"I mean, one thing I know about change is we are not going to close the achievement gap without educators."

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Source : "The Education Week Interview: Margaret Spellings". Interview with Lynn Olson and Erik W. Robelen, www.edweek.org. February 9, 2005.

Margaret Spellings

#Mean Quotes #Achievement Quotes #Gaps Quotes

“Fashion--a word which knaves and fools may use, Their knavery and folly to excuse.”

Source : 1761 The Rosciad, l.455-6.
“You take the quote from Sam Jackson about how he'll never work with a rapper, and I can understand where he's coming from because he says rappers can't act.”
“It's everywhere, really. It's between the galaxies. It is in this room. We believe that everywhere that you have space, empty space, that you cannot avoid having some of this dark energy.”

Source : "Adam Riess: One Cosmic Puzzle Solved, Many To Go". "Science Friday" with Ira Flatow, www.npr.org. March 16, 2012.
“However, the Government has made it clear that we do not encourage the recruitment of teachers from developing nations where there may be an adverse effect on the economy.”
“Positivity, that's one of the things I try to spread throughout my company and really anyone I come in contact with. Because as you know, life's too short. You got to keep it positive and keep it fun.”

Source : "Jose Garces Celebrates Cinco de Mayo" by Sarah Rosenbergtom McCarthy, abcnews.go.com. May 5, 2010.
“Troubles forereckoned are doubly suffered.”
“The thing is, I want to play real characters and not all girls can be pretty. The thing is, you get these girls who say 'I'm a character actor' then you see them in a role and nothing has really changed but the outfit.”
“There are no throwaway people.”

Source : Ma Jaya Bhagavati (2011). “The 11 Karmic Spaces: Choosing Freedom From The Patterns That Bind You”, p.131, BookBaby

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