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" Universal education is not only a moral imperative but an economic necessity, to pave the way toward making many more nations self-sufficient and self-sustaining. "
Desmond Tutu
Education
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Michael Morpurgo
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" God is patient with us to become the God's children he wants us to be but you really can see him weeping. "
Desmond Tutu
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" Many people would be surprised that, in fact, I'm quite shy. "
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" 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. "
Herbert Hoover
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" One of the greatest obstacles to escaping poverty is the staggering cost of higher education. "
Chris Van Hollen
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" Books, the children of the brain. "
Jonathan Swift
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" Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family. "
Kofi Annan
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" The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education. "
Albert Einstein
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Only
Thing
" No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure. "
Emma Goldman
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Kindness
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" There are many problems, but I think there is a solution to all these problems; it's just one, and it's education. "
Malala Yousafzai
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" America needs education reform on all levels to expand quality schools, build on past successes, and lower college debt. "
Kevin McCarthy
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College
" There is definitely a need for increasing capacity in higher education; a large part of this is being met in the technical education segment by the private sector and in the non-technical by the state sector. In the public sector, we will do whatever we can afford. "
Pallam Raju
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Will
" The dream doesn't lie in victimization or blame; it lies in hard work, determination and a good education. "
Alphonso Jackson
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Education
Good
" I don't know if the term 'liberation theology,' which can be interpreted in a very positive sense, will help us much. What's important is the common rationality to which the church offers a fundamental contribution, and which must always help in the education of conscience, both for public and for private life. "
Pope Benedict XVI
Help
Positive
Church
" Most small-business owners have no financial education when they started. They weren't trained to be entrepreneurs. "
Robert Kiyosaki
Most
Education
Started
" The most obvious purpose of college education is to help students acquire information and knowledge by acquainting them with facts, theories, generalizations, principles, and the like. This purpose scarcely requires justification. "
Derek Bok
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Knowledge
Education
" My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together. "
Desmond Tutu
Humanity
Up
Together
" The truth is, in order to get things like universal health care and a revamped education system, then someone is going to have to give up a piece of their pie so that someone else can have more. "
Michelle Obama
Truth
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Care
" Today there are people trying to take away rights that our mothers, grandmothers and great-grandmothers fought for: our right to vote, our right to choose, affordable quality education, equal pay, access to health care. We the people can't let that happen. "
Kerry Washington
Quality
Today
Education
" In school, many of us procrastinate and then successfully cram for tests. We get the grades and degrees we need to get the jobs we want, even if we fail to get a good general education. "
Stephen Covey
School
Education
Need
" 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. "
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Law
School
Health
" I just thank my father and mother, my lucky stars, that I had the advantage of an education in the humanities. "
David McCullough
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Education
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" A large part of the present anxiety to improve the education of girls and women is also due to the conviction that the political disabilities of women will not be maintained. "
Millicent Fawcett
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" If you want to be an anthropologist, you need to study physical anthropology specialized in bones. If you want to be a forensic chemist, get a degree in chemistry. Do you want to do DNA work? Get a degree in microbiology. And do well. Study hard and go to graduate school. "
Kathy Reichs
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Work
Need
" 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. "
Lady Gaga
Think
Smart
Education
" A rich, robust, well-resourced public education is one of the best routes out of poverty and a pathway to prosperity. "
Randi Weingarten
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" 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. "
Naveen Jain
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Education
Focus
" Back in the 1960s, I got a superb education for very little money. The bill for my first year at Harpur College in New York was a few hundred dollars. "
Camille Paglia
Money
Education
New
" Education can help all Americans live longer, healthier lives. Teaching students to make healthy decisions can improve habits now and instill healthy eating habits for a lifetime. "
Matt Cartwright
Decisions
Eating
Education
" 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. "
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