„I learned I had to stand for something so I could stand to be me.“

— Martin Sheen

2000s, Progressive magazine interview (2003)

Last update May 22, 2020.

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American actor 1940

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„I have to stand up for myself… I learned something that I could and should stand up for myself, and he learned something, which was she will stand up for herself.“

— Carly Fiorina American corporate executive and politician 1954

David Webb Show http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/08/05/ohio-male-rnc-member-calls-carly-fiorina-hot-babe/ (5 August 2015).
2010s, 2015, David Webb Show (August 2015)

Learning

„When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant, I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.“

— Mark Twain American author and humorist 1835 - 1910

Not found in Twain's works, this was attributed to him in Reader's Digest (September 1939): no prior attribution known. Mark Twain’s father died when Twain was eleven years old.
Disputed
Variant: When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.

Learning, Boy

„If I'm ever to reach any understanding of myself and the things around me, I must learn to stand alone.“

— Henrik Ibsen Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet 1828 - 1906

Nora Helmer, Act III
A Doll's House (1879)
Context: If I'm ever to reach any understanding of myself and the things around me, I must learn to stand alone. That's why I can't stay here with you any longer.

Learning, Understanding

„But… as bad as it was, I learned something about myself. That I could go through something like that and survive. I mean, I know it could have been worse--a lot worse-- but for me, it was all I could have handled at the time. And I learned from it.“

— Nicholas Sparks, book Dear John

Source: Dear John

Time, Learning

„I have never met a man so ignorant that I could not learn something from him.“

— Galileo Galilei Italian mathematician, physicist, philosopher and astronomer 1564 - 1642

As quoted in The Story of Civilization : The Age of Reason Begins, 1558-1648 (1935) by Will Durant, p. 605
Attributed

Learning

„So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.“

— Malcolm X American human rights activist 1925 - 1965

Source: The Autobiography Of Malcolm X

Learning, Life

„I was always wanting to learn and be one of those actresses who can actually hold a conversation as opposed to standing there looking pretty.“

— Michelle Trachtenberg American actress 1985

Interview by Nicki Gostin, Newsweek, Updated: 10:46 a.m. ET March 11, 2005

Learning

„For already I have learned, that a general's fame
stands on a pile of dry bones
Of what were once the people.“

— Ts'ao Sung 830 - 901

Tsao Sung, War. In: Yu Kuan-ying (1954) "Book Review Peace Throwgh the Ages" in People's China, (1954) nr 14. July 16, 1954.-->

Learning, People

„I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.“

— Elizabeth Peters, The Hippopotamus Pool

Source: The Hippopotamus Pool

Learning, Idea

„I've never had to go very far to learn everything I have learned. I just had to care about something & pay attention.“

— David Allen American productivity consultant and author 1945

19 January 2010 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/7933461617
Official Twitter profile (@gtdguy) https://twitter.com/gtdguy

Learning

„With each reunion (we) had to learn each other all over again. There was always that nervous moment at the airport when I would stand there waiting for him to arrive, wondering, Will I still know him? Will he still know me?“

— Elizabeth Gilbert, book Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage

Source: Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage

Waiting, Learning

„That night my parents told me what my cousin had suggested. I said no, absolutely not! I turned and walked away as fast as I could. My parents really had no idea how much it had hurt me all these years to go to school. I was done with all book learning.“

— Victor Villaseñor American writer 1940

Crazy Loco Love: A Memoir (2008)

Night, Hurt, Learning, Parent

„I became my mother, my grandmother. I learned to travel all their paths and became all of them... I knew I had a mission, and no power on earth could stop me.“

— Charlotte Salomon German painter 1917 - 1943

Quote, 1941-43; as cited in 'The obsessive art and great confession of Charlotte Salomon' https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-obsessive-art-and-great-confession-of-charlotte-salomon by Toni Bentley, in 'The New Yorker', 15 July, 2017
Charlotte wrote of the dead women in her family: her mother and grandmother; both committed suicide

Learning, Travel

„I've been an animal lover all my life, and the more I learned of the torture that animals go through in the name of fashion, I just think it's so unnecessary; it's unbelievable to me. I’m blessed to team up with my pageant sisters to take a united stand and to tell the pageant industry not to support the fur industry.“

— Susie Castillo MTV VJ, Miss USA 2003 1979

"Miss Universe official promises surprises that could shake up the whole show", LasVegasSun.com (13 June 2013) https://m.lasvegassun.com/vegasdeluxe/2013/jun/13/miss-nevada-official-promises-surprises-could-shak/.

Animals, Learning, Sister, Thinking