“When students leave college, they are like children who know nothing about the problems of life, and don't have a political stance.” KnowsChildrenProblemPoliticalStudentsCollegeStance Author:Oscar Niemeyer
“Imagine filling a college with the first 1,000 students to get perfect SATs. Whatever the racial composition of that class would be, the notion seems absurd because we know that college in America is supposed to be about creating citizens and leaders in a diverse nation.” KnowsFirstsSeemsWould BeAmericaNationsPerfectLeaderClassImagineStudentsCollegeCitizensCreatingNotionAbsurdSupposed To BeSatDiverseCompositionFilling Author:Eric Liu
“The majority of U.S. high school students don't know within 50 years when the Civil War occurred.” KnowsYearsWarSchoolStudentsHigh SchoolMajorityCivil WarHigh School Students Author:Jim Leach
“I know that many students take personal responsibility for their education and succeed as a result. I want them to know they are not alone - that Nevada's system can and will support them.” KnowsWantResultsResponsibilitySupportStudentsSucceedNot AlonePersonal ResponsibilityNevada Author:Brian Sandoval
“Quite frankly, Barack Obama knows what it's like to pay a mortgage and student loans. He knows what it's like to watch a beloved family member in a medical crisis and worry that treatment is out of reach. Barack Obama knows our struggles. And, my friends, he shares our values.” KnowsValuesPayWatchesWorryStruggleShareStudentsMembersMy FriendsCrisisMedicalBarackBelovedTreatmentLoanMortgageFamily MembersStudent LoanBeloved Family Author:Ted Strickland
“A true teacher does not terrorize ignorant students, because a true teacher knows that it is his job to cure ignorance.” KnowsDoeJobsPurposeEducationLearningTeacherStudentsIgnoranceTerrorProfessionIgnorantCuresProfessionalismBest TeacherEffective TeacherTrue Teacher Author:Miriam Defensor Santiago
“So when I was beating the guy, I started thinking, 'What if I was Hannah Montana?' . . . And little do they know that that's why I look so insane . . . I'm torturing myself with thoughts of, 'How could I actually pull off being a high school student and a pop star at night?'” IfsThinkingKnowsLooksLittlesSchoolNightGuyStarsStudentsHigh SchoolPopsInsaneWhat IfMontanaPop StarsHigh School StudentsHannah MontanaThinking What If Author:Eli Roth
“So that’s what we want is a secure and sovereign nation and, you know, I don’t know that all of you are Latino. Some of you look a little more Asian to me. I don’t know that. What we know, what we know about ourselves is that we are a melting pot in this country. My grandchildren are evidence of that. I’m evidence of that. I’ve been called the first Asian legislator in our Nevada State Assembly.” KnowsWantFirstsLooksLittlesCountryStatesWholeNationsRoomsStudentsEvidenceUnionsNotesSecureTeenagerPotSovereignGrandchildrenAsianLatinoAssemblyMeltingLegislatorsHispanicMy GrandchildrenMelting PotNevada Author:Sharron Angle
“I never write in a linear way. And I tell students not to. You can only know so much about a book when you first start.” KnowsWayWritingFirstsBookStudentsLinear Author:Carol Anshaw
“I can't pretend that I'm a great student of the art of comedy because anybody that becomes philosophical about humor doesn't know what he's talking about.” KnowsArtI CanTalkingComedyStudentsHumourPhilosophical Author:Jackie Mason
“I think if you look at Sam Raimi and Jim Cameron, those guys know things about filmmaking that almost nobody knows anymore. They are students of film from when they handmade films themselves, you know cut films with their own hands and razor blades and tape.” IfsThinkingKnowsLooksHandsFilmGuyActorsCuttingStudentsMovieTapeFilmmakingBladesNobody KnowsRazorsCameronHandmade Author:Dileep Rao