James Comey

What makes the bravery of the men and women of the FBI so special is that they know exactly what they're in for. They spend weeks and weeks in an academy learning just how hard and dangerous this work is. Then they raise their right hands and take an oath and do that work anyway.

American Public Servant

Lucy Bronze

If I could, I'd change the way I came up through the football ranks. I'd love to have had an academy life the way the boys have it. I think female footballers would be so much better for having that opportunity, and we'd be more effective because we would be better players.

English Athlete

Per Mertesacker

Obviously, everyone looks at whether we bring young footballers into the first team, that's one of the goals. But I wouldn't discard someone who is successful in life, that's big. The hall of fame in the academy should be a wide variety of stories.

German Coach

Todd Cantwell

There is a lot of extra responsibility on you as a player from the academy. You're expected to play and act as a signing, which is pressure, but in a way it pushes you to get a better performance out of yourself.

English Footballer

Georg Solti

The academy gave me a grounding in discipline and hard work that has sustained me throughout my life, and the lessons I learned there I now try to impress on young people.

Hungarian Musician

Julia Holter

I don't thrive in a school or academic environment, I found out. I thrive better in the world outside the small academy because I find it hard to explain what I'm doing.

American Musician

Patrick Mouratoglou

You can have the nicest academy in the world, it doesn't make any difference, it's all about the people. Our job is all about the people.

French Coach

Rachel Shenton

There are plenty of good drama schools and academies helping children and young people to learn to sing, dance, and act.

British Actress

Jennifer Brady

I was at an academy for basically my whole life when I played tennis, so I had the same schedule every single day.

American Athlete

Jan Vertonghen

Belgian Football Player

Stresses on the aspect of learning, often with a specific subject matter or skill.

Educational Focus

Generally refers to learning beyond high school level; includes universities.

Post-Secondary

Can be less formal than a university, sometimes even offering non-accredited courses.

Not Always Formal

Implies a select group with shared interests or goals in a specific field.

Specialized Group

Often used for organizations providing training and networking for professionals.

Professional Development

Indicates a private educational institution, often prestigious or with selective admission.

Private Education

Refers to an institution focused on middle and high school-level education.

Secondary Emphasis

Referencing the historical Academy can signal scholarly or philosophical context.

Historic Significance

Evokes the original philosophical nature of the ancient Greek institution.

Philosophical Roots

 So I started to wonder about other domains that we associate with obligatory, early specialization, like music. Turns out the pattern's often similar. This is research from a world-class music academy, and what I want to draw your attention to is the exceptional musicians didn't start spending more time in deliberate practice

Why specializing early...

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The Chinese legend of...

 With the power of this platform, we believe countries can be more persuaded that a health care revolution really is possible. My dream is that this academy will contribute to the training of hundreds of thousands of community members to help bring health care to their neighbors -- the hundreds of millions of them

No one should die...

 catching more than elsewhere Barrington you set the goal to fly around the world solo you did it at 23 but that really was only one more beginning step in the journey because you decided I need to give the same inspiration to other young people and you started an academy you

Stories of Exploration...

 off al here's the thing at the Academy Awards last week some of you may have saw most of you probably at home like working on the warp drive and my wife and I said that you know the people that we love we we have to work on those relationships and that's how in fact we

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 We must hold their feet to the fire. We must not treat it as if their lies are the same as the facts. And as I said earlier, truth is not relative. Many of us have grown up in the world of the academy and enlightened liberal thought,

Behind the lies of...

 had begun so it was truly the first scientific search for life outside outside of earth it was just it was groundbreaking it was just it was it was it was genius in a way and truly heroic the national academy of sciences which

Frank Drake’s Cosmic...

 this famous theme of getting more from less for more becomes important. I remember talking about this for the first time in Australia, about one and a half years ago, when their academy honored me with a fellowship.

R.A. Mashelkar:...

 ursuline academy the nuns maid service and social justice a high priority in the school and today in the Foundation's work I believe I'm applying the lessons

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 serious thinking and adult purposes. Simply put, when the impulse is to change the world, the academy is more likely to engender a learned helplessness