Nina Bawden Quotes
People who don't read seem to me mysterious. I don't know how they think or learn about other people. Novels are a very important part of our education.
Quotes to Explore
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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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Real education enhances the dignity of a human being and increases his or her self-respect. If only the real sense of education could be realized by each individual and carried forward in every field of human activity, the world will be so much a better place to live in.
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It's not enough to train today's workforce. We also have to prepare tomorrow's workforce by guaranteeing every child access to a world-class education.
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Education is a way of empowering people; it opens up so many doors and is fundamental to everybody. And teachers are not often appreciated in the way that they should be.
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Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.
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Our philosophy is you need to give nonprofit money for health, nutrition, education, culture, and sports.
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I'm a part of your life. You might not know it, but I am.
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Primary-school education is a crock, basically. It's oppressive to anyone with physical energy, especially guys.
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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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Environmental concern is now firmly embedded in public life: in education, medicine and law; in journalism, literature and art.
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You need education. You need subsistence protection. We need jobs and social security. These are preconditions under which it will perhaps be possible to deal with these complex circumstances.
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Our education system is not preparing young people for the world they will face.
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My priority will continue to be that we maintain the optimal balance to be able to invest in education and infrastructure while encouraging business growth.
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What is defeat? Nothing but education. Nothing but the first step to something better.
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Our education system was developed for an industrial era where we could teach certain skills to our children and they were able to use these skills for the rest of their lives working productively in an industry.
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There are over 200 million illiterate women in India. This low literacy negatively impacts not just their lives but also their families' and the country's economic development. A girl's lack of education also has a negative impact on the health and well-being of her children.
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My blog is a celebration of the unexpected, settled, happy life I find myself living in Portland, Maine, at the ripe old age of fifty with someone I deeply love and am very happy with. That's part of why I started the blog.
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I write novels because there is something I don't understand in reality.
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I believe we owe our young an education that captures the exhilarating drama of science.
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A part of growing up in this international world is understanding and being prepared and having tools to adapt outside of the small environment that you may have come from. That's what education is all about.
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My favorite Extreme records were the last two. I can't listen to the first one.
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At the end of the day, New Yorkers need a mayor who understands the problems they face, brings a smart plan and good people to the table, and, more than anything, has the independence, courage and conviction to do the right thing.
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People who don't read seem to me mysterious. I don't know how they think or learn about other people. Novels are a very important part of our education.
