946 private quotes tagged education

“We have over 500,000 illegal immigrants living in Arizona. And we simply cannot sustain it. It costs us a tremendous amount of money of course in health care, in education, and then, on top of it all, in incarceration. And the federal government doesn't reimburse us on any of these things.” — Jan Brewer

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“There are three major social issues that this country is struggling with: education, poverty, and drugs. Two of them we talk about, and one of them we don't.” — Steven Soderbergh

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“The value of a good education has never left me.” — Michelle Pfeiffer

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“My advantage as a woman and a human being has been in having a mother who believed strongly in women's education. She was an early undergraduate at Oxford, and her own mother was a doctor.” — Antonia Fraser

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“Sex education classes are like in-home sales parties for abortions.” — Phyllis Schlafly

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“Economic prosperity and quality education for our children are inexorably linked.” — Jon Huntsman, Jr.

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“I'm not sure it's the stimulus money that will necessarily allow the economy to recover. It will help to fortify our budgets, frankly, to ensure that there isn't as much backsliding in the areas of education and healthcare, for example.” — Jon Huntsman, Jr.

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“A writer should get as much education as possible, but just going to school is not enough if it were, all owners of doctorates would be inspired writers.” — Gwendolyn Brooks

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“Education is our greatest opportunity to give an irrevocable gift to the next generation.” — Ernie Fletcher

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“But the fact is, no matter how good the teacher, how small the class, how focused on quality education the school may be none of this matters if we ignore the individual needs of our students.” — Roy Barnes

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“I think we were raised in a nice Texas Jewish family where education was the most important thing, and close behind that was the arts. It was emphasized and expected that we'd play piano.” — Lisa Loeb

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“What's got me excited about the education space is the growth of the Internet over the next 10, 20, 30 years.” — Reed Hastings

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“Government will not fail to employ education, to strengthen its hands, and perpetuate its institutions.” — William Godwin

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“Look, I want what's good for everybody. I want to promote good state education for all. I want to raise standards for all kids, irrespective of race and class but why can't they all just do what I say when I know I'm right?” — Arabella Weir

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“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.” — Gavin Newsom

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“As a former recipient of these services I can honestly say that the overwhelming majority of TANF recipients are hard-working Americans who are down on their luck, and just want an opportunity to better their lives and those of their family through work and access to education.” — Gwen Moore

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“A liberal education... frees a man from the prison-house of his class, race, time, place, background, family and even his nation.” — Robert M. Hutchins

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“One of the factors a country's economy depends on is human capital. If you don't provide women with adequate access to healthcare, education and employment, you lose at least half of your potential. So, gender equality and women's empowerment bring huge economic benefits.” — Michelle Bachelet

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“'Friends' was an education in intelligent comedic banter in intelligent vernacular. It was an education in scene study. It was an education in group dynamic. I came out of there with a master's degree in comedy.” — Matt LeBlanc

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“About half my work in education is U.S. political reform around school districts and charter schools, and creating more room for entrepreneurial organizations to develop. And about half on technology, which I look at as a global platform.” — Reed Hastings

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“But instead of standing up for reason, our government is handing education over to the world of faith.” — Polly Toynbee

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“Mothers, unless they were very poor, didn't work. Both of my parents had to leave education. My mother had to work in a cotton mill until 18 or 19, when she took some training in domestic science.” — Roger Bannister

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“As the true object of education is not to render the pupil the mere copy of his preceptor, it is rather to be rejoiced in, than lamented, that various reading should lead him into new trains of thinking.” — William Godwin

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“And what is liberty, whose very name makes the heart beat faster and shakes the world? Is it not the union of all liberties - liberty of conscience, of education, of association, of the press, of travel, or labor, or trade?” — Frederic Bastiat

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“My idea of education is to unsettle the minds of the young and inflame their intellects.” — Robert M. Hutchins

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