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A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child c

A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled. – James Baldwin

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Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. – James Baldwin

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Action
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James Baldwin
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Words like freedom, justice, democracy are not common concepts; on the contrary, they are rare. People are not born knowing what these are. It takes enormous and, above all, individual effort to arrive at the respect for other people that these words imply. – James Baldwin

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Humanity
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When I was a child I didnt care about getting an education, and I didnt finish high school. – Mary J. Blige

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State governments generate less revenue in a recession. As state leaders struggle to make up for lost revenue, legislatures tend to cut funding for higher education. Colleges, in turn, answer these funding cuts with tuition hikes. – Arne Duncan

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If an ignorant person is attracted by the things of the world, that is bad. But if a learned person is thus attracted, it is worse. – Abu Bakr

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Education technology and school construction go together. Modernization, updating education facilities, and making a capital investment in education are all included. – Major Owens

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Its a complete lie, why do people buy these papers? Its not the truth Im here to say. You know, dont judge a person, do not pass judgement, unless you have talked to them one on one. I dont care what the story is, do not judge them because it is a lie. – Michael Jackson

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As writers and readers, as sinners and citizens, our realism and our aesthetic sense make us wary of crediting the positive note. – Seamus Heaney

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Not failure, but low aim is sin. – Benjamin E. Mays

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Not to sound overly cheesy but I really appreciate the freedom we have in America – especially as a female. – Katy Perry

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