Charles Babbage Quotes

That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of instruction adopted in it, is a principle too obvious to require investigation.

Charles Babbage

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Education, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living.

John Dewey

EducationFuturePreparationProcess

Kindness can come from someone on Twitter, it can come from someone on the street, it can come from someone at work. Without kindness, I don't know what I would do. The greatest part of life is the simple things.

Andie MacDowell

LifeWorkKindnessSimpleSomeone

I had wanted to be a Calvin Klein model since I was 17. Marky Mark in his Calvin Kleins was the epitome of male sexuality. That was something I worked for.

Mehcad Brooks

SexualityMarkSomethingModelHis

Our thoughts have an order, not of themselves, but because the mind generates the spatio-temporal relationships involved in every experience.

Robert Lanza

ExperienceMindThoughtsOrderOur

I'm sure that the standard of public morality we've helped build will force government in Canada to approve complete health insurance.

Tommy Douglas

HealthGovernmentInsuranceCanada

Congress did the right thing with Ebola. They funded us to protect Americans and keep us safer.

Tom Frieden

CongressProtectRightKeepUsDid

We play make-believe and dress up for a living. One goes, one doesn't go, whatever. I don't understand how you can get bitter or jaded. We're just so lucky to get to do this.

Michael Mosley

DressYouPlayGoLivingUnderstand

Fourteen-year-old boys are not part of a well-regulated militia. Members of wacky religious cults are not part of a well-regulated militia. Permitting unregulated citizens to have guns is destroying the security of this free state.

Molly Ivins

FreeSecurityGunsWackyReligious

My memories of my childhood are wonderful memories. I feel that I was privileged because I grew up in a beautiful city. It is Catania, on the eastern coast of Sicily. It's a place filled with sun, close to the beach.

Luca Parmitano

MemoriesBeautifulBeachChildhood

Communication will bring understanding and understanding will cause harmonious mutual relationships which can establish peace and stability.

Lobsang Tenzin

CommunicationPeaceUnderstanding

I was very much a tough New York street kid. I went to a school where you had to learn how to get along with everybody or fight with everybody, and I did my fair share of both. But you have to learn how to get along. I did an awful lot of fighting. I was tough, but I'm also relatively small, so I learned very early on to use my mind.

Jon Kabat-Zinn

FightSchoolNew YorkMindSmall

I had never even thought I'd be an actress - I was supposed to be a lawyer. But the motivation is the same: when you act, you defend a role; you have to be convincing. It's the same career.

Anne Parillaud

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