"I am a firm believer in education and have worked very hard to tell young Latinos that they must go to college and that, if possible, they should pursue an advanced degree. I am convinced that education is the great equalizer."

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Source : "Jimmy Smits - Actor, Activist and Altruist". Interview with Lisa Manafian, www.hispanic-today.com. September 8, 2011.

Jimmy Smits

#College Quotes #Degrees Quotes #Young Quotes

“Man is conceived in sin and born in corruption and he passeth from the stink of the didie to the stench of the shroud. There is always something (All The King's Men)”
“He knew he had no right to touch her, crave her like air, but he did both. And when he put his mouth on hers, he recognized the taste of her, like she'd been made just for him.”
“Man never ceases to seek knowledge about the objects of his experiences, to understand their meaning for his existence and to react to them according to his understanding. Finally, out of the sum total of the meanings that he has deduced from his contacts with numerous single objects of his environment there grows a unified view of the world into which he finds himself "thrown" (to use an existentialist term again) and this view is of the third order.”
“Rome's riches are in too immediate juxtaposition. Under the lid of awful August heat, one moves dizzily from church to palace to fountain to ruin, a single fly at a banquet, not knowing where to light.”
“As Romeo and Juliet found to their cost, marriage is never just about two people falling in love, it is about families.”

Source : Marina Lewycka (2006). “A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian”, p.68, Penguin
“If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.”

Source : "Collected Writings, Volume 1" by Omar N. Bradley, 1967.
“Meton (astronomer in 5th century BC): With the straight ruler I set to work To make the circle four-cornered .”
“Bliss is the ocean, a towel on the sand, the sun out, the chance to swim in waves or walk dragging a stick behind you, a good book, a cold drink.”

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