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• The complaint of bad pay, and difficulty in obtaining it, is almost generally reiterated through every department of education.

  Joseph Lancaster

  Pay, Difficulty, Complaints

  Joseph Lancaster (1807). “Improvements in Education, as it Respects the Industrious Classes of the Community: Containing Among Other Important Particulars, an Account of the Institution for the Education of One Thousand Poor Children, Borough Road, Southwark; and of the New System of Education on which it is Conducted”, p.142

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• We have had actually a decline in government service overall, but the growth is in high-tech areas, specialty areas in the Labor Department and other departments.

  Alexis Herman

  Technology, Government, Growth

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• The Times' new credibility committee report that was issued on Monday very specifically said they will be putting in a policy that reporters must get permission from their department heads to appear on television, which I think is a really good thing.

  Daniel Okrent

  Monday, Thinking, Television

  "It's curtains for Okrent". Interview With Steve Kettmann, www.theguardian.com. May 12, 2005.

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• Each department of knowledge passes through three stages. The theoretic stage; the theological stage and the metaphysical or abstract stage.

  Auguste Comte

  Three, Metaphysical, Abstract

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• Temporarily in 1934 I became a department head in the German Labor Front and dealt with the improvement of labor conditions in German factories. Then I was in charge of public works on the staff of Hess. I gave up both these activities in 1941.

  Albert Speer

  Improvement, Workplace, Factories

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• Experts and the educated elite have replaced what worked with what sounded good. Society was far more civilized before they took over our schools, prisons, welfare programs, police departments and courts. It's high time we ran these people out of our lives and went back to common sense.

  Walter E. Williams

  School, Welfare Programs, People

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• Team members have to be focused on the collective good of the team. Too often, they focus their attention on their department, their budget, their career aspirations, their egos.

  Patrick Lencioni

  Team, Careers, Focus

  "Get Rid of Dysfunction". www.success.com. June 7, 2009.

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• Recognizing that the power of will is the supreme court over all other departments of my mind, I will exercise daily when I need the urge to act for any purpose; and I will form habits designed to bring the power of my will into action at least once daily.

  Bruce Lee

  Exercise, Mind, Needs

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• An alliance is like a chain. It is not made stronger by adding weak links to it. A great power like the United States gains no advantage and it loses prestige by offering, indeed peddling, its alliances to all and sundry. An alliance should be hard diplomatic currency, valuable and hard to get, and not inflationary paper from the mimeograph machine in the State Department.

  Walter Lippmann

  Offering, Stronger, Links

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• Everywhere I go - from villages outside Kandy, Sri Lanka, to community centers in Amman, Jordan, to offices at the State Department in Washington, D.C. - I find people with a similar story. When thousands of people discover that their story is also someone else's story, they have the chance to write a new story together.

  Eboo Patel

  Writing, Sri Lanka, People

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• It is not the job of the Department of Education to maximize profits for the government at the cost of squeezing students who are struggling to get an education.

  Elizabeth Warren

  Jobs, Struggle, Government

  "State AGs Urge Federal Forgiveness Of Student Loans Tied To Dodgy For-Profit Chain" By Shahien Nasiripour, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 9, 2015.

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• I sign a film according to my instincts and everything in each department must be appealing be it story, character etc.

  Katrina Kaif

  Character, Stories, Etc

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• When I left my parents' home when I was 19, I went to the University of Florida, and within 24 hours was in the mental health department. And within 20 minutes, I was being told by the director there that they didn't have what I needed there.

  Darrell Hammond

  Home, Florida, Parent

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• It's not a party until the fire department shows up.

  Thom Filicia

  Party, Fire, Shows

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The last thing on my mind was to be an actor, but I had a crush on a cute girl in the drama department, so the best thing for me to do was audition, help out, do carpentry, whatever it took to get me on that project.

  John Ratzenberger

  Cute, Crush, Girl

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• Personally I had the opportunity to go on several ride alongs with the LA County Sheriff's Department with some amazing detectives, who were invaluable to me.

  Nancy McKeon

  Opportunity, Detectives, Goes On

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• The great, rewarding thing about directing is that you're overseeing the whole thing. When you're an actor, you're just one department.

  Matt Dillon

  Actors, Overseeing, Whole

  "Matt Dillon takes charge on 'City' - He got to know Cambodia to direct first film". Ruthe Stein and Carla Meyer, San Francisco Chronicle, May 4, 2003.

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• Everyone was very deeply involved in the world of 'The Lord of the Rings'. From the wardrobe department to lighting, all were fascinated with the story. This is something that does not happen usually.

  Sean Bean

  Doe, Stories, World

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• My character, Taylor McKessie, is a little bit brighter in the math and science department than I am... okay, a lot.

  Monique Coleman

  Character, Math, Littles

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• Go to Lord & Taylor on Fifth Avenue, I think it's the eighth floor, and it's just a department called 'Woman.' It's rather devastating. You've never seen such hideous clothes in your entire life. I mean, it's simply appalling. Thank God there are no windows on that floor, because if I were a size 18, I'd throw myself right out the window [after seeing those clothes]. It's insulting what these designers do to these women.

  Tim Gunn

  Mean, Thinking, Clothes

  "Tim Gunn: Fashion Seems To End At A Size 12" by Ellie Krupnick, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 23, 2013.

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• Tim Robbins had real confidence in college. He literally stole actors from the theater department at UCLA to be in his plays. The department heads got so mad at him

  Daphne Zuniga

  Confidence, Real, College

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• I couldn't do anything. I'd work in a department store for a couple of weeks, but I couldn't hack it. I couldn't even type! I had no skills whatsoever outside of show business.

  Helen Reddy

  Couple, Skills, Week

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• The beautiful thing about my intelligence is that it doesn't really come in one specific department. So even if something hasn't happened to me, I have information on how to get you through whatever you may be going through.

  Tyrese Gibson

  Beautiful, May, Information

  "Ty Me Up, Ty Me Down". Interview with Andrew Goldman, www.elle.com. June 20, 2007.

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• When we have an item that has value to the school and the athletic department, we cannot throw it away just to be fair.

  Jim Davidson

  School, Athletic, Items

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• I really have a great deal of humility in that department, and a great deal of respect for people who spend their lives learning how to make these amazing preparations.

  Ted Allen

  Humility, People, Preparation

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