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Philip Emeagwali

"I dropped out of high school four times between the ages of 12 to 17."

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"I dropped out of high school four times between the ages of 12 to 17."

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"A child educated only at school is an uneducated child."

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"I went out to visit Dorsey Burnette, after I graduated high school."

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"Sunday school don't make you cool forever."

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"High school, you don't want to go back and do it over again."

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"The NAACP was even considering earlier this summer reassessing their position on school integration."

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"Going to school is an everyday process; it isn't something we accomplish and are all done with."

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"I just have a position that any child that's in a failing school should be able to get out, or be in a position to have that school fixed."

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"I ain't here to argue about his facial features. Or here to convert atheists into believers. I'm just trying to say the way school need teachers the way Kathie Lee needed Regis that's the way yall need Jesus."

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Amber Hurdle

"Earlier today, Arnold Schwarzenegger criticized the California school system, calling it disastrous. Arnold says California's schools are so bad that its graduates are willing to vote for me."

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"When I was in high school, I became interested in cytochemistry: chemical analysis under the microscope, and trying to understand the composition of cells."

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"Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger."
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"Nigeria is a West African nation of over 100 million energetic people. It is endowed with lots of natural resources but lacks human resources."
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"The hardships that I encountered in the past will help me succeed in the future."
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"The labs were happy that I was brave enough to attempt to program it and the $5 million computer was left entirely to my use. I was their human guinea pig."
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"The hardship of living in a refugee camp made me psychologically strong."
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