The best science frequently combines an awareness of broad and significant problems with focus on an apparently small issue or detail that someone very much wants to solve or understand. Sometimes these little problems or inconsistencies turn out to be the clues to big advances. Lisa Randall advanceapparentlyawareness share on social
But, also, before I even go on the Medicare prescription drug debate, I always tell the folks in rural Illinois, and I represent 30 counties south of Springfield down to Indiana and Kentucky, that in this bill is the best rural package for hospitals ever passed. John Shimkus billcountydebate share on social
The best schools tend to have the best teachers, not to mention parents who supervise homework, so there is less need for self-organised learning. But where a child comes from a less supportive home environment, where there are family tensions perhaps, their schoolwork can suffer. They need to be taught to think and study for themselves. Sugata Mitra childenvironmentfamily share on social
Also, of course, for most of this time most Americans thought of America as a white country with, at best, only a very segregated and subordinate role for blacks. Samuel P. Huntington americaamericanblack Change image and share on social
U2's best work has always been when we didn't know what we're doing. Bono work Change image and share on social
I'm at my best when there's distance between me and a man. Nell Carter distanceman Change image and share on social
Everyone confesses that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us; but most people do all they can to get rid of it, and as a general rule nobody does much more than circumstances drive them to do. Harriet Beecher Stowe bodybringcircumstance share on social
As long as you try your best, that is all that matters. You don't have to be the fastest runner or top of the class. Penny Lancaster classfastlong Change image and share on social
The best thing about lying in bed late is that you learn to distinguish between first things and trivia, for whatever presses on you has to prove its importance before it makes you move. Max Lerner beddistinguishimportance Change image and share on social
The Western is as American as a film can get - there's the discovery of a frontier, the element of a showdown, revenge, and determining the best gunman. There's a certain masculinity to the Western that really appealed to me, and I've always wanted to do a Western in Hollywood. Kim Jee-woon americanappealdetermine share on social