“Online education, then, can serve two goals. For students lucky enough to have access to great teachers, blended learning can mean even better outcomes at the same or lower cost. And for the millions here and abroad who lack access to good, in-person education, online learning can open doors that would otherwise remain closed.” MeanPersonsTwoEnoughGoalMillionsTeacherDoorsStudentsCostLuckyAccessOutcomesOnlineGreat TeacherOnline Learning Author:Daphne Koller
“Hope is not like a lottery ticket you can sit on the sofa and clutch, feeling lucky.... hope is an ax you break down doors with in an emergency.” FeelingsHopeBreakDoorsLuckyTicketsBreaking DownEmergenciesLotteryClutchSofasLottery Ticket Book:Hope In The Dark Source: Hope In The Dark
“Life becomes a lot simpler for a creative person when he or she finds the routine that works best. ... get in the habit of going through the routine every day, and on some of those days, you're going to be lucky and have done some good work. ... Go to your study, close the door, invent your confidence.” PersonsDoneCreativeStudyDoorsHabitLuckyRoutineGood WorkCreative Person Author:Diane Ackerman
“Being bipolar and an addict and an alcoholic I have to keep myself very busy. I don't sleep. I am lucky if I get three hours of sleep a night, and so I get up, and my head is full of slamming doors.” IfsNightThreeHoursSleepDoorsLuckyBusyGet UpAddictAlcoholicsBipolarSlamming Doors Author:David Feherty
“I had to battle it out with all the usual suspects and whatnot and go to the callback. I was lucky that (writer-director) John (Levine) and I were sort of these two white-boy hip-hop-heads from New York. I think that alone got me in the door.” ThinkingTwoWhiteBoysDoorsNew YorkBattleLuckyDirectorsHip HopHipsHopsSuspectsUsualCallbacks Author:Josh Peck
“I was a very lucky kid, because I grew up affluent Santa Barbara, California. My experience as a child was probably so different from people I met later who grew up in the rural South, where many doors were closed to them.” PeopleChildrenDifferentKidsDoorsGrewMetsLuckyGrew UpSouthCaliforniaSantaAffluentBarbaraSanta Barbara Author:Floyd Norman
“On Broadway, only the fire doors separate you from the sidewalk and you're lucky if the sound of a police car doesn't rip the envelope twice a night.” IfsNightSoundFireDoorsCarLuckyPoliceBroadwayRipEnvelopesSidewalkPolice Cars Book:Tom Stoppard in Conversation Source: Tom Stoppard in Conversation