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It is very nearly impossible... to become an educated person in a

It is very nearly impossible… to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind. – James Baldwin

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I love America more than any other country in this world; and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually. – James Baldwin

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America
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We have all had the experience of finding that our reactions and perhaps even our deeds have denied beliefs we thought were ours. – James Baldwin

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Belief
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I have said it on several occasions, several times from this podium, that providing a quality education for our children is high on my priority list. I will not stop now. – Jane D. Hull

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What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to an human soul. – Joseph Addison

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So I was shampooing at 14. But Ive always thought that had I the opportunity for an education, I would have been an architect. Theres no question about it. – Vidal Sassoon

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The main part of intellectual education is not the acquisition of facts but learning how to make facts live. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Use your energy for good and it will be replenished with more good energy, use you energy for bad and your energy will be drained. – Mike Dolan, @HawaiianLife

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