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" I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated. "

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" Research shows that when women are empowered as political leaders, countries often experience higher standards of living with positive developments in education, infrastructure, and health care. "

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" A wise system of education will at last teach us how little man yet knows, how much he has still to learn. "

" Books, the children of the brain. "

" The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows. "

" Through work, education, and culture, I will give hope to our country. "

" I didn't live at school, I lived where I could and studied what I enjoyed studying. I took what I wanted from that education but was making my first record at the same time. I don't know anyone from school. I was just leading a different life. I was really interested in writing and other things. "

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" Read in order to live. "

" My kids are coming up in a different time then me. Interracial couples are of the norm. With me, it's about making sure my kids understand the importance of education and having opportunities that I didn't. My goal as a parent is to make sure they don't take what they have for granted. "

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" 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. "

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" To throw obstacles in the way of a complete education is like putting out the eyes. "

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

" Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. "

" Learning is a result of listening, which in turn leads to even better listening and attentiveness to the other person. In other words, to learn from the child, we must have empathy, and empathy grows as we learn. "

" Widespread public access to knowledge, like public education, is one of the pillars of our democracy, a guarantee that we can maintain a well-informed citizenry. "

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" I have always respected education, which is why I actually went back secretly and taught school for eight years. "

" One of the most compelling arguments for encouraging the education of girls, particularly in developing countries, is this: Education enables jobs, jobs are a source of economic growth, and economic growth is a key to development and stability. "

" We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place. "

" American liberals have become addicted to the courtroom, relying on judges and lawyers rather than elected leaders and the ballot box, as the primary means of effecting their social agenda on everything from gay marriage to assisted suicide to the use of vouchers for private-school education. "

" There's a difference between expanding someone's potential and expanding their actual performance. Performance may measure other things, whether one's culture supports education, other socio-economic factors. "

" Creativity is the key to success in the future, and primary education is where teachers can bring creativity in children at that level. "

" Heart and head are the constituent parts of character; temperament has almost nothing to do with it, and, therefore, character is dependent upon education, and is susceptible of being corrected and improved. "

" One of the greatest obstacles to escaping poverty is the staggering cost of higher education. "

" Inflation is taking up the poverty line, and poverty is not just economic but defined by way of health and education. "

" Some parents do not send their children to school because they don't know its importance at all. "

" An arts education helps build academic skills and increase academic performance, while also providing alternative opportunities to reward the skills of children who learn differently. "

" I know kids are supposed to go through these awkward stages, but I just never even thought about that. I was too busy worrying about getting my education while I was working. "

" I also tell them that your education can take you way farther than a football, baseball, track, or basketball will - that's just the bottom line. "

" Why are fanatics so terrified of girls' education? Because there's no force more powerful to transform a society. The greatest threat to extremism isn't drones firing missiles, but girls reading books. "