"Going to college offered me the chance to play football for four more years."

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"Every child must be taught how to think, read and write."

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"Feeding the poor will not eradicate poverty, but feeding the mind with true education will."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

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"Before I started (college), that's the advice my dad gave me. He said to pick classes based on the teacher whenever you can, not the subject...his point was that good teachers are priceless. They inspire you, they entertain you, and you end up learning a ton even when you don't know it."

Nicholas Sparks, American Author

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"First I went to the Sorbonne to do my licence en lettres, but I also started to study law."

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"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated failures. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent."

Calvin Coolidge, American President

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"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."

Benjamin Franklin, American Politician

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"Please, no matter how we advance in technology please don't abandon the book-there is nothing in our material world more beautiful than a book."

Patti Smith, American Musician

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"In prison it must be made rich Library, people must educate their self there. Not to go stupid and more."

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

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Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

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"Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They're just braver five minutes longer."

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"The greatest security for Israel is to create new Egypts."

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"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same."

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"Every new day begins with possibilities. It's up to us to fill it with the things that move us toward progress and peace."

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"Every child must be taught how to think, read and write."

"Feeding the poor will not eradicate poverty, but feeding the mind with true education will."

"My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors."

"Before I started (college), that's the advice my dad gave me. He said to pick classes based on the teacher whenever you can, not the subject...his point was that good teachers are priceless. They inspire you, they entertain you, and you end up learning a ton even when you don't know it."

"First I went to the Sorbonne to do my licence en lettres, but I also started to study law."

"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."

"Please, no matter how we advance in technology please don't abandon the book-there is nothing in our material world more beautiful than a book."

"In prison it must be made rich Library, people must educate their self there. Not to go stupid and more."

"The authorities of this so-called education take pride in their ship shape structure where they manufacture dumb manikins."

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"Double-no triple-our troubles and we'd still be better off than any other people on earth."

"In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem, government IS the problem. It isn't so much that liberals are ignorant, it's just that they know so much that isn't so."

"The greatest security for Israel is to create new Egypts."

"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same."

"Every new day begins with possibilities. It's up to us to fill it with the things that move us toward progress and peace."

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