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" I believe we need a national amendment which will guarantee every child in America the promise of not just an equal education but a high-quality equal education. "
Jonathan Kozol
Child
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Education
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" Yes, we've still got more work to do. More work to do for every American still in need of a good job or a raise, paid leave or a decent retirement; for every child who needs a sturdier ladder out of poverty or a world-class education; for everyone who has not yet felt the progress of these past seven and a half years. "
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" 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. "
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" Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants. "
John W. Gardner
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" Life must be a constant education; one must learn everything, from speaking to dying. "
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" I went to a lovely school, and I got an incredible education. And I actually think that my education is what really sets me apart, 'cause I'm very smart. "
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" Every educated person is a future enemy. "
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" Education promotes equality and lifts people out of poverty. It teaches children how to become good citizens. Education is not just for a privileged few, it is for everyone. It is a fundamental human right. "
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" The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows. "
Sydney J. Harris
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" Education in general, and higher education in particular, is on the brink of a huge disruption. Two big questions, which were once so well-settled that we ceased asking them, are now up for grabs. What should young people be learning? And what sorts of credentials indicate they're ready for the workforce? "
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" To read a newspaper is to refrain from reading something worth while. The first discipline of education must therefore be to refuse resolutely to feed the mind with canned chatter. "
Aleister Crowley
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" There is a heavy emphasis in Mormonism on initiative, on responsibility, on a work ethic, and on education. If you take those elements together with a free-enterprise system, you've got the chemistry for a lot of industry. "
Stephen Covey
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You
Education
" I do not want to speak about overpopulation or birth control, but I think education is the way to give new impetus to the poverty question. "
Harri Holkeri
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Think
Speak
" We all know that education unlocks the door of opportunity for the young. "
Gordon B. Hinckley
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Door
" There's only one thing that can kill the movies, and that's education. "
Will Rogers
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" It takes most men five years to recover from a college education, and to learn that poetry is as vital to thinking as knowledge. "
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Most
College
Education
" You can't legislate good will - that comes through education. "
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You
Good
Through
" A constitutional democracy is in serious trouble if its citizenry does not have a certain degree of education and civic virtue. "
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" To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul. To Miss Mackay it is a putting in of something that is not there, and that is not what I call education. I call it intrusion. "
Muriel Spark
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Me
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" It's always extremely interesting to speak at colleges. My books are taught in many colleges in America and are part of the educational system, so it's really important to me. I don't believe in so many things in life, but something I believe in is education. "
Marjane Satrapi
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Parents
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" The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth. "
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" 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. "
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" My parents fled from a Cuban dictatorship in search of freedom. Growing up, I saw my parents struggle... I am here today because of them. My success is their success. Their sacrifice and perseverance made my education possible. "
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" Inflation is taking up the poverty line, and poverty is not just economic but defined by way of health and education. "
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" We have a responsibility to ensure that every individual has the opportunity to receive a high-quality education, from prekindergarten to elementary and secondary, to special education, to technical and higher education and beyond. "
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Opportunity
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