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"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."
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"Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better."

"Ancient Rome was as confident of the immutability of its world and the continual expansion and improvement of the human lot as we are today."

"When you feel unsatisfied in your life, you must immediately take action to change your perspective, thoughts, and activity. If you stay longer than necessary in your unhappy state you will find yourself sinking deeper and deeper into misery. Fortunately, no matter how deep you fall into dissatisfaction you will always be able to change your life for the better through positive action."

"There are no quick fixes in your life. If you want to live a happier life you have to make your actions happier every day. You need to be determined to make your life better if you want it to be so."

"We have so much room for improvement. Every aspect of our lives must be subjected to an inventory... of how we are taking responsibility."

"To become a better you, don't dream of becoming a superior over other people. Dream of becoming a superior over your previous achievements."

"Improving your life doesn't have to be about changing everything " it's about making changes that count."

"I have something to prove, as long as I know there's something that needs improvement, and you know that everytime I move, I make a woman's movement."

"But if we are talking in terms of making progress in life, we must understand that "good enough" is very different from "best."

"When does the external work improve? It improves when inner peace is attained."
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"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."

"I do think we know that a teacher who knows what he or she is doing, knows their subject matter, and knows how to impart knowledge to kids is a critical piece of closing the achievement gap."

"I mean, one thing I know about change is we are not going to close the achievement gap without educators."

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

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

"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."

"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."
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