“Community colleges are one of America's great social inventions a gateway to the future for first time students looking for an affordable college education, and for mid-career students looking to get ahead in the workplace.”
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“Most Hispanics are concerned with the same issues other Americans are - the economy, jobs, education. Similar to Main Street America.”
“And I thought that was the best way for me to participate, because standing in the crowd and listening is a fantastic education, but it's not my nature. I need to be involved. So I did that instead.”
“Increased awareness and education could be a great help toward improving spending and saving habits and increasing participation and contribution levels to retirement plans.”
“The College Access and Opportunity Act addresses the important need to make higher education more affordable and easier to access for low and middle-income students.”
“You need education. You need subsistence protection. We need jobs and social security. These are preconditions under which it will perhaps be possible to deal with these complex circumstances.”
“I stupidly ignored education completely. I found it dull and I preferred to cause chaos and have fun. I regret this massively now.”
“The people in Iraq lived essentially good lives. They had brilliant health and education systems. Saddam actually created an incredible infrastructure in a very difficult country, but they were a Mafia family. If you said anything against that regime or that family you would be killed instantly.”
“I'm essentially a momma's boy with a good education.”
“The West has been able to bring Afghanistan a much better health service, better education, better roads, a better economy, though some have benefited more some have benefited less from that economic well-being in Afghanistan.”
“What will we do in a globalised world? All human beings are equal, so they have the same right to have the same lifestyle-the same social security, jobs, education.”
“When the state or federal government control the education of all of our children, they have the dangerous and illegitimate monopoly to control and influence the thought process of our citizens.”
“Education liberates a woman.”
“What good is my parents' wealth and education and upbringing if I'm not contributing to the world?”
“The worst education which teaches self-denial, is better than the best which teaches everything else, and not that.”
“Education has fundamentally changed my life. It's perhaps the mission of my life. I'm wed to it in a very powerful and personal way. And I chose the pathway that I believe could make me the most significant on changing the outcomes that we see now in North Carolina.”
“I think any time you have too much education in one certain field, that can sometimes play against you.”
“I'm a huge fan of music in schools and music education because that's how I grew up.”
“Civic education and civic responsibility should be taught in elementary school.”
“This journey is not over. Our education initiatives have so much momentum, and we're committed to sharing even more stories from the Arctic when we return.”
“I only had a high school education and believe me, I had to cheat to get that.”
“During this period at the Department of Education, my working relationship with Judge Thomas was positive.”
“My education and background thoroughly inform my writing.”
“I cherish the creation of public space and services, especially health, housing and the comprehensive education system which dared to give so many of us ideas 'above our station.'”