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Quote by Joseph Addison
What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.

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

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One should take good care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life as laughter. – Joseph Addison

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Good nature is more agreeable in conversation than wit and gives a certain air to the countenance which is more amiable than beauty. – Joseph Addison

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Words, when well chosen, have so great a force in them, that a description often gives us more lively ideas than the sight of things themselves. – Joseph Addison

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This assumption of Negro leadership in the ghetto, then, must not be confined to matters of religion, education, and social uplift it must deal with such fundamental forces in life as make these things possible. – Carter G. Woodson

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I feel very lucky because of my parents and then my education, the opportunities that Ive had, so I would like to continue working to improve lives for others. – Hillary Clinton

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To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by education. – Thomas Jefferson

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My grandmother lived to be 100 years old. Her grandmother was a slave, yet she was a college graduate in the Spellman class of 1917. She taught art for 50 years and she saved her Social Security checks for her childrens education. – Spike Lee

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If we invest in researching and developing energy technology, well do some real good in the long run, rather than just making ourselves feel good today. But climate change is not the only challenge of the 21st century, and for many other global problems we have low-cost, durable solutions. – Bjorn Lomborg

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Spiritually good people, pure in heart, who long for the Blessed Sacrament but cannot receive at the time, can receive spiritually… even a hundred times a day, in sickness and in health, with immeasurable grace and profit. – Johannes Tauler

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On Morning Joe I can say what I think, be my sometimes unorthodox self, have fun, yet be serious as well. – Mika Brzezinski

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