Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them.
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The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursing his own education. This will not be a widely shared pursuit until we get over our odd conviction that education is what goes on in school buildings and nowhere else.John W. Gardner
Our problem is not to find better values but to be faithful to those we profess.
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For every talent that poverty has stimulated it has blighted a hundred.
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History never looks like history when you are living through it.
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It is hard to feel individually responsible with respect to the invisible processes of a huge and distant government.
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