Educated Quotes - Page 15

• The idea of 'talking white,' a lot of people grew up around that, just the idea that if you speak with proper diction and come off as educated that it's not black and that it's actually anti-black and should be considered only something that white people would do.

  Chance the Rapper

  Talking, Ideas, White

  "Chance the Rapper remembers 'talking white' and fighting black on Acid rap" by Nadeska Alexis, www.mtv.com. May 14, 2013.

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• I was educated at Bradfield College and Oxford, where I graduated in 1939.

  Martin Ryle

  College, Oxford

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• Without an educated populace, democracy cannot sustain itself.

  Phylicia Rashad

  Democracy

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• I think I'm a global citizen. My parents came from China, were educated in France and emigrated to the United States. And I think that opened up my mind to be able to live and work anywhere.

  Anna Sui

  Thinking, Parent, Mind

  "TalkAsia" with Lorraine Hahn, www.cnn.com. July 31, 2004.

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• I count myself well educated, for the admirable woman at the head of the school which I attended from the age of four and a half till I was thirteen and a half, was a born teacher in advance of her own times.

  Catherine Helen Spence

  Teacher, School, Age

  Catherine Helen Spence “An Autobiography”, Library of Alexandria

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• Irish people are educated not only about artistry but local history.

  Fiona Shaw

  People, Artistry, Locals

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Just like zillions of children, album covers educated and informed me, and certainly did I later transpose organically, rather than by intent, those principles both in fashion design and photography.

  Hedi Slimane

  Photography, Fashion, Children

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• Well, killing me makes no sense because Georgia already has a Western-educated political class.

  Mikhail Saakashvili

  Class, Political, Georgia

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• I've been blessed because every single role I've done has been an educated person. I've never done the stereotypical Latina, even though I have an accent - I've always been able to play educated people. That's a good thing!

  Roselyn Sanchez

  Blessed, Play, People

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• We don't know how Cleopatra spent her days, but we do know how other Hellenistic monarchs spent their days. There has been a great amount of scholarship in the last 30 years about education in the Hellenistic world and women in the Hellenistic world. We now know how an upper-class woman was educated in her day.

  Stacy Schiff

  Years, Class, World

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• Norwegian kids, they grow up well educated in film. So they have a lot of good directors there.

  Stellan Skarsgard

  Growing Up, Kids, Directors

  "'King of Devil's Island': Stellan Skarsgård mentors" by G. Allen Johnson, www.sfgate.com. January 5, 2012.

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• I grew up in an eclectic house where people were listening to all types of different music. I also think being educated, eloquent and knowing how to talk for yourself in the industry makes you go a long way.

  Tinie Tempah

  Thinking, Knowing, People

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• In the old days we were probably educated in cricket in a far more serious way than now.

  Frank Woolley

  Way, Serious, Cricket

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• I like to think of myself as a fairly educated human being, but I'm a very uneducated actor when it comes to movies, directors, producers, actors for that matter.

  Shailene Woodley

  Thinking, Directors, Actors

  "‘The Descendants’ Breakout Shailene Woodley on Her Future and Working With George Clooney" by Nigel M. Smith, www.indiewire.com. December 02, 2011.

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• I have never said, as is sometimes believed, or even suggested that lower-class children should not learn the so-called educated norm of the Portuguese language of Brazil. What I have said is that the problems of language always involve ideological questions and, along with them, questions of power.

  Paulo Freire

  Children, Class, Society

  Paulo Freire (2005). “Teachers as Cultural Workers: Letters to Those who Dare Teach”

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• While Romney has an overall deficit with women voters, his biggest disadvantage is with college educated women - wherever they work, at home, in an office, a store or a factory.

  Mara Liasson

  Home, College, Office

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• A girl who is interesting and educated and can spark conversation - I find that extremely sexy.

  Beau Mirchoff

  Girl, Sexy, Interesting

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• If you look at the 9/11 highjackers, certainly they were educated, some even had university degrees, but nobody really checked their mothers, who were nearly all illiterate.

  Greg Mortenson

  Mother, University Degrees, Looks

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• People who are over-educated become risk-averse.

  Tamara Mellon

  People, Risk

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• Do I think I'm under-educated? Academically, absolutely. I never took any exams, no O- or A-levels.

  Hayley Mills

  Thinking, Levels, Exam

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• At the time of independence in 1975, Mozambique was extremely poor. Many Portuguese residents abandoned the country, leaving only a handful of well-educated Mozambicans to try to run the country.

  Henning Mankell

  Running, Country, Leaving

  "Henning Mankell's Mozambique". www.theguardian.com. September 17, 2010.

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• You will be educated, which means that you will be interested where others are bored, that you will notice unities where others experience randomness, and that you will intend meanings where others are just spouting words. For exactly that is supposed to be the result of becoming literate: The world becomes a thick texture of significance that you know how to “access.

  Eva Brann

  Mean, Bored, Unity

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• When people are educated, the distinction between classes disappears.

  Confucius

  Class, People, Disappear

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• An educated patient is empowered; thus, more likely to become healthy.

  Dean Ornish

  Healthy, Patient, Empowered

  "Sharecare Builds A Web 3.0 Bridge To Better Health" by Dean Ornish, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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• What's interesting about the Taliban, is they're more afraid of educating girls than they are of drones. One educated girl is more scary to the Taliban than a drone.

  Tina Brown

  Girl, Interesting, Scary

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