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" A liberal education is at the heart of a civil society, and at the heart of a liberal education is the act of teaching. "

A. Bartlett Giamatti

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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. "

" After the liberation of Bangladesh in 1971, primary education was made free. We are now thinking to make education in the public sector free up to graduation level. We are also thinking of providing a light meal at primary and secondary schools in order to increase the student retention level. "

" What is basically just an IQ score has roots in education, socioeconomic status, genetics, and environmental factors. Looking at any one of these roots doesn't give you a full picture of the tree, but it does tell you that a tree is there. "

" Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance. "

" Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned. "

" The best escalator to opportunity in America is education. "

Nicholas Kristof

" The paradox of education is precisely this; that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated. "

" Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. "

William Butler Yeats

" We stand in the shadow of Jefferson who believed that a society founded upon the rule of law and liberty was dependent upon public education and the diffusion of knowledge. "

" Not long ago, women in Afghanistan were required by Taliban leadership to be covered nearly head-to-toe and were barely allowed to leave the home; that young Afghan women today are not only accessing an education but are able to meet young people from around the world and cheer on a robot of their own making is something beautiful. "

Kristen Soltis Anderson

" Education standards need to be set at the state level. High standards are an important way to ensure that the education system we are funding is actually working and producing, at a minimum, what we would expect it to. "

" The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life. "

" Yeah, I'm a thrill seeker, but crikey, education's the most important thing. "

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" The country that consistently ranks among the highest in educational achievement is Finland. A rich country, but education is free. Germany, education is free. France, education is free. "

" I decided to start anew, to strip away what I had been taught. "

Georgia O'Keeffe

" I believe we owe our young an education that captures the exhilarating drama of science. "

" If we want boys to succeed, we need to bring them back to education by making education relevant to them and bring in more service learning and vocational education. "

" If you have four years to complete your college education, do it. "

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" If education does not create a need for the best in life, then we are stuck in an undemocratic, rigid caste society. "

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" Men may be spoiled by education, even as they are spoiled by illiteracy. Education is the preparation of the mind for future work, hence men should be educated with special reference to the work. "

Timothy Thomas Fortune

" If education is always to be conceived along the same antiquated lines of a mere transmission of knowledge, there is little to be hoped from it in the bettering of man's future. For what is the use of transmitting knowledge if the individual's total development lags behind? "

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" Besides taking jobs from American workers, illegal immigration creates huge economic burdens on our health care system, our education system, our criminal justice system, our environment, our infrastructure and our public safety. "

" One of the greatest obstacles to escaping poverty is the staggering cost of higher education. "

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" I know what it feels like to struggle to get the education that you need. "

" Learning is a result of listening, which in turn leads to even better listening and attentiveness to the other person. In other words, to learn from the child, we must have empathy, and empathy grows as we learn. "

" You can't legislate good will - that comes through education. "

" To go from Yale to the National League is simply to go from one form of management to another. "

A. Bartlett Giamatti