G. M. Trevelyan Quotes
Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.G. M. Trevelyan
Quotes to Explore
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If we do not provide education for every single American, we are consigning those without an education to second-class status.
Patrick J. Kennedy -
But I like going to church. If you've been brought up in the Church of England, it feels like visiting an elderly relative. And I think it's important that part of the kids' education is knowing about the Bible.
Jack Dee -
I wasn't really comfortable reading until I was 12.
Paloma Faith -
The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence.
Rabindranath Tagore -
Education must not simply teach work - it must teach Life.
W. E. B. Du Bois -
What I want is to try and get across the idea that reading for pleasure is so beneficial. And turn children on who have maybe been switched off reading or never found a love of it in the first place.
Malorie Blackman
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I didn't live at school, I lived where I could and studied what I enjoyed studying. I took what I wanted from that education but was making my first record at the same time. I don't know anyone from school. I was just leading a different life. I was really interested in writing and other things.
Lana Del Rey -
Do our children now have to choose between getting an education and dying? Some of us cannot move on and accept that kind of society.
Obiageli Ezekwesili -
More and more parents and voters have rejected the teachers' union antiquated, top down, one-size-fits-all approach to education and continue to elect candidates who embrace reform that celebrates students and empowers parents.
Brown Campbell -
Growing up in a small town gives you two things: a sense of place and a feeling of self-consciousness - self-consciousness about one's education and exposure, both of which tend to be limited. On the other hand, limited possibilities also mean creating your own options.
E. L. Konigsburg -
One cannot understand what's happening to women in the Middle East if they don't realize that the mothers are a strong, progressive force. The mothers push the daughters to get out of the harem, to get the education, to achieve what they could not even dream of.
Fatema Mernissi -
Instead of reading a paper, we now read the news online. Instead of buying books at a store, we buy them on-line. What's so revolutionary? The Internet has mainly affected our leisure life.
Ha-Joon Chang
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In the long run, we need to build a leadership force of people. We have a whole strategy around not only providing folks with the foundational experience during their two years with us, but also then accelerating their leadership in ways that is strategic for the broader education reform movement.
Wendy Kopp -
I still think reading something like 'Ulysses' takes a tremendous investment of time, but it repays all of it with so much interest.
D. B. Weiss -
I certainly gained a lot by reading about Shanghai.
Ralph Fiennes -
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
Victor Hugo -
There's so much about Dolly Parton that every female artist should look to, whether it's reading her quotes or reading her interviews or going to one of her live shows. She's been such an amazing example to every female songwriter out there.
Taylor Swift -
The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.
Abraham Lincoln
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Reading music is like listening to flowers. I don't understand the concept.
Paul Westerberg The Replacements -
Economic growth can enable development if it is supplemented by public policies that encourage circulation of wealth, especially into crucial areas such as public healthcare and education.
Jamshyd Godrej -
I went to Parsons. American sportswear was my education, and that is what is important to me.
Chris Benz -
If I weren't a performer, I would be still be writing and songwriting. Plus, I also really want to get into producing.
Manika -
Every man's highest, nameless though it be, is his 'living God'.
James Martineau -
Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.
G. M. Trevelyan