#or

Higher education is one of few areas where this country competes with the rest of the world and wins. The best of American higher education outstrips any in the world. Look where the rest of the world goes for higher education, for graduate degrees. They come here. ↗

— Donna Shalala

#any #areas #best #come #country

I would argue that we have a generation of young people, particularly minorities, who are no longer putting up with the kinds of things their parents put up with. They're much more self-confident. It's no longer acceptable to make fun of people because of race or sex. But it has always been present in American society. ↗

— Donna Shalala

#always #american #american society #argue #because

We can't afford as a nation - not because of money but because of our social fabric - to have large numbers of people who are not working. ↗

— Donna Shalala

#because #fabric #large #large numbers #money

We may repeat the awful revolutionary history of the 20th century because of the vulnerability of social movements to demagoguery. ↗

— Todd Gitlin

#awful #because #century #demagoguery #history

We need to drive down requirements for the schools. In the 19th century, we increased the quality of the schools by higher education saying, 'You can't come in unless you have these skills, unless you've taken these courses.' We did that in Wisconsin when I was there, it helped to transform the secondary school system. ↗

— Donna Shalala

#century #come #courses #did #down

I was one of those people who put too much emphasis on work and career and material possessions, and it took its toll on all my relationships, on my physical health, my emotional and mental health. ↗

— Tony Shalhoub

#emotional #emphasis #health #i #material

I still think of myself as a stage actor. When I do film and television I try to implement what I was taught to do in theatre, to try to stretch into characters that are far from myself. ↗

— Tony Shalhoub

#characters #far #film #i #i do

The Palestinians are not willing to do anything, they're not willing to make the strategic decision to dismantle the infrastructure of terrorist organizations. ↗

— Silvan Shalom

#decision #dismantle #infrastructure #make #organizations

Investigators have discovered that dogs can laugh, which can't be too big of a surprise. ↗

— Tony Snow

#discovered #dogs #investigators #laugh #surprise

We are not going to damage our safety and our security. We're not going to give those extremists the privilege to come so freely to Israel in order to carry out more attacks against us and kill us one day after another. ↗

— Silvan Shalom

#against #another #attacks #carry #come