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Happy back to school! Parents, teachers and students, find funny and motivational back-to-school quotes about education, learning and working with others.
Find motivation in these success quotes from athletes, writers and other famous figures. These short messages focus on hard work, failure and achievement. 22 Best Success Quotes - Motivational ...
Family quotes from famous people. 11. “In America, there are two classes of travel—first class and with children.” —Robert Benchley (July 1934) 12. “There is no such thing as fun for the ...
Winning isn’t everything; it's the only thing" is a well-known quotation in sports. It is attributed to UCLA Bruins football coach Henry Russell ("Red") Sanders. [1] He is on record with at least two different versions of the quotation during his coaching career. Sanders is reputed to have used this quote even as far back as the 1930s. [2]
Image of a guillotine-style mousetrap seller in the mid-19th century. In February 1855, Emerson wrote in his journal, under the heading "Common Fame": If a man has good corn or wood, or boards, or pigs, to sell, or can make better chairs or knives, crucibles or church organs, than anybody else, you will find a broad hard-beaten road to his house, though it be in the woods.
In statistics this is known as Simpson's paradox. The three authors presented their report. [7] David Kearns, Deputy Secretary of Education allegedly told the authors of the report, "You bury this or I'll bury you." [8] Diane Ravitch disputes this quote. [9] Education Week published an article on the Sandia report in 1991. [10]
Jane Elliott (née Jennison; [2] [3] born November 30, 1933) is an American diversity educator.As a schoolteacher, she became known for her "Blue eyes/Brown eyes" exercise, which she first conducted with her third-grade class [a] on April 5, 1968, the day after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
The shorter, better-known version of the quote was first [3] heard in the 1967 episode of the TV series The Monkees "It's a Nice Place to Visit". It was also included in the 1974 Mel Brooks film Blazing Saddles , and has since been included in many other films and television shows.