Norman Douglas (George Norman Douglas) Quotes
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Only time, education and plenty of good schooling will make anti-segregation work.
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Education is the mother of leadership.
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Education must not simply teach work - it must teach Life.
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Do our children now have to choose between getting an education and dying? Some of us cannot move on and accept that kind of society.
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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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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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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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Education is what most receive, many pass on, and few possess.
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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.
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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.
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It's concerning to me when people look at the course of education as just a means for getting a job four years later. If you're just doing this because it is going to lead to a 'good job,' you're better off doing something you're genuinely interested in.
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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.
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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.
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In the metaphysical elements of aesthetics the various nonmoral feelings are to be made use of; in the elements of moral metaphysics the various moral feelings of men, according to the differences in sex, age, education, and government, of races and climates, are to be employed.
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I do not carry such information in my mind since it is readily available in books. ...The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think.
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It is our moral obligation to give every child the very best education possible.
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For every dollar we have given to athletics, we have given about 27 to higher education or medical research.
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I don't think there's any better education than learning the intimate details of the lives of people who you most admire.
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Big Government is erecting a panopticon state - one that sees everything, and regulates everything. It’s great “customer service,” except that you can never get out of the store.
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An important fraction of United States industry adheres to the idea that research of a fundamental character is worthwhile from a practical point of view.
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When I was twelve, I was interviewed by a doctoral candidate in education and asked what I wanted to be when I grew up. I said that I either wanted to be a philosopher or a clown, and I understood then, I think, that much depended on whether or not I found the world worth philosophizing about, and what the price of seriousness might be.
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The question wasn’t when things had changed. It was this: When had he decided to simply accept society’s rules, to play the game precisely as it had been laid out by those who already had power?
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Do you need anything before I go? I want you to return my wits, I long to say.
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Education is a state-controlled manufactory of echoes.
