"If you could lead through testing, the U.S. would lead the world in all education categories. When are people going to understand you don't fatten your lambs by weighing them?"

-- Jonathan Kozol

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“At 16, I got a part-time job selling double-glazing door to door. That was soul destroying but the worst part-time job I did was at university working on reception in a sexually transmitted disease clinic. Because no one else wanted to do it, they paid £8 an hour.”

Source : Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
“Greece is at a crucial crossroads. The choices that are made and the policies that are enforced will have a decisive impact on the wellbeing of Greeks. The way forward will not be easy but the problems can be solved, and will be solved, if there is unity, co-operation and consensus.”

Source : "Lucas Papademos to lead Greece's interim coalition government" by Helena Smith, www.theguardian.com. November 10, 2011.
“In the Bible, fate was often presented as the handmaiden of morality: sin was succeeded by misfortune, righteousness by prosperity, with reward and punishment instrumental in persuading man to obey divine commandments.”

Source : Israel Shenker (1985). “Coat of Many Colors: Pages from Jewish Life”, Doubleday Books
“For many people, Google is the most important tool on the Web.”
“I love being a woman. I like dressing up; I love buying shoes.”

Source : "Carly Fiorina: Fire Power". Interview with Karen Breslau, www.marieclaire.com. October 31, 2006.
“Failure is not attached to outcome, but in not trying. This way, it is about answering to yourself.”
“The man the state has put in place must have obedient hearing to his least command when it is right, and even when it's not.”
“When you can't pitch with your arm, you go with your heart.”

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