#value

Stories about the ongoing dramas in our lives as we age are not being told because women find it difficult to be honest about what's going on - about, for example, our heightened sexuality as we age or about living in a society that only values youth. ↗

— Olympia Dukakis

#age #because #being #difficult #dramas

Research shows that children do better in school and are less likely to drop out when fathers are involved. Engaged parents can strengthen communities, mentor and tutor students, and demonstrate through their actions how much they value their children's education. ↗

— Arne Duncan

#better #children #communities #demonstrate #drop

Authentic values are those by which a life can be lived, which can form a people that produces great deeds and thoughts. ↗

— Allan Bloom

#deeds #form #great #life #lived

Reason cannot establish values, and its belief that it can is the stupidiest and most pernicious illusion. ↗

— Allan Bloom

#cannot #establish #illusion #most #pernicious

Trees will improve property values, take pollutants out of the air, help with water runoff. ↗

— Michael Bloomberg

#help #improve #out #property #take

We would betray our values and play into our enemies' hands if we were to treat Muslims differently than anyone else. In fact, to cave to popular sentiment would be to hand a victory to the terrorists, and we should not stand for that. ↗

— Michael Bloomberg

#betray #cave #differently #else #fact

If a teacher does not involve himself, his values, his commitments, in the course of discussion, why should the students? ↗

— Paul Wellstone

#course #discussion #does #himself #his

You are always hoping that movie audiences are interested in characters and interested in story values rather than just mindless special effects. But you never know. ↗

— Clint Eastwood

#audiences #characters #effects #hoping #interested

It's absolutely crucial for the Democrats to have a sense of their history, of who they are, in order to be able to project their values and stand up for them. ↗

— Sidney Blumenthal

#absolutely #crucial #democrats #history #order

Child abuse and neglect offend the basic values of our state. We have a responsibility to provide safe settings for at-risk children and facilitate permanent placement for children who cannot return home. ↗

— Matt Blunt

#at-risk #basic #cannot #child #child abuse