Quotes by Educator | Beyond Motive 10/31

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"From my time in Health I know that choice empowers people lives."

"From my time in Health I know that choice empowers people lives."

John Hutton, English Educator

Health, Time, People, Choice

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"Having decisions made not in midnight deals but in the light of objective evidence and after consulting those who will be affected should itself provide some reassurance that the EU is trying to reform itself."

"Having decisions made not in midnight deals but in the light of objective evidence and after consulting those who will be affected should itself provide some reassurance that the EU is trying to reform itself."

John Hutton, English Educator

Politics, Consulting, Deals, Decisions, Light

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"The joy late coming late departs."

"The joy late coming late departs."

Lewis J. Bates, American Educator

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"Firms would be given initial entitlements to gross markup on the basis of past performance. These entitlements would be transferable and a market in them would be developed."

"Firms would be given initial entitlements to gross markup on the basis of past performance. These entitlements would be transferable and a market in them would be developed."

William Vickrey, Canadian Educator

Performance, Past

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"The beauty of empowering others is that your own power is not diminished in the process."

"The beauty of empowering others is that your own power is not diminished in the process."

Barbara Coloroso, American Educator

Beauty, Power, Barbara Colorose

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"The benefits of biomedical progress are obvious, clear, and powerful. The hazards are much less well appreciated."

"The benefits of biomedical progress are obvious, clear, and powerful. The hazards are much less well appreciated."

Leon Kass, American Educator

Progress, Benefits, Obvious

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"No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient vassal of the state."

"No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient vassal of the state."

Felix Adler, German Educator

Religion, Church, Purity, State

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"The holy land was supposed to be spotless, a serious equivalent of Disneyland in which not a single candy wrapper is to stay on the ground for more than a few minutes."

"The holy land was supposed to be spotless, a serious equivalent of Disneyland in which not a single candy wrapper is to stay on the ground for more than a few minutes."

Marvin Olasky, American Educator

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"And the camera position, the organization, looking for repeating forms, shapes, trying to set up a visual rhythm seemed to come very natural. All of a sudden I was in a forest of aluminum and steel rather than a forest that we might think of in a traditional sense."

"And the camera position, the organization, looking for repeating forms, shapes, trying to set up a visual rhythm seemed to come very natural. All of a sudden I was in a forest of aluminum and steel rather than a forest that we might think of in a traditional sense."

John Sexton, American Educator

4

"For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set."

"For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set."

Quintilian, Roman Educator

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"There is a strange reluctance on the part of most people to admit they enjoy life."

"There is a strange reluctance on the part of most people to admit they enjoy life."

William Lyon Phelps, American Educator

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"Advances in technology and in our understanding of illness and disease together with an expanded workforce and greater resources will allow us to provide more services to a higher quality."

"Advances in technology and in our understanding of illness and disease together with an expanded workforce and greater resources will allow us to provide more services to a higher quality."

John Hutton, English Educator

Technology, Quality, Disease, Illness

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"Every physical system registers information, and just by evolving in time, by doing its thing, it changes that information, transforms that information, or, if you like, processes that information."

"Every physical system registers information, and just by evolving in time, by doing its thing, it changes that information, transforms that information, or, if you like, processes that information."

Seth Lloyd, American Educator

Time, Information

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"According to the standard model billions of years ago some little quantum fluctuation, perhaps a slightly lower density of matter, maybe right where we're sitting right now, caused our galaxy to start collapsing around here."

"According to the standard model billions of years ago some little quantum fluctuation, perhaps a slightly lower density of matter, maybe right where we're sitting right now, caused our galaxy to start collapsing around here."

Seth Lloyd, American Educator

Now, Right, Years

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"I showed that privacy was an implicit right in Jewish law, probably going back to the second or third century, when it was elaborated on in a legal way."

"I showed that privacy was an implicit right in Jewish law, probably going back to the second or third century, when it was elaborated on in a legal way."

Norman Lamm, American Educator

Legal, Law, Privacy, Right

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"Given the best of all possible worlds, I would make a few changes. I would place emphasis on increasing the amount of funding that goes into programs like Pell Grants, that purely and simply award funds to students who really cannot afford full tuition."

"Given the best of all possible worlds, I would make a few changes. I would place emphasis on increasing the amount of funding that goes into programs like Pell Grants, that purely and simply award funds to students who really cannot afford full tuition."

Charles Vest, American Educator

Politics, Students

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"Primary care must never be seen simply as a set of organisational structures."

"Primary care must never be seen simply as a set of organisational structures."

John Hutton, English Educator

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"It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about the important things. The monkey wears an expression of seriousness which would do credit to any college student, but the monkey is serious because he itches."

"It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about the important things. The monkey wears an expression of seriousness which would do credit to any college student, but the monkey is serious because he itches."

Robert M. Hutchins, American Educator

College, Credit, Expression, Seriousness

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"I don't know the right number of immigrants to let in."

"I don't know the right number of immigrants to let in."

Marvin Olasky, American Educator

Indecision, Right

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"Who knows, the mind has the key to all things besides."

"Who knows, the mind has the key to all things besides."

Amos Bronson Alcott, American Educator

Knowledge, Key, Mind

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"Most Glorious and eternal Majesty, Thou art righteous and holy in all thou dost to the sons of men, though thou hast suffered men to condemn Thy servant, Thy servant will not condemn Thee."

"Most Glorious and eternal Majesty, Thou art righteous and holy in all thou dost to the sons of men, though thou hast suffered men to condemn Thy servant, Thy servant will not condemn Thee."

Christopher Love, Welsh Educator

Love, Art, Men, Sons, Will

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"Educators are still spending way too much time trying to control what kids learn, bending the content to their own purposes, hoping beyond hope to change - by using technology - but not change too much."

"Educators are still spending way too much time trying to control what kids learn, bending the content to their own purposes, hoping beyond hope to change - by using technology - but not change too much."

Daniel Greenberg, American Educator

Change, Technology, Time, Control

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"I've been opposed to human cloning from the very beginning."

"I've been opposed to human cloning from the very beginning."

Leon Kass, American Educator

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"Every addition to true knowledge is an addition to human power."

"Every addition to true knowledge is an addition to human power."

Horace Mann, American Educator

Power, Knowledge

4

"I had something called the back of the chair test. Where I sit, we don't sit like you and I do. I can see a sliver right behind them and they come out and they sit like this like god students and they don't touch the back of the chair."

"I had something called the back of the chair test. Where I sit, we don't sit like you and I do. I can see a sliver right behind them and they come out and they sit like this like god students and they don't touch the back of the chair."

James Lipton, American Educator

God, Right, Students

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"We increase whatever we praise. The whole creation responds to praise, and is glad."

"We increase whatever we praise. The whole creation responds to praise, and is glad."

Charles Fillmore, American Educator

Creation, Praise

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"If at first you don't succeed, find out if the loser gets anything."

"If at first you don't succeed, find out if the loser gets anything."

William Lyon Phelps, American Educator

Persistence, First, Succeed

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"Quite a few, actually, are involved in education. They have had the same experience Hanna and I had: when they started having their own kids, they didn't want them to have a poor educational experience; they wanted them to enjoy school."

"Quite a few, actually, are involved in education. They have had the same experience Hanna and I had: when they started having their own kids, they didn't want them to have a poor educational experience; they wanted them to enjoy school."

Daniel Greenberg, American Educator

Experience, Education, Kids, Poor

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"The employee is regarded by the employer merely in the light of his value as an operative. His productive capacity alone is taken into account."

"The employee is regarded by the employer merely in the light of his value as an operative. His productive capacity alone is taken into account."

Leland Stanford, American Educator

Employment, Light, Value

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"Increasingly prices are set by sellers to raise their prices without a loss of sales sufficient to wipe out the gain."

"Increasingly prices are set by sellers to raise their prices without a loss of sales sufficient to wipe out the gain."

William Vickrey, Canadian Educator

Gain, Loss, Sales

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"The correlation between poverty and obesity can be traced to agricultural policies and subsidies."

"The correlation between poverty and obesity can be traced to agricultural policies and subsidies."

Michael Pollan, American Educator

Poverty, Obesity

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"The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded on a fallacy. The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts, and we grow happier as we grow older."

"The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded on a fallacy. The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts, and we grow happier as we grow older."

William Lyon Phelps, American Educator

Life, Time, Belief, Thoughts

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"Solomon's temple also was designed to increase the attractiveness of the city of his residence."

"Solomon's temple also was designed to increase the attractiveness of the city of his residence."

Julius Wellhausen, German Educator

Architecture, Temple

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"A bibliophile of little means is likely to suffer often. Books don't slip from his hands but fly past him through the air, high as birds, high as prices."

"A bibliophile of little means is likely to suffer often. Books don't slip from his hands but fly past him through the air, high as birds, high as prices."

William Lyon Phelps, American Educator

Birds, Books, Past

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"Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak."

"Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak."

Alan Dundes, American Educator

People, Light, Sound

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"Practically, the desirable situation ought to be one in which any reasonably responsible person willing to accept available employment can find a job paying a living wage within 48 hours."

"Practically, the desirable situation ought to be one in which any reasonably responsible person willing to accept available employment can find a job paying a living wage within 48 hours."

William Vickrey, Canadian Educator

Job, Living, Wage

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"The Negro people of America... have cut our forests, tilled our fields, built our railroads, fought our battles, and in all of their trials they have manifested a simple faith, a grateful heart, a cheerful spirit, and an undivided loyalty ."

"The Negro people of America... have cut our forests, tilled our fields, built our railroads, fought our battles, and in all of their trials they have manifested a simple faith, a grateful heart, a cheerful spirit, and an undivided loyalty ."

Mordecai Wyatt Johnson, American Educator

Faith, People, Heart, America

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"At some point, Moore's law will break down."

"At some point, Moore's law will break down."

Seth Lloyd, American Educator

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"Most Europeans have no idea how wild life can be in north America."

"Most Europeans have no idea how wild life can be in north America."

Tom G. Palmer, American Educator

Life, Idea, America

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"When you have a spiritual foundation, you look at poverty differently then."

"When you have a spiritual foundation, you look at poverty differently then."

Dennis Banks, American Educator

Poverty, Spiritual

4

"I was critical of the Israeli government, however, for not being prepared for the move. One does not uproot thousands of people without planning in advance what will be done with them. This was a political and human error in which the government functioned poorly."

"I was critical of the Israeli government, however, for not being prepared for the move. One does not uproot thousands of people without planning in advance what will be done with them. This was a political and human error in which the government functioned poorly."

Norman Lamm, American Educator

Government, People, Being, Error

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"America forms the longest and straightest bone in the earth's skeleton."

"America forms the longest and straightest bone in the earth's skeleton."

Ellsworth Huntington, American Educator

Geography, America, Earth

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"Love is the expansion of two natures in such fashion that each include the other, each is enriched by the other."

"Love is the expansion of two natures in such fashion that each include the other, each is enriched by the other."

Felix Adler, German Educator

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"The creative individual has the capacity to free himself from the web of social pressures in which the rest of us are caught. He is capable of questioning the assumptions that the rest of us accept."

"The creative individual has the capacity to free himself from the web of social pressures in which the rest of us are caught. He is capable of questioning the assumptions that the rest of us accept."

John W. Gardner, American Educator

Creativity, Questioning, Rest

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"When the Negro cries with pain from his deep hurt and lays his petition for elemental justice before the nation, he is calling upon the American people to kindle about that crucible of race relationships the fires of American faith."

"When the Negro cries with pain from his deep hurt and lays his petition for elemental justice before the nation, he is calling upon the American people to kindle about that crucible of race relationships the fires of American faith."

Mordecai Wyatt Johnson, American Educator

Faith, People, Deep

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"Love of country is like love of woman - he loves her best who seeks to bestow on her the highest good."

"Love of country is like love of woman - he loves her best who seeks to bestow on her the highest good."

Felix Adler, German Educator

Love, Country, Woman

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"Each co-operative institution will become a school of business in which each member will acquire a knowledge of the laws of trade and commerce."

"Each co-operative institution will become a school of business in which each member will acquire a knowledge of the laws of trade and commerce."

Leland Stanford, American Educator

Business, Knowledge, Commerce, Laws

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"At a moderate calculation, among a million of persons inhabiting the metropolis, there are, at least, twenty-five thousand children who attend these schools, and cost their parents as many pounds sterling, per annum."

"At a moderate calculation, among a million of persons inhabiting the metropolis, there are, at least, twenty-five thousand children who attend these schools, and cost their parents as many pounds sterling, per annum."

Joseph Lancaster, English Educator

Family, Children, Parents, Schools

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"Of course, one way of thinking about all of life and civilization is as being about how the world registers and processes information. Certainly that's what sex is about; that's what history is about."

"Of course, one way of thinking about all of life and civilization is as being about how the world registers and processes information. Certainly that's what sex is about; that's what history is about."

Seth Lloyd, American Educator

History, Life, Sex, Civilization

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"There has been talk in Europe about American hegemony being somehow based upon the use of the dollar in the world. I just don't see that connection at all."

"There has been talk in Europe about American hegemony being somehow based upon the use of the dollar in the world. I just don't see that connection at all."

Robert C. Solomon, American Educator

Politics, Being, Connection, Europe

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