"Any fourth grade history student knows socialism has failed in every country, at every time in history,"

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Vladimir Putin

#Country Quotes #Students Quotes #Socialism Quotes

“The late Queen Victoria once paid a royal visit to a renowned library. At one point, the head librarian asked, "Your Majesty, might I please introduce my daughter to you?" The queen replied, "I have come here to view the library."”
“I love surprises - champagne and strawberries, all that pampering, romantic stuff. Guys ought to know how to pamper their women properly.”
“Rather fast then surfette, rather starue then striue to exceede.”
“Sustainability is here to stay or we may not be”
“If we don't do as well as we know how and we are prepared to do, it'll be largely because we act and make choices as though we're going to stay here, as though this life is all there is, when that is not the case.”
“I escaped to New York, and then L.A., but when I dream of home, I still dream of my old house in Holmdel.”
“How would I behave in a situation that caused me to summon the essence of my character? The tragedy inspired me to test myself. I wanted to reveal to myself who I was: the kind of person who died, or the kind of person who overcame circumstances to help himself and others”

Source : Aron Ralston (2011). “127 Hours: Between a Rock and a Hard Place”, p.74, Simon and Schuster
“Students are rewarded for memorization, not imagination or resourcefulness.”

Source : "We Need Schools... Not Factories" by Sugata Mitra, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 27, 2013.

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