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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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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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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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Education
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The tragedy of education is played in two scenes — incompetent pupils facing competent teachers and incompetent teachers facing competent pupils. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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During this period at the Department of Education, my working relationship with Judge Thomas was positive. – Anita Hill

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Education

English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education – sometimes its sheer luck, like getting across the street. – E. B. White

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Education

Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree the pen has been in their hands. I will not allow books to prove anything. – Jane Austen

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Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change. – Thomas Hardy

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In the past a leader was a boss. Todays leaders must be partners with their people… they no longer can lead solely based on positional power. – Ken Blanchard

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power

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavor. – Henry David Thoreau

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A fool and his money get a lot of publicity. – Al Bernstein

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