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We need to build on what we know works - local oversight of schools to keep a check on performance, timely interventions in schools to support those at risk of failing, and partnerships between schools to help each one to improve.

~David Blunkett

Topics: Between Build Check Each Each One Failing Help Improve Keep Know Local Need Oversight Partnerships Performance Risk Schools Support Those Timely Works

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If, in schools, we keep teaching that history is divided into American history and Chinese history and Russian history and Australian history, we're teaching kids that they are divided into tribes. And we're failing to teach them that we also, as human beings, share problems that we need to work together with.

~David Christian

Topics: Also American American History Australian Beings Chinese Divided Failing History Human Human Beings Keep Kids Need Problems Russian Schools Share Teach Teaching Them Together Tribes Work Work Together

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We have asked the government to start some discussions with us about how we can operate an unfiltered search engine in China, and failing that, we will have to shut it down, but - or do something else.

~David Drummond

Topics: About Asked China Discussions Down Else Engine Failing Government How Operate Search Search Engine Shut Some Something Something Else Start Us Will

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If the library's rarest frequenters are the ones we'd like to see in them the most, then libraries are failing.

~David Harsanyi

Topics: Failing Libraries Library Like Most Rarest See Them Then

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And so whether it's failing to move forward on the Dream Act, failing to move forward on putting teachers back to work, failing to do all the things we could do right now to help the economy and middle class, this Congress is just saying no.

~David Plouffe

Topics: Act Back Class Congress Could Dream Economy Failing Forward Help Just Middle Middle Class Move Move Forward Now Putting Right Saying Teachers Things Whether Work

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About the only thing that I have - or had, because it's failing me lately - is my memory. I had a really good memory. I was always terribly protective of that fact.

~David Rakoff

Topics: About Always Because Fact Failing Good Good Memory Had Lately Me Memory Only Protective Really Terribly The Only Thing Thing

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I am proud of the fact that the U.K. is an open trading country. I welcome inward investment such as that of Nissan, and the takeover of struggling British companies by foreign companies who turn them around, as in the case of Jaguar Land Rover. I also accept that job losses sometimes have to occur to restore failing companies to health.

~David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury Of Turville

Topics: Accept Also Am Around British Case Companies Country Fact Failing Foreign Health Investment Inward Job Land Losses Occur Open Proud Restore Rover Sometimes Struggling Takeover Them Trading Turn Welcome Who I Am

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The thing about stand-ups is you can't really get good unless you're failing in front of a large number of people. That makes stand-up comedy unique: you need a tremendous amount of reserve within you to take the rejection from the audience, and without it, you can't do anything.

~David Steinberg

Topics: About Amount Anything Audience Comedy Failing Front Get Good Large Large Number Makes Need Number People Really Rejection Reserve Stand-Up Stand-Up Comedy Take Thing Tremendous Tremendous Amount Unique Unless Within Without You

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There's something about being a comedian that means you have to not be scared of failing because failing is part of the process.

~David Walliams

Topics: About Because Being Comedian Failing Means Part Process Scared Something You

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The only time I judge an actor on set is if they're not failing; if they get it right all the time, I start to question it. I feel like it's too easy.

~Derek Cianfrance

Topics: Actor Easy Failing Feel Get Judge Like Only Only Time Question Right Set Start Time Too I Feel I Feel Like

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