Quote by Michael Gove
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The accumulation of cultural capital – the acquisition of knowledge – is the key to social mobility. – Michael Gove

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It is literally the case that learning languages makes you smarter. The neural networks in the brain strengthen as a result of language learning. – Michael Gove

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Learning
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Unfortunately, the real achievements of children on the ground became debased and devalued because Labor education secretaries sounded like Soviet commissars praising the tractor production figures when we know that those exams were not the rock-solid measures of achievement that children deserve. – Michael Gove

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Education
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Children themselves know they are being cheated. Ultimately we owe it to our children. They are in school for 190 days a year. Every moment they spend learning is precious. If a year goes by and they are not being stretched and excited, that blights their life. – Michael Gove

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Learning
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The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it. – John Locke

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Knowledge

Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire. – William Penn

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Knowledge

The knowledge that we have about what it is to be human that we have as a child is something we necessarily must lose. – Dennis Potter

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Knowledge

Im one of those women who likes to chat and share knowledge and pass it around. – Jennie Garth

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Knowledge

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