"Look, we ought to do this for our kidsâ€¦ We ought to have a high school so that every kid who grows up here â€” theyâ€™re all our kids â€” gets a good high school education."

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Source : "Why you should care about other people’s kids". Interview with Paul Solman, www.pbs.org. March 19, 2015.

Robert D. Putnam

#Growing Up Quotes #School Quotes #Kids Quotes

“Sometimes we have to be judged by our one-offs.”
“Businessmen are always trying to advance their business interests, but they are not running for Prime Minister.”

Source : Source: www.petercostello.com.au
“I said, yet again, for Germany, Europe is not only indispensable, it is part and parcel of our identity. We've always said German unity, European unity and integration, that's two parts of one and the same coin. But we want, obviously, to boost our competitiveness.”
“People who are cocky and arrogant say, 'I know that' and move along. People who are confident and positive ask themselves,' How good am I at that?' and seek to improve”
“Let us not be too particular; it is better to have old secondhand diamonds than none at all.”
“It is an unhappy lot which finds no enemies.”
“Never be in debt. Never reside near enemies. Never trap your body through disease. Never forget the Lord with his consort who resides in the heart.”
“Of new acquaintances one can never be sure because one likes them one day that it will be so the next. Of old friends one is sure that it will be the same yesterday, today, and forever.”

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