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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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There are few things more dreadful than dealing with a man who knows he is going under, in his own eyes, and in the eyes of others. Nothing can help that man. What is left of that man flees from what is left of human attention. – James Baldwin

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Failure
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James Baldwin
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Society is held together by our need; we bind it together with legend, myth, coercion, fearing that without it we will be hurled into that void, within which, like the earth before the Word was spoken, the foundations of society are hidden. – James Baldwin

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Society
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Each year, I say Im going to go to school next year. Its inevitable that Ill end up getting my education. – Eliza Dushku

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I was delighted to not go to university. I couldnt wait to be out of education. – Tom Stoppard

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Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the worlds work, and the power to appreciate life. – Brigham Young

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Education is the silver bullet to improve this Nations standing worldwide… and our teachers know that. – Solomon Ortiz

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This war differs from other wars, in this particular. We are not fighting armies but a hostile people, and must make old and young, rich and poor, feel the hard hand of war. – William Tecumseh Sherman

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Anybody who has gone through a life-changing experience will tell you there is a different understanding of what is real and what is important, and when you are going through different moments, you can reflect and go, I have been through worse. – Delta Goodrem

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Man is a complex being: he makes deserts bloom – and lakes die. – Gil Stern

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Government alone cannot solve the problems we deal with in our correctional facilities, treatment centers, homeless shelters and crisis centers – we need our faith-based and community partners. – Dirk Kempthorne

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