Polly Toynbee Quotes

But instead of standing up for reason, our government is handing education over to the world of faith.

Polly Toynbee

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EducationFaithGovernmentWorldUp

I think the music business is probably not happy with what we've done, because the people buying the record have actually got to pick what they want to buy, rather than being told what they should buy.

John Otway

BusinessMusicHappyPeopleThink

I trust the time is coming, when the occupation of an instructor to children will be deemed the most honorable of human employment.

Angelina Grimke

ChildrenTimeTrustWillHumanMost

We cannot change the political system, we cannot change the economic system, we cannot change the social system, until the people control the land, and then we take it out of the hands of that sick minority that chooses to pervert the meaning and the intention of humanity.

John Trudell

ChangePeopleControlSickPolitical

Had I not come out with an inspirational CD, you perhaps would have never known that I feel like I feel, that all songs, all the music I've ever done is a gift from God.

Smokey Robinson

InspirationalMusicGodGiftYou

I have been an art director, a book designer, a book-jacket designer and an interior designer.

Milton Glaser

ArtBookDirectorInteriorBeen

My only wish would be to have 10 more lives to live on this planet. If that were possible, I'd spend one lifetime each in embryology, genetics, physics, astronomy and geology. The other lifetimes would be as a pianist, backwoodsman, tennis player, or writer for the 'National Geographic.'

Joseph Murray

LiveWishPhysicsPossibleTennis

The truth is there's always a hum of people playing folk music in cities.

Johnny Flynn

MusicTruthPeopleTruth IsAlways

If love alone could cure our children, they would always be well.

Debbie Reynolds

LoveAloneChildrenAlwaysWellOur

I was always very strong in math, physics and calculus.

Debi Thomas

StrongPhysicsAlwaysMathCalculus

Education is supposed to be our great equalizer, but when only half of low-income students are enrolling in college and only three tenths are graduating, you have to figure some of our children are getting a greater equalizer than others.

Chris Meledandri

EducationChildrenGreatCollegeYou

None of my films are 'Pollyanna.' They're not little deers walking around with butterflies and stuff. That's not what I do.

Corbin Bernsen

WalkingLittleButterfliesStuff

You have to realize I grew up in a real hockey town. And there I was wearing bow ties and watching the gayest movies on the face of Earth, like 'Clueless.'

Brad Goreski

HockeyFaceYouEarthMoviesReal

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