Quote by James Baldwin
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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It is very nearly impossible… to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind. – James Baldwin

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Education
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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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Education is a vacine for violence. – Edward James Olmos

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And my career, the things that have happened have happened because of my music education background. – Jon Secada

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I dont feel Im qualified to be a coach outside the high school level. I think I would need to do more education to really be a good coach. – Carl Lewis

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I believed in studying just because I knew education was a privilege. It was the discipline of study, to get into the habit of doing something that you dont want to do. – Wynton Marsalis

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