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What makes this story so remarkable is that throughout my early childhood I had ongoing learning difficulties, particularly in mathematics. I struggled to learn the multiplication table, and no matter how hard I tried, I simply couldn't remember 6 times 7 or 7 times 8.

And initially, a lot of companies avoid trying to make a really radical new kind of title for a new system, because that would involve learning a new machine and learning how to make the new title at the same time.

Studying literature at Harvard is like learning about women at the Mayo clinic.

I make personal appearances around the country. I am starting a book tour now, and I may be coming to Toronto with the Learning Annex, which I am doing all through the United States, so that may come up just before Christmas.

The day you stop learning and creating must be the most boring day.

All the learning in the world cannot replace instinct.

Violence is a problem we all want to solve. I want to make sure that kids learn to deal with anger by learning how to talk with people to solve problems. Here in the United States Senate I want to make sure we have safe schools, safe neighborhoods and good things for kids to do after school!

Just keep learning from the role and not just go for the money.

Think about how much it costs to incarcerate someone. Do we want them just sitting in prison, lifting weights, becoming violent and thinking about the next crime? Or do we want them having a little purpose in life and learning a skill?

I am learning as I go. I do not know everything. I never had anybody to look at, nobody ever taught me, and where I am from I did not have any famous role models.

I looked at longevity in show business when I was about 13, and the people who seemed to have longevity were the ones who do spent quite a bit of time learning about what they were doing before they made it.

Early on, it is good to develop the ability to write. Learning to write is a useful exercise, even if what you are writing about is not that relevant.

If it Does not feel like a job and I am learning something and getting that rush that I get, I do not care if it is behind a camera, on a TV set, or on the moon.

Travel provided many interesting experiences, but perhaps the most useful lesson I learned was that I really had no proficiency for learning the thousands of characters of the written Chinese language.

I love learning, and I think that curiosity is a wonderful gift.

I always loved the idea of learning martial arts, but it was not until I was in my 20s that I really started doing it and taking up karate.

Deliverance is about what I went through the first time. And I chalk it up as a learning experience.

Medieval learning was really advanced.

For So Cold the River, I am actually working on adapting the book with Scott Silver, who was just nominated for an Oscar for The Fighter, and who also wrote 8 Mile, which I think is a terrific screenplay. The chance to work with Scott is a tremendous pleasure and I am learning a lot.

I think people should look at learning about Native American history the same as visiting Washington, D.C., and seeing the monuments there. It is all part of the package.