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" Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it. "

Marian Wright Edelman

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" Poor is the pupil who does not surpass his master. "

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" If you don't give education to people, it is easy to manipulate them. "

" Originally, I think, I wanted to be an actor. But I got into broadcasting by accident, if you will, because I needed money to pay for my college education. I applied for a summer announcing job at a couple of radio stations. "

" You didn't have a choice about the parents you inherited, but you do have a choice about the kind of parent you will be. "

Marian Wright Edelman

" Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing; education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance. "

" Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students. "

" A high school diploma will no longer be sufficient. But that post secondary education does not have to be a four-year university or a four-year college. It can be career technical education, vocational education, community college. "

Raja Krishnamoorthi

" Our education system is increasingly embracing a black-and-white way of thinking, in which 'learning' and 'play' are diametrically opposed. 'Learning' is the serious stuff that happens inside a classroom and can be measured via multiple choice questions and a No. 2 pencil. 'Play' is frivolous, fun, and worst of all, optional. "

" You can't build a revolution with no education. Jomo Kenyatta did this in Africa, and because the people were not educated, he became as much an oppressor as the people he overthrew. "

" We can't get to the $4 trillion in savings that we need by just cutting the 12 percent of the budget that pays for things like medical research and education funding and food inspectors and the weather service. And we can't just do it by making seniors pay more for Medicare. "

" I started off with a company, InfoSpace, with my own funding. The company was listed among the most successful companies and I went on to start Intelius and Moon Express. Now, I focus my time on using the skills of an entrepreneur to solve many of the grand challenges facing us in the areas of education, healthcare, clean water and energy. "

" 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 believed in studying just because I knew education was a privilege. It was the discipline of study, to get into the habit of doing something that you don't want to do. "

Wynton Marsalis

" If you know how to read, you have a complete education about life, then you know how to vote within a democracy. But if you don't know how to read, you don't know how to decide. That's the great thing about our country - we're a democracy of readers, and we should keep it that way. "

" Every educated person is a future enemy. "

" The ability to recognize opportunities and move in new - and sometimes unexpected - directions will benefit you no matter your interests or aspirations. A liberal arts education is designed to equip students for just such flexibility and imagination. "

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" Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability. "

Marcus Aurelius

" I say further that our system of education should be unsectarian. "

" Inclusive, good-quality education is a foundation for dynamic and equitable societies. "

" Desegregation of schools does not automatically transform them into better schools. It is only a step. The larger goal is to see that the education of our youth is not merely desegregated, but that it is excellent. "

" Common Core is a big win for education. "

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

" We need quantitative assessments of the success of education. We need certification and qualifications both for teachers and for pupils. It is not a choice between quantity and quality, between access and excellence. Both of these will happen together if people really do believe in the importance of education to change lives. "

" Education is the leading of human souls to what is best, and making what is best out of them. "

" Good questions outrank easy answers. "

" Get your education, and if you see small opportunities, take them. Each one could be a stepping stone to something bigger. "

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" I think we're heading towards a world of what I call 'technological socialism.' Where technology - not the government or the state - will begin to take care of us. Technology will provide our healthcare for free. The best education in the world - for free. "

Peter Diamandis

" I do think that a general liberal arts education is very important, particularly in an uncertain changing world. "