Quote by John Grierson
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The very effect of the education they were given… was to make men think and, thinking, they became less and less satisfied with the miserable pays they received. – John Grierson

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Such manifestations I account as representing the creative leadership of the new forces of thought and appreciation which attend changes in technological pattern and therefore of the pattern of human relationships in society. – John Grierson

Category:
Leadership
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Some of us learned in a school of philosophy which taught that all was for the common good and nothing for oneself and have never, in any case, regarded the pursuit of happiness as anything other than an aberration of the human spirit. – John Grierson

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Happiness
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My personal view is that such total planning by the state is an absolute good and not simply a relative good… I do not myself think of the attitude I take as deriving from Marx – though this undoubtedly will be suggested – but from Fichte and Hegel. – John Grierson

Category:
Attitude
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My education and background thoroughly inform my writing. – David Brin

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Education

Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development. – Kofi Annan

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Education

The first big break was winning a scholarship to go to Cambridge University. I was very lucky, because my parents couldnt have afforded a university education for me. Without a scholarship I couldnt possibly have gone. – Trevor Nunn

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Education

My parents told me, “Finish your dinner. People in China and India are starving.” I tell my daughters, “Finish your homework. People in India and China are starving for your job.” – Thomas L. Friedman

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Education

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Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better. – Maya Angelou

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These messengers will not be hindered from accomplishing at their best speed the distance which they have to go, either by snow, or rain, or heat, or by the darkness of night. – Herodotus

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