![The private schools and the independent schools like Oprah's are really doing well because they've got the best of everything but it certainly puts the spotlight on a system of public education that is still reeling from the apartheid years [in South Africa].](/assets/img/quote-photos/the-private-schools-and-the-independent-schools-like-oprahs-are-really-doing-wel.jpg)
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school
Spider-Man is a school boy that's looking for his parents. Rhys Ifans
school years stories
The truth is, normal might take years. Normal might never happen. But it’s definitely not going to happen if I lounge around here watching soaps and avoiding life. I’m going to school today, end of story. Becca Fitzpatrick
school students life-is
For someone who’s made it clear that her life is superior to every other student’s at this school, you sure make it a habit of pursuing every facet of our boring, worthless lives.
school eye thinking
You’ve never been to school, ever? If that’s true— and you’re right, I don’t think it is—what made you decide to come this year?” “You....Your eyes, Nora. Those cold, pale gray eyes are surprisingly irresistible.” He tipped his head sideways, as if to study me from a new angle. “And that killer curvy mouth
school blessing want
He inclined his head at my dress. "What's the occasion?" "Homecoming," I said, twirling. "Like?" "Last I heard, Homecoming requires a date." "About that," i hedged. "I'm sort of...going with Scott. We both figure a high-school dance is the last place Hank will be patrolling." Patch smiled, but it was tight. "I take that back. If Hank wants to shoot Scott, he has my blessing.
school thinking years
You’ve never been to school, ever? If that’s true—and you’re right, I don’t think it is—what made you decide to come this year?” “You.
school moon men
Was putting a man on the moon actually easier than improving education in our public schools? B. F. Skinner
school stopped
We never stopped having school, ... Things are going well. Joe Green
school kids one-day
When I was in elementary school, we had the kid who threw chairs, the kid who stuttered, and the kid who went to the bathroom on himself ... but we never had the kid who came in one day and started shooting everyone. Bill Simmons
independent thinking hinduism-and-buddhism
In Hinduism, conscience, reason and independent thinking have no scope for development. B. R. Ambedkar
independent thinking two
Merciless criticism and independent thinking are the two necessary traits of revolutionary thinking. Bhagat Singh
independent persons
I like being independent; I like doing things myself. I'm an instinctual person. Cathy Moriarty
independent thinking trying
Be independent and don't try to think someone is going to save you or look to someone else to make you happy or look to someone else to complete you. Bethenny Frankel
independent creative desire
When the doors to television were opened to me, that was quite a surprise. It's been such a gift that there was so much TV and independent film happening in New York that I could be a part of. There was something to satiate my desire to be artistic and creative, especially when it wasn't in the way I originally thought it was going to be.
independent genius situation
Genius is independent of situation. Charles Churchill
independent successful science
He will also find that the high and independent spirit, which usually dwells in the breast of those who are deeply versed in scientific pursuits, is ill adapted for administrative appointments; and that even if successful, he must hear many things he disapproves, and raise no voice against them. Charles Babbage
independent men giving
The mind of the greatest man on earth is not so independent of circumstances as not to feel inconvenienced by the merest buzzing noise about him; it does not need the report of a cannon to disturb his thoughts. The creaking of a vane or a pully is quite enough. Do not wonder that he reasons ill just now; a fly is buzzing by his ear; it is quite enough to unfit him for giving good counsel. Blaise Pascal
independent differences decision
It is certain that the soul is either mortal or immortal. The decision of this question must make a total difference in the principles of morals. Yet philosophers have arranged their moral system entirely independent of this. What an extraordinary blindness!
years trying records
I've been practicing for years, trying to figure out how to record an entire band live. Beck
years records always-working
I'm always working on my own music, too. I've been working on a record for a few years.
years holocaust bells
I have for four years now been ringing the bell. Economic Holocaust is coming. Economic day of reckoning is coming.
years lasts songwriting
I'm more critical of my songwriting than anybody, but I've worked really hard in the last five to 10 years to improve.
years important next-year
It is important for investors to understand what they do and don't know. Learn to recognize that you cannot possibly know what is going to happen in the future, and any investment plan that is dependent on accurately forecasting where markets will be next year is doomed to failure. Barry Ritholtz
years giving sublime
Over the years, one comes to measure a place, too, not just for the beauty it may give, the balminess of its breezes, the insouciance and relaxation it encourages, the sublime pleasures it offers, but for what it teaches. The way in which it alters our perception of the human. It is not so much that you want to return to indifferent or difficult places, but that you want to not forget. Barry Lopez
years lakes people
The United Nations has been in the Great Lakes Region and Sahel for 50 years, mostly investing in peacekeeping. NOW is the time to invest in young people! Babatunde Osotimehin
years house tunisia
I'm working 24 hours a day. I have had a house in Tunisia for 20 years, and I never have time to go because there are collections, fittings. Azzedine Alaia
years people realizing
It's going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music. B. B. King