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I would abolish the federal Department of Education and very quickly. People don't realize that the federal Department of Education gives each state 11 cents out of every school dollar that every state spends. But it comes with 15 cents worth of strings attached.

~Gary Johnson

Topics: Abolish Attached Cents Department Dollar Each Education Every Federal Gives Out People Quickly Realize School State Strings Very Worth Would

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The University of Southern California has a wonderful social work department, and I was thrilled to find out that they have a whole veterans' initiative program there. They approached me, and I set up a scholarship that would go to a military-oriented person to learn techniques and skills to better help veterans.

~Gary Sinise

Topics: Better California Department Find Go Help Initiative Learn Me Out Person Program Scholarship Set Skills Social Social Work Southern Southern California Techniques Thrilled University Up Veterans Whole Wonderful Work Would

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It makes sense to invest in new work. It's almost like having a research department in a scientific laboratory. You have to try things out. You'll make some bad mistakes. Some things will fail but at least you'll energise the organisation.

~Gavin Bryars

Topics: Almost Bad Department Fail Having Invest Laboratory Least Like Make Makes Mistakes New Organisation Out Research Scientific Sense Some Some Things Things Try Will Work You

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In the summer of 1965 I was invited to join Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio and returned to academic life as professor with the added responsibility of becoming also Department Chairman.

~George Andrew Olah

Topics: Academic Added Also Becoming Chairman Cleveland Department Invited Join Life Ohio Professor Reserve Responsibility Returned Summer University Western

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It may be, however, that I am too much wedded to my own views in the matter, and as I have spent nearly eight years of the hardest work of my life in this department, I respectfully request that I may now be relieved from its command.

~George Crook

Topics: Am Command Department Eight Hardest However Life Matter May Much My Life My Own Nearly Now Own Relieved Request Respectfully Spent Too Too Much Views Work Years I Am

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And I spent that time working as an insurance adjuster and going to law school in the evening, and then when I left law school, I joined the Department of Justice in Washington.

~George J. Mitchell

Topics: Department Department Of Justice Evening Going Insurance Joined Justice Law Law School Left School Spent Then Time Washington Working

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Believe it or not, I worked four summers in college as a sports writer covering baseball for a parks and rec department in Bayonne, N.J.

~George R. R. Martin

Topics: Baseball Believe College Covering Department Four Parks Sports Summers Worked Writer

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The Chicago Economics Department was in intellectual ferment, although the central issues of the 1930's were very different from those in later times. I had never before encountered minds of that quality at close quarters and they influenced me strongly.

~George Stigler

Topics: Although Before Central Chicago Close Department Different Economics Encountered Had Influenced Intellectual Issues Later Me Minds Never Quality Quarters Strongly Those Times Very Were

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My teaching began in 1936 at Iowa State College where T. W. Schultz was the department chairman.

~George Stigler

Topics: Began Chairman College Department Iowa State Teaching Where T

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When I was a kid, my father brought home the autobiography of Sid Luckman, the great Chicago Bears quarterback - probably an extra copy from the sports department where he worked. It was the first sports biography I ever read.

~George Vecsey

Topics: Autobiography Bears Biography Brought Chicago Copy Department Ever Extra Father First Great He Home Kid Quarterback Read Sports Where Worked

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