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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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

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Attitude
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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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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

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Leadership
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The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth. – John F. Kennedy

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Education

We are currently working on new policies to protect and create American jobs, particularly by improving education. We need more information in order to find the best solutions to this increasing concern for American families. – Dan Lipinski

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Education

Poor people, people of color – especially are much more likely to be found in prison than in institutions of higher education. – Angela Davis

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Education

I believe that a child going without an education is a crime. – Kamala Harris

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Education

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Posterity will never survey a nobler grave than this: here lie the bones of Castlereagh: stop, traveler, and piss. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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One thing my dad always told me, was he would make sure I always had what he didnt have. He couldnt play basketball because he didnt have tennis shoes – so I had five pairs of tennis shoes. – Robert Griffin III

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