Norman Douglas (George Norman Douglas) Quotes
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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
Abigail Adams
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Education is what most receive, many pass on, and few possess.
Karl Kraus
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I have witnessed how education opens doors, and I know that when sound instruction takes place, students experience the joys of new-found knowledge and the ability to excel.
Daniel Akaka
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A liberal education is at the heart of a civil society, and at the heart of a liberal education is the act of teaching.
A. Bartlett Giamatti
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During my time as a state legislator, I've pushed for significant investment in public school districts. In Congress, I would look forward to increasing federal public investment in education through initiatives like Race to the Top.
Hakeem Jeffries
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You can have the best product in the world, you can have the best motivation in the world, you can have best education in the world, you can have all the money in the world - but if you don't have direction, you'll never go anywhere.
E. Joseph Cossman
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There was a very famous leader in Atlanta who thought that education was appropriate, but on the whole, the view was, 'If you're going to keep people down, you have to keep them ignorant. And so, nothing personal, but we just don't want to recognize the attributes that man of learning would bring. Quite threatening, those would be.'
David Levering Lewis
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The man in our society is the breadwinner; the woman has enough to do as the homemaker, wife and mother.
Dorothy Fields
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We have to change the way people look at scientists. Today, they are the nerds, the geeks. Instead, we want some of the cool kids to say, 'Hey, this is all right.'
Mae Jemison
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Usher is amazing. He's perfection to me as a performer. He gets down.
Ciara
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I maintain a healthy lifestyle all year round for my job, but I definitely try to eat extra clean the night before a shoot and make sure to fit in a workout so that I feel my best.
Doutzen Kroes
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Education is a state-controlled manufactory of echoes.
Norman Douglas
