Sydney J. Harris Quotes
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You cannot blame the mismanagement of the economy or the fact that we have not invested adequately in education in order to give our people the knowledge, the skills and the technology that they need in order to be able to use the resources that Africa has to gain wealth.
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When I was young I didn't care about education, just money and box office.
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The childhood poverty of both my parents and their minimal education did much to influence me and my two younger brothers in our education and career choices. One brother became a dentist and the other, a professor of anthropology with a Ph.D. degree.
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After two years at UCLA, I decided to leave. I was convinced that no amount of education would help a black man get a job.
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Great law schools like Northwestern are here to expand the minds of their students, to allow them to achieve their personal goals, to enable them to contribute, to give back in ways that they could not without the education they receive here, and to help them make the greatest country in the world just a little more accessible, a little fairer.
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I'm really a scientist. I follow recipes exactly - until I decide not to. And then I'll follow something else exactly. I may decide I could turn this peach tart into a plum tart, but if I'm following a recipe, I follow it exactly.
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I really make sure that my girls understand the importance of education. I don't want them to be spoilt and only know private school kids. I want them to behave well by example.
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In the world today, a young lady who does not have a college education just is not educated.
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In my day we didn't have sex education, we just picked up what we could off the television.
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Every young man or woman should weigh the matter well before concluding that a college education is out of the question.
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Education and work are the levers to uplift a people.
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Love and death are the two great hinges on which all human sympathies turn.
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Early education is the type of issue politicians nod their heads at, and then when it comes time to make a tough decision, a financial trade-off, inevitably it's about the first item tossed from the table.
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The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.
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You turn hotdogs with tongs. Don't you ever use those tongs on a hamburger.
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Booking windows are shrinking, and customers are going mobile: trends which position HotelTonight perfectly for the future.
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Going out is the typical thing when you turn 18, but it's not really much fun when you have a recognisable face.
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Sri Sathya Sai Baba as a preacher of the highest human values was an iconic figure for over five decades. He endeared himself to the people through various institutions, with headquarters at Prashanthi Nilayam, that promoted egalitarian values, education and public health.
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If things do not turn out as we wish, we should wish for them as they turn out.
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I think I did marry a marvelous man.
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Making my Broadway debut was, in and of itself, just a dream come true. I've wanted to be on Broadway forever.
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If I see something that's morally ambiguous or ambiguously beautiful or has some pull in some way, I won't censor myself; I always run towards the light.
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The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.
