This nation has squandered away four years and billions of dollars in education funding. Our children have been tested to death, forced to regurgitate, and at the end of the day they haven't learned to do basic reading and math or much less learned to think.


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Why do we have such a finite capacity for pleasure but an infinite one for pain?
MARIAN KEYES
Medically speaking, there is no such thing as a nervous breakdown. Which is very annoying to discove...
MARIAN KEYES
Men can be men and still get excited about other men kicking a ball around and they're never moc...
MARIAN KEYES
I suppose I might insist on making issues of things. But that is not my nature, and I always bear in...
MARIAN ANDERSON
This gives them something to look forward to, something to rely upon. . Not every girl wants to be a...
MARIAN BROMELL
You lose a lot of time, hating people.
MARIAN ANDERSON
We're not flamingo nuts, but we are flamingo crazy.
MARIAN WOODS
Our entire premise is simplifying this. We've taken away claim forms and paperwork. We make it easy,...
MARIAN CUTLER
My truth is that what doesn't kill you makes you weaker rather than stronger, although it makes ...
MARIAN KEYES
When I sing, I don't want them to see that my face is black. I don't want them to see that m...
MARIAN ANDERSON
I guess it's better having him interested in gas engines rather than having him in the tavern or cha...
MARIAN WOODS
There are many persons ready to do what is right because in their hearts they know it is right. But ...
MARIAN ANDERSON
Laziness is the mother of efficiency
MARIAN PROPP
Someone is putting brandy in your bonbons, Grand Marnier in your breakfast jam, Kahlua in your ice c...
MARIAN BURROS
We were really good tonight. The guys were hungry and we really wanted the puck and went after it. W...
MARIAN GABORIK
I wished there was some kind of switch on my brain. That I could turn it off in the same way that I ...
MARIAN KEYES
Habits of action cultivated early in life lay the foundation for unique skill sets able to carve a p...
MARIAN DEEGAN
We know that viruses can come through; sometimes liquids can penetrate the fabric in such minute amo...
MARIAN MCCORD
If I had a religious belief, I would want it to be as strong as my belief in the theater.
MARIAN SELDES
When we make a habit of acting on the interests arising out of our authentic passions, our enthusias...
MARIAN DEEGAN
I have a West Coast rhythm section and a New York rhythm section. I've got them spread out all o...
MARIAN MCPARTLAND
Besides, I'd seen a really nice pair of shoes yesterday in the mall and I wanted them for my own. I ...
MARIAN KEYES
I never wear flats. My shoes are so high that sometimes when I step out of them, people look around ...
MARIAN KEYES
I couldn’t be with people and I didn’t want to be alone. Suddenly my perspective whooshed and I ...
MARIAN KEYES
I felt pretty good. We are trying to be smart and use shorter shifts. I think that was working out t...
MARIAN GABORIK
I'll take it day-by-day. I'm excited to play, obviously, but they don't want to rush it and I don't ...
MARIAN GABORIK
I think he's the best goalie in the NHL. He made a lot of terrific saves and he was the key to the w...
MARIAN GABORIK
This team has confidence, especially at home. Everybody is on the same page.
MARIAN GABORIK
I was used to not having to check the defensive zone. I had to learn to adjust to it, otherwise I wa...
MARIAN GABORIK
There is a straight (heterosexual) man who embraced a mention of femininity. He responded to those m...
MARIAN SALZMAN
Confidence has nothing to do with what you look like. If you obsess over that, you'll end up bei...
MARIAN SELDES
Acting on our interests refines our understanding of what we are good at and what we value. The expe...
MARIAN DEEGAN