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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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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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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I first heard African drum rhythms and chants at the movies. Then, when I had the opportunity to go to Africa and visit the villages, I heard the real, raw, true rhythms and realised the origins of the old Negro spirituals I grew up with in the South.
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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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I think 'Lost' was really a pioneer in the use of the kind of connection between a television show and the Internet, and the Internet really gave fans an opportunity to create a community around the show. That was something that wasn't really planned; it just sort of grew up in the wake of the show.
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The Oscars are really nice, but the best part is that I had the opportunity to do that kind of work.
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All action is for the sake of some end; and rules of action, it seems natural to suppose, must take their whole character and color from the end to which they are subservient.
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You try to find things that are challenging and interesting and hopefully it will be the same to the audience.
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What's funny is my mom took me to the theater for the first time when I was six years old, and I was just amazed by it. I just said, 'Hey Mom, can I do this too?' And so she signed me up for little theater classes, and I remember my first audition for a play when I was seven years old was for 'The Thankful Elf.'
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A straight factor is important in any comedy, because you need something to tee it up and also to ground it.
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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.
