Education Quotes
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City Year resonated with me because when I grew up, we were poor - and an education is a way out of poverty. It's a way out of the current situation that can seem isolating and hopeless for some kids.
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I'm not posh, not in the slightest. My parents spent some money on my education, but I wasn't born to the purple.
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Hard work and a good education will take you further than any government program.
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Children who have an education grow up to lead healthier lives - earn higher income, take better care of their families, contribute to their economies.
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As we continue to step up our investment in education, we must not sidestep our commitment to the principle of local control.
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The study titled 'Impact of Immigration on Wages, by Education Level, 1994-2007' found that increased immigration had an effect of lowering wages for earlier immigrants by an average of 4.6 percent. Running counter to popular perception is the finding that for native-born Americans, wages actually increased by 0.6 percent.
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Although children are only 24 percent of the population, they're 100 percent of our future and we cannot afford to provide any child with a substandard education.
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Education has now become the chief problem of the world, its one holy cause. The nations that see this will survive, and those that fail to do so will slowly perish. . . . There must be re-education of the will and of the heart as well as of the intellect; and the ideals of service must supplant those of selfishness and greed.
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Homeschoolers are the ultimate do-it-yourselfers. They are self-motivated and self-directed, independent-minded and creative. They are not content to turn their education of their children over to the government.
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Having an education is extremely valuable, but we need to help people connect their choice of studies to a potential career at an earlier age so that they are better prepared to get the job they want when the time comes.
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The education ministry files suit every time there is a case of identity fraud.
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True education is a kind of never-ending story . . .
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Economic growth is important. But we cannot count on economic growth alone to fund the public education system our children need and deserve.
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Take Hispanic voters. They favor Democrats because they like the party's programs, from health care reform to government spending on education. It's not because the Republicans don't have a big enough Office of Hispanic Outreach.
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Only time, education and plenty of good schooling will make anti-segregation work.
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My parents were keen for me to have the education they themselves never had. They weren't able to guide me towards particular books, but they encouraged me to read, which I did, randomly and compulsively.
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More and more parents and voters have rejected the teachers' union antiquated, top down, one-size-fits-all approach to education and continue to elect candidates who embrace reform that celebrates students and empowers parents.
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The mere imparting of information is not education. Above all things, the effort must result in making a man think and do for himself.
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I think I made $55 a week, and it was bliss... I was doing theater. It was all I ever wanted to do. It was so much fun, and you got paid for it, and you met people, and it's the greatest education in the world. And in my little Greenbrier station wagon, I felt very much like a troubadour.
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In education, as in religion and love, compulsion thwarts the purpose for which it is employed.
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Talent is a by-product of education; the quality of a country's human capital depends on it.
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I met Arthur Ashe a few times. I know how important education was to him.
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Education is what most receive, many pass on, and few possess.
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I treasure my meetings with individuals affected by autism - parents, children, teachers and friends. Their strength is inspiring. They deserve all possible opportunities for education, employment and integration.
