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Mothers, unless they were very poor, didnt work. Both of my parent

Mothers, unless they were very poor, didnt work. Both of my parents had to leave education. My mother had to work in a cotton mill until 18 or 19, when she took some training in domestic science. – Roger Bannister

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I lived on the top of one hill and the school was at the top of another hill. Nobody ever went to school by car – we didnt have any cars during the war. So that to and from school was itself a training. – Roger Bannister

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The first condition of education is being able to put someone to wholesome and meaningful work. – John Ruskin

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In regard to education, something has been done by the Provincial Legislature but to build churches, and to place clergymen is a work of greater difficulty. – John Strachan

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I had a great education. From kindergarten to John Dewey High School in Coney Island, I am public-school educated. – Spike Lee

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