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Quote by Yakov Smirnoff
We have been learning since we were children how to make money, bu

We have been learning since we were children how to make money, buy things, build things. The whole education system is set up to teach us how to think, not to feel. – Yakov Smirnoff

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My father described this tall lady who stands in the middle of the New York harbor, holding high a torch to welcome people seeking freedom in America. I instantly fell in love. – Yakov Smirnoff

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Freedom
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I like American women. They do things sexually Russian girls never dream of doing – like showering. – Yakov Smirnoff

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Women
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We may have forgotten how to feel. Nobody is teaching us how to live happily ever after, as weve heard in fairy tales. – Yakov Smirnoff

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teacher
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Education is our only political safety. Outside of this ark all is deluge. – Horace Mann

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Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. – Albert Einstein

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Progress for black Americans depends on good schools because education is the last great equalizer. – Alphonso Jackson

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One of the things thats great about New York is that it is not a one-industry town. It has education, academia, the service industry, arts, publishing, theater, politics, fashion, finance, as well as movie-making. – Sarah Jessica Parker

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I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations. – James Madison, speech, Virginia Convention, 1788

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I believe we all agree that, for the health of Kansas, nothing is more important than education. – Kathleen Sebelius

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Many a genius has been slow of growth. Oaks that flourish for a thousand years do not spring up into beauty like a reed. – George Henry Lewes

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