"My parents were extraordinarily focused on education. It was the topic of every dinner conversation, is are you number one, are you getting all As, if not, why not. You need to do better. So my entire orientation and focus growing up was around doing your best and making sure that you were going to get the best education possible."

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Source : Source: www.pbs.org

Michelle Rhee

#Growing Up Quotes #Numbers Quotes #Focus Quotes

“The biggest change we have to tackle that's out there is that we're digging the hole deeper and deeper and spending is totally out of control. And that's something that, quite frankly, is affecting future generations. You're giving a lot of debt to them and you can't keep doing it. It's not helping anybody.”

Source : "Shutdown Corner interview: Congressman-elect Jon Runyan". Interview with Chris Chase, sports.yahoo.com. November 05, 2010.
“The past gives great examples of what can happen in the future. It's always important to remember.”
“My goal in life is to leave behind a safe and healthy world for our children. Before I leave this world, I want to be satisfied that at least I tried. I know I can make a difference, even if it might only be a small one.”
“The most important thing is to write material that YOU think is funny. If you don't think it's funny, but you're convinced that other people will think it is, well they won't.”
“I'm honored that other comedians like what I do. That means the world to me. But at the same time when I'm on stage I'm not just trying to make the comedians laugh - I'm also trying to make the audience laugh. I want to make everybody laugh.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Eminem is like the godfather of the hip-hop game,”

Source : "Eminem is the 'Godfather of the hip-hop game,' G-unit members say" by Shaheem Reid, www.mtv.com. July 29, 2010.
“We have found that bats adjust the timing of their sounds when they encounter clutter, and they seem to 'strobe' the world with sound.”
“The perfect world, by Adam trod, Was the first temple--built by God-- His fiat laid the corner stone, And heaved its pillars, one by one.”

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