#pare

As far as I was concerned, the Depression was an ill wind that blew some good. If it hadn't occurred, my parents would have given me my college education. As it was, I had to scrabble for it. ↗

— Sargent Shriver

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My parents had always preached the virtues of hard work. But hard work is one thing; economic struggle is another. ↗

— Sargent Shriver

#another #economic #had #hard #hard work

I joined another circle and the leader gave us a little leaflet in very small print, asking us to read it carefully and then come prepared to ask questions. It was a technical Marxist subject and I did not understand it nor did I know what questions to ask. ↗

— Agnes Smedley

#ask #asking #carefully #circle #come

It is more interesting to be compared to someone famous, because it lets you gauge what perceptions people have about your appearance. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#appearance #because #compared #famous #gauge

I really have always wanted to be a parent, and when I hit 36 and had just ended a relationship, I remember thinking how much I still wanted it. But I thought I'd adopt. ↗

— Courtney Thorne Smith

#always #ended #had #hit #how

The food is absolutely atrocious, and parents have no idea. Parents are giving their kids three dollars and saying, 'Okay, see you later. Go off to school and have a good lunch.' ↗

— Morgan Spurlock

#atrocious #dollars #food #giving #go

When a noble life has prepared for old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of immortality. ↗

— Anne Louise Germaine de Stael

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I do believe the most important thing I can do now is to help young people understand the past and prepare for the future. ↗

— John C. Stennis

#future #help #i #i can #i do

And if we don't have a test, what we may end up doing is going back to what this country has done before. We could use social class and we still do, but in the 50s, it was, do you have the right last name and are your parents in privileged positions? ↗

— Robert Sternberg

#before #class #could #country #doing

In other words, unlike some people with new theories, we will go out, we'll go into a school and we get products and the products are evaluated, whether it's by teachers or others. The scores are quantified and then we compare performances. ↗

— Robert Sternberg

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