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"The United States as usual has a sizable deficit in the current account of its balance of payments, trade account and other current accounts, current account items."

"The United States as usual has a sizable deficit in the current account of its balance of payments, trade account and other current accounts, current account items."

Robert C. Solomon, American Educator

Balance, States, Trade, United

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"Children between the ages of five to ten years are even more variable. They are going to vary from very high functioning, capable of doing normal school work, to nonverbal who have all kinds of neurological problems."

"Children between the ages of five to ten years are even more variable. They are going to vary from very high functioning, capable of doing normal school work, to nonverbal who have all kinds of neurological problems."

Temple Grandin, American Educator

Work, Children, Problems, School

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"When money is controlled by a few it gives that few an undue power and control over labor and the resources of the country. Labor will have its best return when the laborer can control its disposal."

"When money is controlled by a few it gives that few an undue power and control over labor and the resources of the country. Labor will have its best return when the laborer can control its disposal."

Leland Stanford, American Educator

Money, Power, Control, Country

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"When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people."

"When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people."

Abraham Joshua Heschel, Polish Educator

People, Now, Old

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"My advice to people today is as follows: if you take the game of life seriously, if you take your nervous system seriously, if you take your sense organs seriously, if you take the energy process seriously, you must turn on, tune in, and drop out."

"My advice to people today is as follows: if you take the game of life seriously, if you take your nervous system seriously, if you take your sense organs seriously, if you take the energy process seriously, you must turn on, tune in, and drop out."

Timothy Leary, American Educator

Life, People, Advice, Energy

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"We fear the thing we want the most."

"We fear the thing we want the most."

Robert Anthony, American Educator

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"The real harm of term extension comes not from these famous works. The real harm is to the works that are not famous, not commercially exploited, and no longer available as a result."

"The real harm of term extension comes not from these famous works. The real harm is to the works that are not famous, not commercially exploited, and no longer available as a result."

Lawrence Lessig, American Educator

Famous, Harm, Result

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"Mankind are divided into sects, and individuals think very differently on religious subjects, from the purest motives; and that gracious common Parent, who loves all his children alike, beholds with approbation every one who worships him in sincerity."

"Mankind are divided into sects, and individuals think very differently on religious subjects, from the purest motives; and that gracious common Parent, who loves all his children alike, beholds with approbation every one who worships him in sincerity."

Joseph Lancaster, English Educator

Family, Children, Mankind, Motives, Religious

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"The opportunities that Gorbachev created for international relations have also been missed, perhaps even lost - here, however, primarily because of the United States."

"The opportunities that Gorbachev created for international relations have also been missed, perhaps even lost - here, however, primarily because of the United States."

Stephen Cohen, American Educator

Gorbachev, States, United

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"Most students have thoughts about emigrating to Israel. A significant number go on aliyah. We are proud of our Israel programs, which come at a considerable cost to the university."

"Most students have thoughts about emigrating to Israel. A significant number go on aliyah. We are proud of our Israel programs, which come at a considerable cost to the university."

Norman Lamm, American Educator

Thought, Thoughts, Israel, Students, University

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"I believe I can even yet remember when I saw the stars for the first time."

"I believe I can even yet remember when I saw the stars for the first time."

Max Muller, German Educator

Time, First, Stars

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"If you let other people do it for you, they will do it to you."

"If you let other people do it for you, they will do it to you."

Robert Anthony, American Educator

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"We have a powerful potential in out youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends."

"We have a powerful potential in out youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends."

Mary McLeod Bethune, American Educator

Change, Power, Ideas, Courage

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"Technology gives us the facilities that lessen the barriers of time and distance - the telegraph and cable, the telephone, radio, and the rest."

"Technology gives us the facilities that lessen the barriers of time and distance - the telegraph and cable, the telephone, radio, and the rest."

Emily Greene Balch, American Educator

Technology, Time, Rest

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"An artist has every right - one may even say a duty - to exhibit his productions as prominently as he can."

"An artist has every right - one may even say a duty - to exhibit his productions as prominently as he can."

Jacques Barzun, American Educator

Society, Artist, Duty, May, Right

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"Well, first of all, we did lots of studies where we show practical intelligence doesn't correlate with G. We have probably two dozen studies that practical intelligence better predicts job success than IQ."

"Well, first of all, we did lots of studies where we show practical intelligence doesn't correlate with G. We have probably two dozen studies that practical intelligence better predicts job success than IQ."

Robert Sternberg, American Educator

Intelligence, Success, First, Job

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"There is no reason why the women of the country should not greatly advance themselves."

"There is no reason why the women of the country should not greatly advance themselves."

Leland Stanford, American Educator

Woman, Women, Country, Reason

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"I am in favor of carrying out the Declaration of Independence to women as well as men. Women having to suffer the burdens of society and government should have their equal rights in it. They do not receive their rights in full proportion."

"I am in favor of carrying out the Declaration of Independence to women as well as men. Women having to suffer the burdens of society and government should have their equal rights in it. They do not receive their rights in full proportion."

Leland Stanford, American Educator

Government, Society, Women, Independence

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"In these times, the hardest task for social or political activists is to find a way to get people to wonder again about what we all believe is true. The challenge is to sow doubt."

"In these times, the hardest task for social or political activists is to find a way to get people to wonder again about what we all believe is true. The challenge is to sow doubt."

Lawrence Lessig, American Educator

People, Challenge, Doubt, Wonder

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"Until the building of Solomon's temple the unity of worship according to it had, properly speaking, never had any existence; and, moreover, it is easy to read between the lines that even after that date it was more a pious wish than a practical demand."

"Until the building of Solomon's temple the unity of worship according to it had, properly speaking, never had any existence; and, moreover, it is easy to read between the lines that even after that date it was more a pious wish than a practical demand."

Julius Wellhausen, German Educator

Religion, Temple, Building, Existence, Unity

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"I doubt God would want to touch America's tax code, since it is already located in the third rung of Hell."

"I doubt God would want to touch America's tax code, since it is already located in the third rung of Hell."

Larry J. Sabato, American Educator

God, America, Doubt, Tax

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"The more you find out about the world, the more opportunities there are to laugh at it."

"The more you find out about the world, the more opportunities there are to laugh at it."

Bill Nye, American Educator

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"Now that the day of reckoning has arrived, they cry socialism!"

"Now that the day of reckoning has arrived, they cry socialism!"

Elizabeth A. Sherman, American Educator

Politics, Day, Now

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"And they understand that to be an effective member of a democracy, you have to accept responsibility."

"And they understand that to be an effective member of a democracy, you have to accept responsibility."

Daniel Greenberg, American Educator

Democracy, Responsibility

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"UNICEF has repeatedly called on governments to ensure basic services for children and this includes providing food where the need exists."

"UNICEF has repeatedly called on governments to ensure basic services for children and this includes providing food where the need exists."

Carol Bellamy, American Educator

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"Western Europe GDP per capita - not taking into account the new accession counties - was lower in 2001 relative to that of the US than any time since the 1960's."

"Western Europe GDP per capita - not taking into account the new accession counties - was lower in 2001 relative to that of the US than any time since the 1960's."

John Hutton, English Educator

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"It's not to late to... ask yourself if you really are the person you want to be, and if not, who you do want to be."

"It's not to late to... ask yourself if you really are the person you want to be, and if not, who you do want to be."

Morrie Schwartz, American Educator

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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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"Once the housing market begins to recover, I would phase out the mortgage tax deduction."

"Once the housing market begins to recover, I would phase out the mortgage tax deduction."

Joshua A. Tucker, American Educator

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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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"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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"Although farming of any sort was almost as impossible in the plains as in the dry regions of winter rains farther west, the abundance of buffaloes made life much easier in many respects."

"Although farming of any sort was almost as impossible in the plains as in the dry regions of winter rains farther west, the abundance of buffaloes made life much easier in many respects."

Ellsworth Huntington, American Educator

Life, Abundance, Winter

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"Similarly, another famous little quantum fluctuation that programs you is the exact configuration of your DNA."

"Similarly, another famous little quantum fluctuation that programs you is the exact configuration of your DNA."

Seth Lloyd, American Educator

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"I speak Urdu quite a lot, too, and I read a lot of Persian."

"I speak Urdu quite a lot, too, and I read a lot of Persian."

Juan Cole, American Educator

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"If money, education, and honesty will not bring to me as much privilege, as much equality as they bring to any American citizen, then they are to me a curse, and not a blessing."

"If money, education, and honesty will not bring to me as much privilege, as much equality as they bring to any American citizen, then they are to me a curse, and not a blessing."

John Hope, American Educator

Equality, Education, Money, Honesty

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"Autism is an extremely variable disorder."

"Autism is an extremely variable disorder."

Temple Grandin, American Educator

Health, Disorder

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"Remember the refrain: We always build on the past; the past always tries to stop us. Freedom is about stopping the past, but we have lost that ideal."

"Remember the refrain: We always build on the past; the past always tries to stop us. Freedom is about stopping the past, but we have lost that ideal."

Lawrence Lessig, American Educator

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"The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas."

"The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas."

Alfred Whitney Griswold, American Educator

Creativity, Ideas

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"What is emitted from the divine, though it be only like the reflection from the fire, still has the divine reality in itself, and one might almost ask what were the fire without glow, the sun without light, or the Creator without the creature?"

"What is emitted from the divine, though it be only like the reflection from the fire, still has the divine reality in itself, and one might almost ask what were the fire without glow, the sun without light, or the Creator without the creature?"

Max Muller, German Educator

Fire, Light, Reality, Reflection

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"If we are to attract private investment, if we are to be able to make the legislature feel the moneys from taxpayers are being used properly, we must be ever vigilant of the duty to efficiently use all funds we receive."

"If we are to attract private investment, if we are to be able to make the legislature feel the moneys from taxpayers are being used properly, we must be ever vigilant of the duty to efficiently use all funds we receive."

James E. Rogers, American Educator

Being, Duty, Investment

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"It is a barren kind of criticism which tells you what a thing is not."

"It is a barren kind of criticism which tells you what a thing is not."

Alfred Whitney Griswold, American Educator

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"It seems strange that almost no other traces of the strong vikings are found in America."

"It seems strange that almost no other traces of the strong vikings are found in America."

Ellsworth Huntington, American Educator

Exploration, America

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"Life is doubt, and faith without doubt is nothing but death."

"Life is doubt, and faith without doubt is nothing but death."

Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish Educator

Death, Faith, Life, Doubt

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"Although mountains may guide migrations, the plains are the regions where people dwell in greatest numbers."

"Although mountains may guide migrations, the plains are the regions where people dwell in greatest numbers."

Ellsworth Huntington, American Educator

People, May, Mountains, Numbers

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"We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us."

"We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us."

Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian Educator

Future, Mistakes, Regret

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"Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the level of moral squalor. We need that belief; a cynical community is a corrupt community."

"Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the level of moral squalor. We need that belief; a cynical community is a corrupt community."

John W. Gardner, American Educator

Man, Men, People, Belief, Community

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"As a matter of fact, an ordinary desert supports a much greater variety of plants than does either a forest or a prairie."

"As a matter of fact, an ordinary desert supports a much greater variety of plants than does either a forest or a prairie."

Ellsworth Huntington, American Educator

Fact, Plants, Variety

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"When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the U.S. government is virtually up for sale."

"When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the U.S. government is virtually up for sale."

John W. Gardner, American Educator

Government, May

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"The platform of an Ethical Society is itself the altar; the address must be the fire that burns thereon."

"The platform of an Ethical Society is itself the altar; the address must be the fire that burns thereon."

Felix Adler, German Educator

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"I think we will see better vaccines within the next 15 years, but I'm not a scientist and am focused on the short-term - what will happen in the interim."

"I think we will see better vaccines within the next 15 years, but I'm not a scientist and am focused on the short-term - what will happen in the interim."

Paul Farmer, American Educator

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