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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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Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass. – Joseph Addison

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A lot of people criticize the primaries, but I think they are absolutely essential to the education of the President of the United States. – Pierre Salinger

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My parents grew up working class, but in that way that working class families do, they spent a fortune on education to better me. – Graham Norton

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As skills and energy became more of a demand, people who didnt have skills just got left behind, got shuttled to the side. Education didnt keep up with their promise. Education didnt prepare them for this new world. Jobs went overseas. – Julian Bond

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Every single major push in education has made it worse and right now its really bad because everything weve done is de-humanizing education. Its destroying the possibility of the teacher and the student having a warm, friendly, intellectual relationship. – William Glasser

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