Famous Quotes: Education

You can choose a future where more Americans have the chance to gain the skills they need to compete, no matter how old they are or how much money they have. Education was the gateway to opportunity for me. It was the gateway for Michelle. And now more than ever, it is the gateway to a middle-class life.
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I think what's been lacking from our discussion for a long time is really that other part of what a Budget chair does, which is set the priorities for this country in terms of making sure we invest in the right places, in education, in job training, and to make sure we do a balanced approach moving forward.
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Excellent education and an excellent environment are two hallmarks of our state. How we treat our environment is connected to so many other opportunities in Maine.
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Learn to think continentally.
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My father had very little formal education.
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A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.
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The willingness to learn new skills is very high.
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When the state or federal government control the education of all of our children, they have the dangerous and illegitimate monopoly to control and influence the thought process of our citizens.
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The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values.
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I didn't want to miss out on my education to model. I can't do just modeling.
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The Recovery plan will put money in the pockets of the American worker, create and save millions of new jobs and invest in crucial areas such as health care, education, energy independence and a new infrastructure.
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Education is what most receive, many pass on, and few possess.
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Just like my father, I've always loved education. In school I was a member of the honor society.
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People thought me a bit strange at first; a blond haired, blue-eyed Norwegian who sang Mexican folk songs, but I used it to my advantage and got a job. And so the music became my ticket to education.
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My mother is a professor of early childhood education. When I was two she would say she knew I was going to be an actor.
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Without in any way minimising the economic and psychological blow that people experience when they lose their jobs, the unemployed in affluent countries still have a safety net, in the form of social security payments, and usually free healthcare and free education for their children. They also have sanitation and safe drinking water.
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Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.
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My parents grew up working class, but in that way that working class families do, they spent a fortune on education to better me.
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I've got a very deep and abiding passion about education being far more than buildings and textbooks; it's what children bring into school with them.
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The illiterate of the future will not be the person who cannot read. It will be the person who does not know how to learn.
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