946 private quotes tagged education

“The length of your education is less important than its breadth, and the length of your life is less important than its depth.” — Marilyn vos Savant

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“It seems to me that at this time we need education in the obvious more than the investigation of the obscure.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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“On the diffusion of education among the people rest the preservation and perpetuation of our free institutions.” — Daniel Webster

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“President Obama believes in a country where we invest in education, in roads and bridges, in science, and in the future so we can create new opportunities so the next kid can make it big and the kid afer that and the kid after that, that's what President Obama believes.” — Elizabeth Warren

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“The family teaches us about the importance of knowledge, education, hard work and effort. It teaches us about enjoying ourselves, having fun, keeping fit and healthy.” — Kamisese Mara

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“It is only through such real-life daily struggles and challenges that a genuine sensitivity to human rights can be inculcated. This is a truth that is not limited to school education: it applies to all of us.” — Daisaku Ikeda

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“The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place in which to spend one's leisure.” — Sydney J. Harris

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“Experts tell us that 90% of all brain development occurs by the age of five. If we don't begin thinking about education in the early years, our children are at risk of falling behind by the time they start Kindergarten.” — Robert. L. Ehrlich

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“The main failure of education is that it has not prepared people to comprehend matters concerning human destiny.” — Norman Cousins

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“I tell students that the opportunities I had were a result of having a good educational background. Education is what allows you to stand out.” — Ellen Ochoa

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“'No Child Left Behind' requires states and school districts to ensure that all students are learning and are reaching their highest potential. Special education students should not be left out of these accountability mechanisms.” — Dianne Feinstein

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“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

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“There's a need for accepting responsibility - for a person's life and making choices that are not just ones for immediate short-term comfort. You need to make an investment, and the investment is in health and education.” — Buzz Aldrin

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“Music - that's been my education. There's not a day that goes by that I take it for granted.” — Billie Joe Armstrong

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“For-profit higher education is today a booming industry, feeding on the student loans handed out to the desperate.” — Thomas Frank

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“What have I got? No looks, no money, no education. Just talent.” — Sammy Davis, Jr.

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“So I was shampooing at 14. But I've always thought that had I the opportunity for an education, I would have been an architect. There's no question about it.” — Vidal Sassoon

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“The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.” — Robert M. Hutchins

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“I ain't got much education, but I got some sense.” — Loretta Lynn

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“Religion is not only a part of education, an element of humanity, but the center of everything else, always the first and the ultimate, the absolutely original.” — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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“Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.” — Barbara Jordan

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“This is at the heart of all good education, where the teacher asks students to think and engages them in encouraging dialogues, constantly checking for understanding and growth.” — William Glasser

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“When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory.” — Billy Joel

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“The greatest education in the world is watching the masters at work.” — Michael Jackson

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“True education is concerned not only with practical goals but also with values. Our aims assure us of our material life, our values make possible our spiritual life.” — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

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