"But parents and schools have their priorities; making sure our kids eat right because research shows a clear connection between nutrition and student performance in school."

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Source : "Rep. Polis gets crusty about pizza"by Patrick Gavin, www.politico.com. May 15, 2012.

Jared Polis

#School Quotes #Kids Quotes #Priorities Quotes

“The revolutionary idea that defines the boundary between modern times and the past is the mastery of risk: the notion that the future is more than a whim of the gods and that men and women are not passive before nature.”

Source : Peter L. Bernstein (2012). “Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk”, p.11, John Wiley & Sons
“It's a great group of people here at Texas A&M, and everybody you run into is incredibly polite.”
“It was way out in the woods in a beautiful, huge log studio. Keith Richards came in and did the vocals with Levon. Again, a big party, but we did get a good cut out of it.”
“True education is concerned not only with practical goals but also with values. Our aims assure us of our material life, our values make possible our spiritual life.”
“Chicago is a wonderful area because it's blessed with a tremendous number of museums of various sorts, not only the Art Institute of Chicago but the Field Museum of Natural History, the Oriental Museum on the south side.”
“A fool is a man who never tried an experiment in his life.”

Source : In a letter from Maria Edgeworth to Sophy Ruxton, 9 March 1792: F. V. Barry (ed.) 'Maria Edgeworth: Chosen Letters' (1931)
“To the young, cliches seem freshly minted.”

Source : BEL KAUFMAN (1964). “UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE”
“Americans are driving more in less-efficient vehicles. Sales of sports utility vehicles and pickup trucks have been amazingly strong considering the recession, and low pump prices are keeping people on the roads”

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