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" Sporting competitions seem to be what we obsess over, frankly. So if we can put engineering, science, technology into a format of healthy, fun competition, we can attract all sorts of kids that might not see the kind of activity we do as accessible or rewarding. " - Dean Kamen

" We save paradise by an intense education program where you get people that you can trust to talk sanely about the environment and hope that the message will get through. " - Arthur Boyd

" My father drove a truck, and my mother was a school teacher. They wanted their children to go the traditional route: get good grades, go to college, get a job. " - Tony Rock

" I don’t think there should be more gun control. I think there should be more education. " - Sam Brownback

" A State which has universal suffrage and a wide extension of the jury franchise, must qualify the people by education to rightly exercise the great powers with which they are invested. " - Edmund Barton

" The Da Jing street market is little more than a few narrow intersections, barely six blocks long. But for a visitor, it is a living, breathing education in Shanghai cuisine, a style distinguished by its thick savory sauces spiked with sugar and soy sauce. " - Evan Osnos

" For the poor, learning to manage money well is central to improving their lives. " - Ann Cotton

" The main thing for me is to consider sport at an equal level as you would consider mathematics or poetry at school. It’s another place where you can send your kids; they can have fun, but you can expect them to have good teachers, and you can expect them to progress. " - Vincent Kompany

" Learning about WWII at the U.S. Naval Academy taught me about military tactics and the importance of fighting for our country’s highest ideals. " - Mikie Sherrill

" I write and teach creative nonfiction. I was a reporter. " - Eileen Pollack