Molly Corbett Broad quotes

“Crossing the Finish Line is a must-read for anyone concerned with the disturbing fact that Americans can no longer count on each generation being better educated than the last. Focusing on public institutions that educate more than three-fourths of U.S. students, Bowen, Chingos, and McPherson provide compelling arguments that institutions and policymakers must find new ways to overcome deeply entrenched patterns if our country is to regain its position as the most educated.”
-- Molly Corbett Broad

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“NC LIVE has the potential to give citizens across North Carolina immediate access to the rich array of information resources housed by the libraries on UNC's 16 campuses. It will allow unprecedented collaboration and sharing of resources among sister UNC institutions, the community colleges, and the state's public libraries.”
-- Molly Corbett Broad

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“Such boycotts threaten academic speech and exchange, which is our solemn duty as academic institutions to protect.”
-- Molly Corbett Broad

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“Even if my country remains in war with yours. . .remember. . . i am not your enemy.”

“We lead the world in only 3 categories: number of incarcerated citizens per capita, number of adults who believe angels are real, and defense spending, where we spend more than the next 26 countries combined, 25 of whom are allies. Now none of this is the fault of 20 year old college student, but you nonetheless are without a doubt a member of the worst period generation period ever period, so when you ask what makes us the greatest country in the world I don't know what the f^&k you're talking about.”

“It seems sometimes as if one were powerless to do any more from within to overcome troubles, and that help must come from without.”

“A champion is defined by the adversity he overcomes”

“At one hundred, surely you learn to overcome loss and grief—or do they hound you till the bitter end?”

Source : André Aciman (2008). “Call Me by Your Name: A Novel”, p.74, Macmillan

“I've been motivated by overcoming challenge and overcoming the hurdles and obstacles that face me. There still is plenty out there to get motivated by.”

“You are an instrument of God. Don't leave the instrument sitting in its case, my son. Play! Leave no part of your instrument unexplored. Why settle for 'Three Blind Mice' when you can can play the 'Gloria'? No, not Bach's 'Gloria.' Yours! Your 'Gloria' lives within you. The greatest sin is not finding it, ignoring what God made possible in you.”

“People weren't buying as many records. My record company did not want me. I went through three record companies, went on tour at the wrong time. It destroyed me.”

“As far as the grunge thing, there are three bands from Seattle that I would call true grunge.”

“Ive only dressed in drag three or four times.”