“We must establish all over the country schools of our own to train our own children to become scientists, to become mathematicians. We must realize the need for adult education and for job retraining programs that will emphasize a changing society in which automation plays the key role. We intend to use the tools of education to help raise our people to an unprecedented level of excellence and self respect through their own efforts.” PeopleNeedsChildrenSelfCountryPlayHelpingUseSchoolJobsRealizingLevelsEffortRolesKeysAdultsProgramToolsScientistRaisesTrainExcellenceSelf RespectMathematicianUnprecedentedAutomationAdult Education Book:By any means necessary Source: By any means necessary
“Investing in women, helping women to achieve their dreams, sending young girls to college. Trying to train young girls to be leaders. Sponsoring the Minerva Awards. All of these programs didn't exist before that help women day in and day out.” TryingHelpingDreamYoungGirlLeaderAchieveCollegeProgramTrainInvestingAwardsWomens DayMinerva Author:Maria Shriver
“Consumer spending is now plunging at serious-recession rate ... even if the rescue now in train succeeds in unfreezing credit markets, the real economy has immense downward momentum. In addition to financial rescues, we need major stimulus programs.” IfsNeedsRealEconomySeriousSucceedMajorsProgramTrainRateFinancialCreditSpendingConsumersImmenseRescueMomentumStimulusRecessions Author:Paul Krugman
“You can tell this by the program the federal government had to train 2,400 tractor drivers. They would have trained Negro and white together, but this man, Congressman Jamie Whitten, voted against it and everything that was decent. So, we've got to have somebody in Washington who is concerned about the people of Mississippi.” PeopleMenGovernmentTogetherWhiteConcernedProgramTrainDecentDriversFederal GovernmentMississippiCongressmanJamieTractors Author:Fannie Lou Hamer
“Hillary Clinton would say I'm going to fund a program that will find the local, you know, industrial or manufacturing jobs that are available and train you to do that job. And then you're going to get that job. And it's a much more of a nuts and bolts sort of policy vision.” KnowsJobsVisionPolicyProgramTrainClintonAvailableLocalsFundNutsManufacturingBoltsNuts And Bolts Author:George Packer
“I made this bad joke on Twitter saying, "I want to put in my first no-bid contract to train the Libyan army and police force." These counter-insurgency guys like to say, "We don't do the big F-16 or big boondoggle projects, we're not pulling this stuff because it's good business." But in fact it turns out there are tons of business opportunities involving counter-insurgency operations - and it's not like we're getting rid of the boondoggle programs either, we're just doing more of everything.” GuyOpportunityJokesProgramArmyPoliceTrainGood Business Author:Michael Hastings
“The biggest concern with female athletes is they don't naturally compete. And so I think a part of what we do here exceptionally well that separates us from other programs is we train them to compete. So a huge challenge in women's athletics is to get them to compete against their teammates and friends in practice with the same intensity they compete with their bitter rivals. So that's a huge challenge for me, to get the women in practice to go after each other the way you would a rival” ThinkingWayWellsChallengesPracticeHugeConcernFemaleProgramTrainAthleteBitterIntensityRivalsTeammateAthleticsVolleyballFemale Athlete Author:Anson Dorrance
“I do a variety of activities like Pilates, bike riding, physical therapy, and running. I also train on the ice five to six days a week. On the ice, I work on my programs as a whole and the individual technical elements that comprise the programs.” WholeRunningIndividualFiveWeekActivityElementsSixProgramTrainIceVarietyTherapyRidingBikePilatesBike RidingPhysical Therapy Author:Sasha Cohen