Educated Quotes - Page 14

• Greenwich Village always had its share of mind readers, but there are many more these days, and they seem to have moved closer to the mainstream of life in the city. What was crazy 10 years ago is now respectable, even among the best-educated New Yorkers.

  Aravind Adiga

  Crazy, Years, Cities

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• A strong, educated middle class is what made America the greatest country in the world.

  Lincoln Chafee

  Country, Strong, Class

  "Lincoln Chafee DNC speech". www.politico.com. September 5, 2012.

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• The whites, who are educated and civilized, swindle me, and I am not hard to swindle because I do not know how to read and write.

  Red Cloud

  Writing, Civilized, Know How

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• Born Berlin 1931, Germany, father a British diplomat, mother an American artist. Educated at various schools all over the world. 1958 Settled down to live in London. 1966 Became interested in photography through photographing my young children. No formal training.

  Fay Godwin

  Mother, Photography, Children

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• I don't find myself interesting as a person and the details I find boring, quite frankly. You could sum it up in a few words or sentences really: came from nothing. Self-educated. Luck. Energy. Curiosity. Ambition. That's it. Nothing at all can illuminate the work as far as I can tell.

  Peter Ackroyd

  Ambition, Self, Interesting

  "London calling" by John O'Mahony, www.theguardian.com. July 2, 2004.

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• I was educated to think maybe Brazil works, maybe it doesn't. But I decided I am going to make this country work for my children. I am investing all my effort now in making Brazil a great country.

  Eike Batista

  Country, Children, Thinking

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• I am an Egyptian Muslim, educated in Cairo and New York, and now living in Vienna. My wife and I have spent half our lives in the North, half in the South. And we have experienced first hand the unique nature of the human family and the common values we all share.

  Mohamed ElBaradei

  New York, Unique, Hands

  Nobel Lecture, www.nobelprize.org. December 10, 2005.

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• Finding the one is not just a feeling, it's an educated guess. I feel like I chose someone to share my life with who is my friend.

  America Ferrera

  Finding The One, Feelings, Share

  "This much I know: America Ferrera" by Megan Conner, www.theguardian.com. November 5, 2011.

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• We are educated to be amazed by the infinite variety of life forms in nature. We are, I believe, only at the beginning of being flabbergasted by its unity.

  Lewis Thomas

  Inspirational, Nature, Educational

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• The worst enemy of good government is not our ignorant foreign voter, but our educated domestic railroad president, our prominent business man, our leading lawyer.

  John Jay Chapman

  Business, Men, Worst Enemy

  John Jay Chapman, Richard Stone (1998). “Unbought Spirit: A John Jay Chapman Reader”, p.21, University of Illinois Press

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• If you are moneyed or educated, you will get a different sentence than someone who is not.

  Nancy Grace

  Different, Sentences, Ifs

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• One of the things that really drove me crazy was the way in which college kids, in particular, are educated to think that ideology is dangerous and bad.

  Jonah Goldberg

  Crazy, Kids, College

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• She is still less civilized than man, largely because she has not been educated.

  W. L. George

  Men, Civilized, Stills

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• As you grow up and get educated in the business, you go from, 'I want to do movies' to 'I want to work. In whatever.

  Felicity Huffman

  Growing Up, Want, Grows

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• That's the way I've been educated: I always think about what I missed and the things that you did, you did them, so you don't have to think about them any more.

  Thierry Henry

  Sports, Thinking, Way

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• You write for two people, yourself and your audience, who are usually better educated and at least as smart.

  Tony Hillerman

  Smart, Writing, Two

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• When you're educated, you must offer others a road to success.

  Denise Juneau

  Road To Success, Offers

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• To know the rules of the game, you have to be educated.

  LL Cool J

  Games, Skyfall, Rules Of The Game

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• Producers are so much better-educated in issues related to terrorism.

  Mike Johanns

  Issues, Terrorism, Producers

  "An Exclusive Interview: USDA Secretary Mike Johanns". Interview with Sam Gazdziak, www.provisioneronline.com. June 1, 2005.

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• Most Englishmen are convinced that God is an Englishman, probably educated at Eton.

  E. M. Delafield

  Eton, Language, Englishmen

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• Socrates' fame spread all over Greece, and the most respected and educated men from all around came to him, in order to enjoy his friendly company and instruction.

  Moses Mendelssohn

  Men, Order, Friendly

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• I think that when we have a better educated society, when there is less violence in our cities, when people get back into the workforce and have the opportunity to take care of themselves and their families - that for me really is the kind of success and the kind of America that I think most of us still want, we aspire to.

  Michael Nutter

  Opportunity, Thinking, Cities

  "Philly Mayor Michael Nutter Thinks Local At DNC". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. September 5, 2012.

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• I feel that for the first time in a long time, educated Pakistanis are returning to their country to start up educational projects, to start up businesses, so instead of the brain-drain that happened in the 1950s and 1960s, the country is growing and improving economically.

  Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

  Country, Educational, Long

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• I don't come from money or an educated family background or any sort of supportive family life, so all of my choices are made on my own.

  Cat Power

  Choices, Supportive, Made

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• When we talk about feminism - equality without apology for ALL - we can't be talking about for all white women or all highly educated women but all women, regardless of color, class, creed, sexual orientation or identity.

  Christine Pelosi

  Apology, Color, Talking

  "Careful, 'Having It All' Women, Your Privilege Is Showing" by Christine Pelosi, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 27, 2013.

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