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" I grew up in Dallas, and my dad works for IBM, so I grew up in the environment of Silicon Prairie. " - Scott Michael Foster

" We need to be investing in manufacturing and small businesses. We need to be creating a workforce where Americans can compete in a global marketplace because they have the necessary skills. And we need fairness, and we need a sustainable, strong economy that’s durable for the future. " - Valerie Jarrett

" I am a serious reader, and I read slowly. " - A. B. Yehoshua

" Educating girls just one year beyond the average fourth grade education increases their eventual earnings by 10 to 20 percent. Every additional year of secondary education can increase future wages by 15 to 25 percent. " - Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

" I always knew from that moment, from the time I found myself at home in that little segregated library in the South, all the way up until I walked up the steps of the New York City library, I always felt, in any town, if I can get to a library, I’ll be OK. It really helped me as a child, and that never left me. " - Maya Angelou

" If you went to school in Nashville, you were aware of all those ’60s rockabilly people. " - Kim Dickens

" Like many Asian parents, mine were very focused on education. My dad would quiz me with multiplication tables when I was about 5. " - Lisa Su

" We are more dependent on science and engineering than at any other time in history. However, there is plenty of evidence that far too many people are scientifically illiterate, often having been put off science at school. " - Robert Winston

" A good play can teach so much about culture. One can also improvise a lot with the medium and use it to teach kids. " - Himani Shivpuri

" It is important to have permanent safe spaces in Harlem. " - Geoffrey Canada