Ed Markey Quotes
The Brown decision promised that every child, regardless of the color of his or her skin, would have unequivocal access to quality education and an equal opportunity to pursue his/her dreams.
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In a movie, you're raw material, just a hue of some color and the director makes the painting.
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Learn from your dreams what you lack.
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After marriage, most women keep aside their aspirations and dreams as their priorities change.
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The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence.
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I'm interested in giving business an opportunity by improving the tax environment to invest and grow with Pennsylvania, to expand and put more money in capital investment and creating jobs.
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There are so many more women and men who deserve opportunities. People of color. Period.
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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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When I was young I didn't care about education, just money and box office.
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I love to clean my ears. I've heard that you're not supposed to do it every day, but I throw caution to the wind for some quality time with a strong Q-Tip.
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I'm the type of person who likes to enjoy everything that I do, take advantage of every opportunity in life.
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Doing voices in animated movies has been one of my dreams. You get to go and act, and you don't have to put on makeup.
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Dreams take you beyond what you think you can do in life.
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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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For generations, people have come to U.S. shores to seek opportunity. It's what my grandfather did a century ago, when he came to Seattle, and worked as a houseboy just one mile from the Washington State governor's mansion that I was privileged to inhabit for eight years.
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In an era ruled by materialism and unstable geopolitics, art must be restored to the center of public education.
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I'd heard he was good, and what the hell sense does it make not to hire somebody because of their color?
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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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Environmental quality was drastically improved while economic activity grew by the simple expedient of removing lead from gasoline - which prevented it from entering the environment.
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It is entertainment; we mustn't forget that. Dance is entertainment. You can have the best technicians in the world, but they'll be boring to watch. It has to be about entertainment as well, but it's quality, grace.
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The pain comes from knowing that we have never been safe, and therefore will never be safe again. It comes from knowing we can never be so ignorant again. It comes from knowing we can never be children again. Losing innocence. Remembering heaven. That was the essence of hell.
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One of my passions is that children enjoy their time at school - and reading for pleasure can be an important part of that.
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Why are all these refugees rushing to the beauty and strength of Europe and to the United States and not rushing to their own capitals or the capitals of the Muslim world? We ought to be pushing back. We ought to be putting people back on these boats and putting them back into the places where they came from and telling these leaders in the Arab world, "You have a responsibility as well."
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As federal funds have become scarcer and the competition has increased, I think we see a lot of universities expanding their partnerships with industry.
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The Brown decision promised that every child, regardless of the color of his or her skin, would have unequivocal access to quality education and an equal opportunity to pursue his/her dreams.
