The question is, will we continue to fight what may be a rearguard action to defend universal literacy as a central goal of our education system, or are we bold enough to see what's actually happening to our culture?
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Related Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an... LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD To be, or not to be, that is the question. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE To be or not to be. That's not really a question. JEAN-LUC GODARD Do I have the courage of being a ruthless man to myself with the complete knowledge on my manner or ... FEREIDOON YAZDI Sheep don’t need the shepherd to be what they are. The shepherd needs sheep to be what he is. LJUPKA CVETANOVA Human is what he decides to be. ZAMAN ALI To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be. GOLDA MEIR To be or not to be isn't the question. The question is how to prolong being. TOM ROBBINS The words you can’t find, you borrow. We read to know we’re not alone. We read because w... GABRIELLE ZEVIN I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made ... RALPH WALDO EMERSON Most powerful of all powers in its holy insinuation is _being_. _To be_ is more powerful than even _... GEORGE MACDONALD How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful. EVANS G. VALENS We are far from perfect but willing to be different. CRAIG GROESCHEL The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m... ANDREW TO Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt... ANDREW TO Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank... ANDREW TO The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ... ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate... ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ... ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices. ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag... ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future. ANDREW TO I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea... ANDREW TO A Ritual to Read to Each Other If you don’t know the kind of person I am and... WILLIAM STAFFORD A coin is examined, and only after careful deliberation, given to a beggar, whereas a child is flung... PETER WESSEL ZAPFFE Most of us think we're too busy or too important to rest for a day. CRAIG GROESCHEL You don't tell an astronaut what to do. ATMOSPHERE You gotta pay your dues to sing the blues. CAROL PLUM-UCCI You're supposed to be kind to everyone, because you never know when you're meeting an angel. CAROL PLUM-UCCI 35. God is entitled to a portion of our income—not because He needs it but because we need to give... JAMES C. DOBSON It's a lie to think that you are not good enough. It's a lie to think that you are not beautiful. It... DISON ARNIBAL Eventually I came across another passage. This is what it said: I am not commanding you, but I ... NICHOLAS SPARKS To kill a mockingbird. If you haven't read it, I think you should because it is very interesting. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I will never forget the vision of Jamie walking towards me. NICHOLAS SPARKS As these images were going through my head, my breathing suddenly went still. I looked at Jamie, the... NICHOLAS SPARKS You don't have to learn much out of books, it's like if you want to learn about cows, you go milk on... HARPER LEE You can't really get to know a person until you get in their shoes and walk around in them. HARPER LEE To be mad is worse than not to be if this is what it is. JOHNNY RICH Hamlet's Cat's Soliloquy "To go outside, and there perchance to stay Or to re... HENRY N. BEARD The quest of the Inner Ring will break your hearts unless you break it. But if you break it, a surpr... C.S. LEWIS Same first name as a president and an obscure comic book character. Half-Jewish. Excellent grammar. ... BECKY ALBERTALLI To date or not to date that is the question. It's almost as important as Shakespeare's to be... AL GOLDSTEIN We don't know - are they retained? What's happening to our central nervous system, liver, respirator... GENE LESTER This tournament will help us see where we are and see what we need to continue to work on in spring ... JANET RAYFIELD Next generations will not know what is to have childhood. DANIEL MELGAçO We all must learn that in some cases there is something much worse than saying the wrong thing; that... RICHARD BELLZON I dialed the number slowly, wanting to get it right. Two rings, and he picked up. "Yes," I sai... SARAH DESSEN What will happen if we go to 0 day? ... Everything has been wipe out from the techno... DEYTH BANGER Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is nev... A WALK TO REMEMBER It was pivotal in making you but you don't remember it. Or do you? Do we understand the events that ... DOUGLAS COUPLAND Lᴏᴠᴇ ɪs ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡɪɴᴅ ... Yᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ sᴇᴇ ɪᴛ, ʙᴜᴛ ʏᴏ... NICHOLAS SPARKS She filed the image away as an excellent and insulting question to ask the earl at an utterly inappr... GAIL CARRIGER How do you know if something is real? That’s easy. Does it change you? Does it form you? Does it g... C. JOYBELL C. Nothing is ever as good or as bad as it appears to be. JEFFREY FRY We're journalists, and so it's our job to be impartial and provide a fair and thorough asses... CLARISSA WARD In every passing moment that is not appreciated time cannot give it back to you. So in moments of id... GARY F EVANS... Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo... GERMANY KENT The fact that what we believe about marriage - that it should be between a man and a woman - and tha... ROBERT JEFFRESS It becomes a question as to what can the U.S. and our allies do, what should we do, what action, wha... CHUCK HAGEL The sad heart needs work to do. JOAN BAUER We shouldn't have to continue to fight to provide our kids a well-rounded education. ELIZABETH RAMIREZ The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursing his ... JOHN W. GARDNER We are confident that the federal appeals court will ultimately find in our favor. We believe we are... HOWARD LEVINE If you're confused about what to do, it's a sign that your enemy is winning. TOBA BETA Many people may be heartbroken, but not enough to take action. CRAIG GROESCHEL Romance is like having to go through security at airports in order to get on the plane. BOBBY W. MILLER I know that David Tennant's Hamlet isn't till July. And lots of people are going to be doing Dr Who ... NEIL GAIMAN Music is critical in our lives and culture. It's the inspiration that drives us. It's also t... BILL WALTON The opportunity to decieve others is ever present and often tempting, and each instance of deception... SAM HARRIS In a kind of a way there's a bit of that happening now so we have to be careful to preserve our ... YAHOO SERIOUS This culture that is mingling in our society has no justification. Our society will confront them an... MARWAN MUASHER It is impossible to exercise free will as long as we are operating from within the system. Free will... MELANIE JOY When you see a 'Shark fight' erupt, we aggressively want to understand what we are committin... CHRIS SACCA I hope we are improving by our standards. Whether we are improving by your standards or American sta... GEORGE YEO At the end, what matters is that you tried SOTONYE ANGA Some people never take a chance and never know what it's like to live life to the full. CHLOE THURLOW The Treasury Department will continue to take action as necessary to protect against threats to our ... DANIEL GLASER If you don’t have a goal and don’t know where you want to be and when you want be there. You are... AHMED ALI ANJUM There are just some kind of men who-who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learn... HARPER LEE The role of the
Christian is to let other people know what Jesus has done, not to
think of themselve... LEWIS N. ROE Naturalistic atheism debunks itself. It
has no power to explain even some
of the most basic principl... LEWIS N. ROE It's important to understand that if
someone calls themselves a Christian, it does not automatically... LEWIS N. ROE To be rich simply means,to be able to meet people's need. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) when your heart touched mine,I knew then we were one. THERESA M WILSON To be rich simply means to be beneficial to others. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) More than any woman I ever knew, she comforted.' -Mrs. Huxley about Emma DEBORAH HEILIGMAN That's silly,' said Martha. 'Friends should always tell each other the truth. JAMES MARSHALL Kindness is the essence of greatness and the fundamental characteristic of the noblest men and women... JOSEPH B. WIRTHLIN In this long eternal quest to be more like our Savior, may we try to be “perfect” men and women ... JEFFREY R. HOLLAND And we learned that you don't have to be famous or rich or physically healthy to be a leader. You ju... JOAN BAUER There is no tomorrow to remember if we don’t do something today, and to live most fully today, we ... THOMAS S. MONSON Beauty—real everlasting beauty—lives not on our faces, but in our attitude and our actions. It l... JUSTINA CHEN Remember that yours is not the only heart that may be wishing for love. CAMERON DOKEY I know now: what is is all that matters. Not the thing you know is meant to be, not what could be, n... AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS Oh, my goodness, yes, this is what we live to see. This is our bread and butter. We study this. To s... GAME MCGIMSEY In the real world, they told you who to be, not the other way around. RHODA BELLEZA It's never a question of skin pigmentation. It's never a question of just culture or sexual ... CORNEL WEST Let's be clear about what Common Core is. It spells out what students should know at the end of ... CAMPBELL BROWN Certainly our goal is to leave Iraq, but we can't leave Iraq with our forces until we know that ... JOHN ABIZAID It comes down to what your priorities are, and if public education is about kids, then every decisio... CAMPBELL BROWN
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