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President Obama's first term in office has been better for intentions than for actual changes in planning and policy. I do believe, and he has several things to this effect, that he would like to provide universal preschool or at least far more preschool for our children. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#been #believe #better #changes #children

There has been so much recent talk of progress in the areas of curriculum innovation and textbook revision that few people outside the field of teaching understand how bad most of our elementary school materials still are. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#bad #been #curriculum #elementary #elementary school

All presidents rail against the press. It goes with the turf. ↗

— Helen Thomas

#goes #presidents #press #rail #turf

It's always been said that comedy comes mostly out of the dark side anyway. ↗

— Alan Thicke

#anyway #been #comedy #comes #dark

We must consider the distinctive characters and the general nature of plants from the point of view of their morphology , their behavior under external conditions, their mode of generation, and the whole course of their life. ↗

— Theophrastus

#characters #conditions #consider #course #distinctive

Despite the negativity coming from the President's opponents, the United States remains fully committed to assisting the Iraqis in restoring security and rebuilding their nation. ↗

— Craig L. Thomas

#coming #committed #despite #fully #iraqis

I think that if Republicans are given the reins of leadership in the House or Senate or both, we will have to govern in a way - at least put forward solutions whether or not the president goes along with them or not, that deal with these long-term challenges. ↗

— John Thune

#both #challenges #deal #forward #given

We remember the heroes who ran into the burning buildings to rescue those trapped inside, and the dauntless passengers on Flight 93 who laid down their lives to save others, including almost certainly those of us in the U.S. Capitol. ↗

— Todd Tiahrt

#buildings #burning #capitol #certainly #down

You know, it comes from my mother's side of the family. She had seven sisters and one brother, and all of them could play instruments. I suppose I picked it up from that. ↗

— Mel Tillis

#comes #could #family #had #i

I was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. My family was not nationally known as being a literary family, though my mother and my mother's side of the family in general were interested in literature. ↗

— Kenneth Koch

#born #cincinnati #family #general #i