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A bad book is the worse that it cannot repent. It has not been the devil's policy to keep the masses of mankind in ignorance; but finding that they will read, he is doing all in his power to poison their books. ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

#been #book #books #cannot #devil

The strongest results were in Florida and Texas. In just one year in a Texas charter school, an average student gained 7 percentile points in math and 8 percentile points in reading, while Florida charter schools improved student performance by 6 percentile points. ↗

— Maggie Gallagher

#charter #charter schools #florida #gained #improved

According to Goering and the Luftwaffe High Command, they were supposed to be the fighter elite. ↗

— Adolf Galland

#command #elite #fighter #high #luftwaffe

We are all treading the vanishing road of a song in the air, the vanishing road of the spring flowers and the winter snows, the vanishing roads of the winds and the streams, the vanishing road of beloved faces. ↗

— Richard Le Gallienne

#beloved #faces #flowers #road #roads

I'm demanding to be prosecuted. I'm begging to be prosecuted for perjury. ↗

— George Galloway

#demanding #i #perjury #prosecuted

The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy. ↗

— John Galsworthy

#endings #human #undertakings

A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#became #completely #good #himself #his

Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#correct #intolerance #understanding

Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#condition #education #indispensable #life #personal

Part of the fun of acting is the research, finding out about other people. ↗

— James Gandolfini

#acting #finding #fun #other #out