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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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Christianity has operated with an unmitigated arrogance and cruelty — necessarily, since a religion ordinarily imposes on those who have discovered the true faith the spiritual duty of liberating the infidels. – James Baldwin

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Christianity
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James Baldwin
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People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned. – James Baldwin

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respect
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Freedom begins with what we teach our children. That is why Jews became a people whose passion is education, whose heroes are teachers and whose citadels are schools. – Jonathan Sacks

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I think the whole system of education would change if I were in charge and had the ability to make changes. I dont think I would keep Princeton exactly being Princeton. – Wallace Shawn

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

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True education is concerned not only with practical goals but also with values. Our aims assure us of our material life, our values make possible our spiritual life. – Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

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Science fiction let me do both. It let me look into science and stick my nose in everywhere. – Octavia Butler

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God loves an idle rainbow, no less than laboring seas. – Ralph Hodgson

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Life is a series of family photos in which eventually you stop showing up. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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What I liked about American movies when I was a kid was that theyre sort of larger than life and I think Im still suffering from that reaction. – Guy Ritchie

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