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" Education is important because, first of all, people need to know that discrimination still exists. It is still real in the workplace, and we should not take that for granted. "

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" Real education is about genuine understanding and the ability to figure things out on your own; not about making sure every 7th grader has memorized all the facts some bureaucrats have put in the 7th grade curriculum. "

Aaron Swartz

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" I came to the United States by myself when I was 16 years old. My parents had about $5,000 in their bank account, and they used it all to send me here because they truly believed that this country was where I was going to get the best education and have the best opportunities. "

" The arts, sciences, humanities, physical education, languages and maths all have equal and central contributions to make to a student's education. "

" We will invest in our people, quality education, job opportunity, family, neighborhood, and yes, a thing we call America. "

" Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education. "

Mahatma Gandhi

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" Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects. "

" While my parents never had the time or money to secure university education themselves, they were adamant that their children should. In comfort and in love, we were taught the joys of knowledge and of work well done. I only regret that neither my mother nor my father could live to see the day I would accept the Nobel Prize. "

" People should be judged on the basis of their performance, not nationality, personality, education, or personal traits and skills. "

" Research has shown time and time again that infants who receive the high-quality child care and early education programs do better in school, have more developed social skills, and display fewer behavior problems. "

" Let's bear down on what we can do together: keeping Tennessee a state with a strong financial condition, helping Tennessee be the number one location in the Southeast for higher-quality jobs. And making certain that all Tennesseans, regardless of their circumstances, have an opportunity for higher-quality education. "

" My parents discussed singing every night over the dinner table; I had a tremendous music education. "

" It seems to me that at this time we need education in the obvious more than investigation of the obscure. "

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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" Upon books the collective education of the race depends; they are the sole instruments of registering, perpetuating and transmitting thought. "

" Public health service should be as fully organized and as universally incorporated into our governmental system as is public education. The returns are a thousand fold in economic benefits, and infinitely more in reduction of suffering and promotion of human happiness. "

" 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. "

" The American Dream is still alive out there, and hard work will get you there. You don't necessarily need to have an Ivy League education or to have millions of dollars startup money. It can be done with an idea, hard work and determination. "

" No matter what happens on the field, getting an education makes you a winner. "

" True education is limited to those people who would die without knowing, whereas the masses in the institutions are merely going through the motions, for education is a way of living. "

" A child miseducated is a child lost. "

" I was the first tenured woman at Columbia. That was 1972; every law school was looking for its woman. Why? Because Stan Pottinger, who was then head of the office for civil rights of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, was enforcing the Nixon government contract program. "

" That is my wish, hope, instruction for all of you: Take your education seriously, okay? Always do that. Because I wouldn't be here today if it weren't for my education. "

" Data is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not understanding, understanding is not wisdom. "

" When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course. "

" Good education is so important. We do need to look at the way people are taught. It not just about qualifications to get a job. It's about being educated. "

" The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. "

" True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance. "

" I challenge the leaders of public education to stop issuing mandates from the state office and to focus on empowering schools and delivering resources to the school level. "

" Religion, any religion, no matter what sort of wonderful religion, never be universal. So now education is universal, so we have to sort of find ways and means through education system, from kindergarten up to university level, to make awareness these good things, the values, inner values. "

" A system of education is not one thing, nor does it have a single definite object, nor is it a mere matter of schools. Education is that whole system of human training within and without the school house walls, which molds and develops men. "

" To me, it is a process, a process that starts with raising awareness, engaging international partners on this issue, and being committed to a different course of action. "

Alexis Herman

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