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Cutting the deficit by gutting our investments in innovation and e

Cutting the deficit by gutting our investments in innovation and education is like lightening an overloaded airplane by removing its engine. It may make you feel like youre flying high at first, but it wont take long before you feel the impact. – Barack Obama

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I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor. I will also oppose any proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gays and lesbians from marrying. – Barack Obama

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Marriage
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Barack Obama
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We need somebody whos got the heart, the empathy, to recognize what its like to be a young teenage mom, the empathy to understand what its like to be poor or African-American or gay or disabled or old – and thats the criterion by which Ill be selecting my judges. – Barack Obama

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mom
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We cant drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times… and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK. Thats not leadership. Thats not going to happen. – Barack Obama

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Leadership
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A country like Belgium, or socialist countries in central Europe spend more money on art education than the United States, which is a really puzzling thought. – Mikhail Baryshnikov

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Education

A black agenda is jobs, jobs, jobs, quality education, investment in infrastructure and strong democratic regulation of corporations. The black agenda, at its best, looks at America from the vantage point of the least of these and asks whats best for all. – Cornel West

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Education

Education technology is very important because we have a massive challenge in public schools. – Major Owens

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Education

I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly. – Michel de Montaigne

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Education

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Whenever youre in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude. – William James

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Well, clearly, for me in the immediate future, it is grappling, like so many other governors are grappling, with the economic woes of these states. We were all hoping to see some federal relief. – Jennifer Granholm

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Its no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense. – Mark Twain

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So the Marine Corps really did teach me to conquer fear, and then to go for higher causes, higher purposes. – Robert Kiyosaki

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