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" Education is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not know, about something you do not want to know. "

Gilbert K. Chesterton

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" If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time to conquer the world. "

" I am very much a person who likes to change with the times. Education is what it is all about. "

" Education is our greatest opportunity to give an irrevocable gift to the next generation. "

" I decided to start anew, to strip away what I had been taught. "

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" While there are many obstacles that deter students from going to college, finances by no means should be the deciding factor. "

" The promise of education reform can never be fulfilled without adequate funding, and by shortchanging our schools, President Bush is breaking his promise to our children. "

" A good education gives you confidence to stick up your hand for anything - whether it is the job you want, or the bloke. And the more you stick up your hand, the better your chances are that you will get what you want. "

" As long as you get your education and you stay focused, you can do anything. "

" I doubt whether classical education ever has been or can be successfully carried out without corporal punishment. "

" Education is not a problem. Education is an opportunity. "

Lyndon B. Johnson

" A writer should get as much education as possible, but just going to school is not enough; if it were, all owners of doctorates would be inspired writers. "

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" Love means to love that which is unlovable; or it is no virtue at all. "

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" If we want boys to succeed, we need to bring them back to education by making education relevant to them and bring in more service learning and vocational education. "

" I think the combination of graduate education in a field like Computer Science and the opportunity to apply this in a work environment like Microsoft is what drove me. The impact these opportunities create can lead to work that has broad, worldwide impact. "

" No one has the right to threaten the health, education, and well-being of children by involving them in illegal or inappropriate work. "

" Until we get equality in education, we won't have an equal society. "

Sonia Sotomayor

" It might be said now that I have the best of both worlds. A Harvard education and a Yale degree. "

John F. Kennedy

" My notion of the KGB came from romantic spy stories. I was a pure and utterly successful product of Soviet patriotic education. "

" Governments never learn. Only people learn. "

Milton Friedman

" My father, Oliver Hynes, was an educator. He was originally just a teacher, a very good one, but then he was promoted to be in charge of education for the entire area. He was always an inspirational teacher. He was my big personal supporter, always coming here for the Tony Awards. My mother, Carmel, was a homemaker. "

" Because of the lack of education on AIDS, discrimination, fear, panic, and lies surrounded me. "

" Education is the key. If you are educated, nothing can defeat you. "

" Music is an element that should be part and parcel of every child's life via the education system. "

" The mark of higher education isn't the knowledge you accumulate in your head. It's the skills you gain about how to learn. "

" Elimination of child labour and access to education are like two sides of one coin. One cannot be achieved without the other. "

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" All of the things an arts education gives a young person enhance leadership skills and help raise grades. "

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

" One of the factors a country's economy depends on is human capital. If you don't provide women with adequate access to healthcare, education and employment, you lose at least half of your potential. So, gender equality and women's empowerment bring huge economic benefits. "

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