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.
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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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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.
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The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.
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We have to build a better education in this country. We need to step it up.
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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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Bringing GIS into schools gets the kids very excited and indirectly teaches them different components of STEM education. That's been illustrated at school after school.
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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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In education, technology can be a life-changer, a game changer, for kids who are both in school and out of school. Technology can bring textbooks to life. The Internet can connect students to their peers in other parts of the world. It can bridge the quality gaps.
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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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Education, doing homework, is the way to lift up girls. Around the world, where girls are educated, the economy and the standard of living rise.
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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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Women need to be empowered through the strongest tool - education. They don't need to be subservient to anyone, but at the same time, men must change their mindset towards women. If they are more respectful towards them, then things will change at the grassroots level. It will happen slowly, but everyone has to move together.
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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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The combined entity Youku Tudou Inc. represents a dominant leader in online video sector in China with the largest user base, most comprehensive content library, most advanced bandwidth infrastructure, and most effective monetization capability.
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Israel never targets civilians deliberately, period.
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If you ask me what I want to achieve, it's to create an awareness, which is already the beginning of teaching.
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So what are we given? We're also given, my generation, the disillusionment of our parents.
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He's moved on. It's time for the fans to move on.
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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.
