946 private quotes tagged education

“The real fight is about what should be in the marketplace and what should not. Should education be a marketable commodity? Should healthcare?” — Susan George

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“You have to go through the falling down in order to learn to walk. It helps to know that you can survive it. That's an education in itself.” — Carol Burnett

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“No other investment yields as great a return as the investment in education. An educated workforce is the foundation of every community and the future of every economy.” — Brad Henry

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“I think Democrats are right. We fight for the American dream, for the environment, for privacy rights, a woman's right to choose, a good public education system.” — Barbara Boxer

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“Over the next two years UNICEF will focus on improving access to and the quality of education to provide children who have dropped out of school or who work during school hours the opportunity to gain a formal education!” — Roger Moore

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“With Michigan's economic future on the line, we can't afford to have our 500 local school districts marching in different directions. Instead, we need a high standards, mandatory curriculum to get all our students on the road to higher education and a good paying job.” — Jennifer Granholm

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“The zeitgeist is for cutting spending and balancing the budget. But I do not want the Republican Party to be perceived as putting the budget ahead of people, jobs and education.” — Jack Kemp

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“When a woman earns a dollar, the payback is higher. She'll invest in her children, in their education, health care, and basic needs. The impact of a woman's role in the economy benefits society at large.” — Andrea Jung

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“A good education is that which prepares us for our future sphere of action and makes us contented with that situation in life in which God, in his infinite mercy, has seen fit to place us, to be perfectly resigned to our lot in life, whatever it may be.” — Ann Plato

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“For wide swaths of training and education there are valuable spillovers which mean that the private sector needs support from the government. That is why I have been so determined to protect and grow apprenticeships and put higher education on a sustainable footing.” — Vince Cable

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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.” — Brooks Atkinson

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“Unless children have strong education and strong families and strong communities and decent housing, it's not enough to go sit in at a lunch counter.” — Marian Wright Edelman

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“I was blessed to have a mother and father that recognized the value of education.” — Jeb Bush

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“To compete in a global economy, our students must continue their education beyond high school. To make this expectation a reality, we must give students the tools they need to succeed, including the opportunity to take a college entrance exam.” — Jennifer Granholm

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“Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't.” — Pete Seeger

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“I had the most reversed education possible. Every parent wants their son to be a businessman, respectable - me, it was the opposite. When I had an artist career my mum was like, 'Oh finally, I'm proud of you!'” — David Guetta

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“Religion is the solid basis of good morals therefore education should teach the precepts of religion, and the duties of man toward God.” — Gouverneur Morris

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“I don't know if I'm a national education figure.” — Jeb Bush

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“It would be nice if education was free to everyone who wanted it, but that's not the world we live in.” — Glenda Jackson

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“Now the main areas of higher education that still enjoy considerable financial support from government are subjects like engineering and science and the research ringfence which is the basic minimum to protect Britain's scientific competitiveness.” — Vince Cable

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“I wanted to acquire an education, work extremely hard and never deviate from my goal, to make it.” — Taylor Caldwell

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“Violence is black children going to school for 12 years and receiving 6 years' worth of education.” — Julian Bond

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“It was a way out of poverty. It was a way to success. It was a way to education. And it was a way to a brighter day for me.” — Little Richard

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“If the Liberals' law is passed, will sex education in the schools, including elementary grades, include the same portrayals of sexual activity which presently exist in heterosexual instruction? Will there be the same presentation of homosexual activity? Of course there will.” — Stockwell Day

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“Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.” — Marian Wright Edelman

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