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" Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading. "

G. M. Trevelyan

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" In school, many of us procrastinate and then successfully cram for tests. We get the grades and degrees we need to get the jobs we want, even if we fail to get a good general education. "

" Typically, during recessionary times, particular groups suffer higher rates of unemployment -African Americans, and Latinos, and in some cases other minority groups. If you don't have a high level of training or education you're going to fall into that category. "

" For good nurture and education implant good constitutions. "

" I have two doctors, my left leg and my right. "

G. M. Trevelyan

" I'd really love to see a business model for higher education going forward that is actually affordable, that uses modern technology to reach scale and quality and that really reimburses the services rendered in a way that's meaningful to everybody. "

Sebastian Thrun

" I think I'm pretty smart. I think I'm pretty clever. But there's a lot that you hone in on when you finish your education. "

" I don't think college athletes are given enough time to really take advantage of the free education that they're given, and it's frustrating because a lot of people get upset with student-athletes and say, 'They're not focused on school and they're not taking advantage of the opportunity they're given.' "

Richard Sherman

" For me, education has never been simply a policy issue - it's personal. Neither of my parents and hardly anyone in the neighborhood where I grew up went to college. But thanks to a lot of hard work and plenty of financial aid, I had the opportunity to attend some of the finest universities in this country. "

" Music - that's been my education. There's not a day that goes by that I take it for granted. "

Billie Joe Armstrong

" Countries with higher levels of gender equality have higher economic growth. Companies with more women on their boards have higher returns. Peace agreements that include women are more successful. Parliaments with more women take up a wider range of issues - including health, education, anti-discrimination, and child support. "

" Getting a college degree used to be free or low cost because, as a society, we saw providing higher education to young people as an investment - in them and in the future of our own country. "

Pramila Jayapal

" I got great sex education, and I always knew that if I wanted to be sexually active, I had to have safe sex. "

" Good education means learning to read, write and most importantly learn how to learn so that you can be whatever you want to be when you grow up. "

" Apart from education, you need good health, and for that, you need to play sports. "

" Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow. "

Anthony J. D'Angelo

" Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know. "

Daniel J. Boorstin

" Education then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men, the balance-wheel of the social machinery. "

" During the decades after Brown v. Board of Education there was terrific progress. Tens of thousands of public schools were integrated racially. During that time the gap between black and white achievement narrowed. "

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" I don't want to scrounge around and be homeless, and I want to finish my education. "

Callan McAuliffe

" Academic qualifications are important and so is financial education. They're both important and schools are forgetting one of them. "

Robert Kiyosaki

" Connectivity enables transparency for better government, education, and health. "

" Ensuring quality higher education is one of the most important things we can do for future generations. "

" Taste is developed by the diversity of the products one can sample. I think our children today may be missing an education about food. We must teach them to know their cuisine and to know the equilibrium of nourishment. That is very important for health. "

" When you have solved the problem of controlling the attention of the child, you have solved the entire problem of its education. "

Maria Montessori

" Creating whole departments of ethnic, gender, and other 'studies' was part of the price of academic peace. All too often, these 'studies' are about propaganda rather than serious education. "

" Financial literacy is an issue that should command our attention because many Americans are not adequately organizing finances for their education, healthcare and retirement. "

" A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read. "

" Teach For America was built on the idea that our best hope of reaching 'One Day' is to have thousands of alumni use their diverse experiences and ideas to effect change from inside and outside the education system. "

" Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. "

" Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body. "

Marcus Tullius Cicero