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"Our schools have been scientifically designed to prevent over-education from happening. ... The average American (should be) content with their humble role in life, because they're not tempted to think about any other role." »William Torrey Harris
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"I am not a role model." »Mike Tyson
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"The mind cannot long act the role of the heart." »La Rochefoucauld
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"It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God-but to create him." »Arthur C. Clarke
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"It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God--but to create him." »Arthur C. Clarke
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"Some people are that - more than a parent, more than a role model, more than anything less than a religion." »Margaret Cho, weblog, 05-04-04
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"Did you exchange a walk-on part in a war, for a leading role in a cage?" »Pink Floyd, song "Wish You Were Here"
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"People need religion. It's a vehicle for a moral tradition. A crucial role. Nothing can take its place." »Irving Kristol
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"Whenever you trace the origin of a skill or practices which played a crucial role in the ascent of man, we usually reach the realm of play." »Eric Hoffer
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"In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility-I welcome it." »John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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"All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume." »Noam Chomsky
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"Hawaii has always been a very pivotal role in the Pacific. It is in the Pacific. It is a part of the United States that is an island that is right here." »J Danforth Quayle
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"The function of the press in society is to inform, but its role in society is to make money." »A. J. Liebling
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"We live in a time of such rapid change and growth of knowledge that only he who is in a fundamental sense a scholar-that is, a person who continues to learn and inquire-can hope to keep pace, let alone play the role of guide." »Nathan M. Pusey
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"A fanatic is one compelled to action by the need to find a strong meaning in life. The fanatic determines for himself what role he is to play in life, and his intense devotion to a cause is the means." »Eugene E. Brussell
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"The role of the teacher remains the highest calling of a free people. To the teacher, America entrusts her most precious resource, her children and asks that they be prepared ... to face the rigors of individual participation in a democratic society." »Shirley Mount Hufstedler
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"The challenges of change are always hard. It is important that we begin to unpack those challenges that confront this nation and realize that we each have a role that requires us to change and become more responsible for shaping our own future." »Hillary Rodham Clinton
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"I have to say that the traditional role is kind of a myth. I think the traditional Mexican woman is a fierce woman." »Sandra Cisneros
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"Yes, I have cherished my "demagogue" role. I know that societies often have killed the people who have helped to change those societies. And if I can die having bought any light, having exposed any meaningful truth that will help to destroy the racist cancer that is maligant in the body of America - then, all of the credit is due to Allah. Only the mistakes have been mine." »"Malcom X" ( 1964), The Atobiograghy of Malcom X
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"Countries that have strong pre-crisis macroeconomic metrics, rich natural resources and export-based industries have stronger recovery prospects. Strong budgets allow the government to stimulate the economy with less debt burden. Exports play a significant role in supporting a stable interest rate and ex-change rates thus renewing investors confidence and recovery." »Med Jones
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