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• All genuine learning is active, not passive. It involves the use of the mind, not just the memory. It is a process of discovery, in which the student is the main agent, not the teacher.

  Mortimer Adler

  Teacher, Memories, Discovery

  Mortimer J. Adler (1998). “Paideia Proposal”, p.48, Simon and Schuster

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• A lot of student directors used to pick other students to be in their graduate films, so. I ended up doing a couple of them just for fun. Eventually, I got an agent through a friend and I did some commercials; then I got Knots Landing.

  Brian Austin Green

  Couple, Fun, Directors

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• I had a head start in acting. Because of my parents, I had a SAG card, an agent and a recognizable name. But I knew if I screwed up, people would never forget. I'd be dead.

  Mary Crosby

  Names, People, Parent

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• "You are so close." "To whom? Margravine, not even to himself. This place, this island: all his life he's done nothing but hop from island to island. Is that a reason? Does there have to be a reason? Shall he tell you: he works for no Whitehall, non conceivable unless, ha, ha, the network of white halls in his own brain: these featureless corridors he keeps swept and correct for occasional visiting agents."

  Thomas Pynchon

  Islands, White, Brain

  "V". Book by Thomas Pynchon, 1961.

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• The destiny of our land, the air we breathe, the water we drink is not in the mystical hands of an uncontrollable agent, it is in our hands. A future which brings the balancing of our resources-preserving quality with quantity - is a future limited only by the boundaries of our will to get the job done.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Jobs, Destiny, Air

  "Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1973".

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• The words of the Declaration of Independence, as given effect by Washington...are to be accepted as real, and not as empty phrases...that in very truth this is a government by the people themselves, that the Constitution is theirs, that the courts are theirs, that all the government agents and agencies are theirs... It is for the people themselves finally to decide all questions of public policy and to have their decision made effective...We here, in America, hold in our hands the hope of the world.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Real, Agency, Government

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• God places us in the world as his fellow workers-agents of transfiguration. We work with God so that injustice is transfigured into justice, so there will be more compassion and caring, that there will be more laughter and joy, that there will be more togetherness in God's world.

  Desmond Tutu

  Faith, Laughter, Caring

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• I remember telling the agent, 'I don't want to do anything but Broadway.' She was like, 'That's not really possible because there is not that much Broadway. So I'll send you out on TV and stuff like that.'

  Kate Mara

  Broadway, Want, Stuff

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Writing is not about making a buck, not about publishers and agents. Writing is not about feeling good. Writing is about pain, suffering, hard work, risk, and fear.

  Sue Grafton

  Pain, Hard Work, Writing

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• It's important to underscore this overriding fact: women are not just victims of conflict-they are agents of peace and agents of change.

  Hillary Clinton

  Important, Facts, Conflict

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• To survive and succeed, every organization will have to turn itself into a change agent

  Peter Drucker

  Organization, Succeed, Turns

  Peter Drucker (2012). “Managing in the Next Society”, p.295, Routledge

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• Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope... Especially for girls and women, it is an agent of family health and nutrition.

  Kofi Annan

  Girl, Bridges, Dams

  Kofi Atta Annan (1998). “The quotable Kofi Annan: selections from speeches and statements by the Secretary-General”, United Nations

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• A pinwheel also needs wind. And with our actions, and our intentions, we can be that wind. We have to be those agents of change for the young people and their families in our communities.

  Josh Charles

  Wind, People, Community

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• Let us be renewed by God's mercy ... and let us become agents of this mercy, channels through which God can water the earth, protect all creation and make justice and peace flourish.

  Pope Francis

  Justice, Water, Earth

  Pope Francis, McDonagh, Sean (2016). “On Care for Our Common Home, Laudato Si': The Encyclical of Pope Francis on the Environment”, p.11

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• It's kind of interesting to be a director who is all of a sudden being an actor playing an agent. This is my whole world!

  Mark Rydell

  Interesting, Directors, Actors

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• Young people should be at the forefront of global change and innovation. Empowered, they can be key agents for development and peace.

  Kofi Annan

  Keys, People, Innovation

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• Do you want to come climb the transformationa l leadership mountain with me? Your first step begins with DESIRE. Do you want to make a difference in the lives of others? If your answer is yes, you can be that agent of change you wish to see around the world!

  John C. Maxwell

  Differences, Yes You Can, Mountain

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• At one point, Lucille's agent wanted to have me fired, telling her that my eyes were bigger than hers. When I head this, I told her that if I had her looks and talent, I'd keep me and fire the agent!

  Vivian Vance

  Eye, Fire, Looks

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• Depending on what your interest in theater is, I always recommend working on plays. It's a great way to be introduced to the field, and also a great way to be seen by agents and representation. I'm also a great advocate for studying acting at a drama school or a college.

  Chiwetel Ejiofor

  Drama, School, College

  "Talking With Chiwetel Ejiofor". The Washington Post Live Q&As, www.washingtonpost.com. April 1, 2008.

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• In my role of agent for Miss Hathaway, I would like to say that she does not answer questions relating to this subject.

  Steve Carell

  Missing, Doe, Roles

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• I followed a girl I met in Japan to Los Angeles and ended up working in a motorcycle store. I quit the job one night, went to a party in the Hollywood Hills and ended up yelling at a bunch of people. Someone saw me yelling and asked me to be in a play. The first night, there was an agent in the audience who took me on and sent me out for jobs.

  Norman Reedus

  Girl, Jobs, Party

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• I don't know how I got involved in 'Celebrity Wife Swap.' It came from my agent Hugh. He got the opportunity for me.

  Gary Busey

  Opportunity, Wife, Know How

  "Q+A: The Men of Celebrity Wife Swap". Interview with Peter Martin, www.esquire.com. January 3, 2012.

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• I wanted to go into art history. Acting fell into my lap when a neighbor took pictures of me and showed them to an agent.

  Eva Mendes

  Art, Acting, Lap

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• A lot of the time the film chooses me. I'll be working and I'll get a call from my agent and I'll get the script and then tell him what I think.

  Jodi Lyn O'Keefe

  Thinking, Scripts, Film

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• In short, apostolic movement involves a radical community of disciples, centered on the lordship of Jesus, empowered by the Spirit, built squarely on a fivefold ministry, organized around mission where everyone (not just professionals) is considered an empowered agent, and tends to be decentralized in organizational structure.

  Alan Hirsch

  Jesus, Community, Movement

  Alan Hirsch, Tim Catchim (2012). “The Permanent Revolution: Apostolic Imagination and Practice for the 21st Century Church”, p.33, John Wiley & Sons

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