"To harness the power of television for the education of our nation's children, everyone must get involved - television programmers, government leaders, teachers, and above all, parents."

-- Edwin Newman

#Teacher Quotes #Children Quotes #Government Quotes

“To reverse the effects of civilization would destroy the dreams of a lot of people. There's no way around it. We can talk all we want about sustainability, but there's a sense in which it doesn't matter that these people's dreams are based on, embedded in, intertwined with, and formed by an inherently destructive economic and social system. Their dreams are still their dreams. What right do I -- or does anyone else -- have to destroy them. At the same time, what right do they have to destroy the world?”
“Anything less than mad, passionate, extraordinary love is a waste of time. There are too many mediocre things in life to deal with and love shouldn't be one of them.”
“Pole vaulting is an event of high and lows.”
“Your Dollar is your only Word, / The wrath of it your only fear. / You build it altars tall enough / To make you see, but your are blind; / You cannot leave it long enough / To look before you or behind.”

Source : Edwin Arlington Robinson (1966). “Selected poems”
“Each paradigm will be shown to satisfy more or less the criteria that it dictates for itself and to fall short of a few of those dictated by its opponent.”
“Let's name the sentimental hog Arnold”
“The general fact of surplus value, namely that the workmen does not get the full value of his labours, and that he is taken advantage of by the capitalist, is obvious.”

Source : Edward Carpenter (1916). “My days and dreams: being autobiographical notes”
“Get burnt like a candle, very hard to handle, Do miracles in Nikes like Jesus did in sandals.”

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