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"We want to obviously foster a relationship that we're a partner with states; that we all share the same goals of closing the achievement gap, just as the Congress does; and that we're practical and sophisticated enough to understand what they're talking about."
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"Then, without postponing anything, build a structure that will allow you to transform this vision into reality."

"It is important that when we make a resolution, or establish a goal, that we take the ACTION necessary to accomplish that goal."

"With persistent focus and determined spirit, you can achieve the God-given goals."

"In our natural world, it is the strongest of the species that claim their space, seek out new territories, explore their surroundings, and learn how to survive and thrive. It is those same qualities that enable us to apply confidence and command to transcend the mediocre and achieve outstanding results."

"The self-actualization process for a man is a conscious choice of a life goal and the way to achieve it."

"I made my name. What does this mean? It means that a man has successfully graduated through the process of inner self-development."

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"Every great endeavour is fueled by great enthusiasm."

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"And I think that we in America need to understand that many schools need improvement, and particularly with respect to how they're serving minority children."

"Again, the truth of the matter is we haven't paid that much attention to high school accountability."

"And I think that's righteous, I think that's what parents want to know. They want to know what's going right in the school, and what needs improvement, and that's what this law does."

"But the other notion is, we also believe that those folks closest on the ground that we're holding accountable for the results can decide, and ought to evaluate which programs get results."

"We at the Department of Education are going to provide technical assistance; I've committed $14 million to show states how they might meet this more sophisticated approach."

"In Connecticut, my understanding, although I haven't seen the actual litigation, is that they want to measure every other year and not provide annual assessment as is required in the statute."

"We know that if we're going to remain economically competitive in the world, and viable as a civic democracy, that we're going to have to get more people educated to higher levels."

"And I believe that public broadcasting has an important trust with the American people, it's an intimate medium of television, and that we can do reading and language development for young children without getting into human sexuality."

"Higher education is confronting challenges, like the economy is, about the need for a higher number of more adequately trained, more highly educated citizenry."

"There's lots of institutions and lots of different cultures, and so that's the kind of thing that parents need to be able to evaluate, and students themselves, when they make a selection."
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