Bell Hooks
Author, Feminist, Social Activist
"The academy is not paradise. But learning is a place where paradise can be created."
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Academy
10 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Clint Eastwood
Actor, Director, Producer
"We don't even know who's in the Academy."
Andy Murray
Tennis Player
"I didn't practise it loads when I was at the academy in Spain, but when I got on the ATP Tour it's something I dedicated a lot of time to."
John F. Kennedy
Politician
"As science, of necessity, becomes more involved with itself, so also, of necessity, it becomes more international. I am impressed to know that of the 670 members of this Academy"
Luise Rainer
Actress
"For my second and third pictures I won Academy Awards. Nothing worse could have happened to me."
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