie Kaufman
“I think any film that asks its audience a degree of tolerance and acceptance of those less fortunate than themselves isn't a bad thing from whatever culture you're in or from whatever part of any political spectrum.” ThinkingFilmPoliticalCultureAsksAudienceAcceptanceDegreesToleranceFortunateBad ThingsSpectrumLess FortunatePolitical SpectrumThose Less Fortunate Author:Hugh Bonneville
“Scientists and religious leaders, activists and first nation leaders, CEOs of corporations and actors, all of us need to come together right now, because the planet is in a lot of pain. My job doesn’t always feel like an integral part of the change that needs to occur. If I can offer, in my profession, to do things that are going to allow more people to connect with certain issues, then I hope it’s useful.” PeopleIfsNeedsFeelsFirstsI CanPainTogetherJobsCertainActorsNationsReligiousActingLeaderIssuesPlanetsOffersScientistProfessionCorporationsActivistCeoReligious Leaders Author:Ellen Page
“I just don't think I'm special because I'm an actor and I never would. Of course I take what I do seriously because I love doing it, and I love being in films and making films, but I don't take myself seriously.” ThinkingFilmCoursesActorsLove IsSpecial Author:Ellen Page
“I like the varying rhythm of being a writer that you have a period of being in complete isolation where it's just you and the book and your screenplay and no-one can read it.” BookPeriodsRhythmIsolationScreenplays Author:Patrick Marber
“I think a tragedy is something where the natural order of things is completely interrupted and doesn't right itself.” ThinkingOrderNaturalTragedyInterruptedNatural Order Author:Patrick Marber
“Awkwardness and feeling alienated are always going to be a part of comedy.” FeelingsComedyAwkwardness Author:Mike Birbiglia
“I think spending a lot of time with my mom, who's a talker and a storyteller, and my dad, who has kind of a soft-spoken, understated sense of humor, I think that's how I became what I am, which is sort of an understated storyteller.” ThinkingKindMomDadMy DadMy MomSpendingSense Of HumorStorytellerTalkersUnderstated Author:Mike Birbiglia