Geoffrey Canada Quotes
Many schools today are sacrificing social studies, the arts and physical education so children can cover basic subjects like math, English and science.
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So many Indian novels, quite unfairly, do not get the prominence they should because they have been written in a language other than English.
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I am dying soon, and I am choosing to have fun today, tomorrow and every other day I have left.
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If I want to speculate wildly about the future, I have my science fiction. Anybody who tells you they can predict the future is either crazy or lying.
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Historical science is being left in the dust.
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Today's accent may be on youth, but the stress is still on the parents.
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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.
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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.
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People say, 'Oh, politics is so polarized today,' and I'm thinking... '1861, that was polarized.'
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Philosophy of science without history of science is empty; history of science without philosophy of science is blind.
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Indian writers have appropriated English as an Indian language, and that gives a certain freshness to the way we write.
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You can't have a sustainable US economy without a great education system. Teach students to do the job right. You don't have an innovative economy unless you have a great education.
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Perhaps there is no greater evidence that the teachers' union has swung too far out of the mainstream that they both have been a target of near-constant criticism from Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.
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I, talking about my children, of course I wanted them to succeed in life, they have to choose whatever job or occupation that they want, I will not try to influence.
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In the Middle Ages, I think the French kings murdered slightly fewer of their family members than the English kings, though I haven't actually counted the heads.
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In my wildest imagination, I never thought that the fifth of six children born to Helen and Buddy Watts - in a poor black neighborhood, in the poor rural community of Eufaula, Oklahoma - would someday be called Congressman.
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I was a good student with mathematical ability and interests. As such, I took the usual college preparatory program in high school for one looking to become an engineer: all the available courses in mathematics and science.
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When you have teachers saying, 'I don't have enough time for hands-on activities,' we need to rethink the way we do education.
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One of the most common reasons people renovate their homes is a change in their lifestyle - an upcoming wedding, a new baby, or grown children moving away.
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I like to dress up.
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Obviously, when you're doing fitness work at a club all week and every week, it's all about specific drills for what you need to do on the pitch. So I'd be doing a different drill to the centre-midfielders. It's all specifically tailored for me. For example, my drills are high speed. It's all about trying to break the line with a sharp sprint.
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The public never is independently responsive to news.
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My wife and kids like the quiet and the countryside - I still find that kind of quiet hard to listen to.
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Many schools today are sacrificing social studies, the arts and physical education so children can cover basic subjects like math, English and science.
