#gained

The strongest results were in Florida and Texas. In just one year in a Texas charter school, an average student gained 7 percentile points in math and 8 percentile points in reading, while Florida charter schools improved student performance by 6 percentile points. ↗

— Maggie Gallagher

#charter #charter schools #florida #gained #improved

I was an optimist, a great champion of the human spirit. And I lost that for a time. I feel like I've regained a bit of that in the last few years but there was a period of my life in which I had a very low opinion of people in general. ↗

— Jude Law

#champion #feel #few #general #great

Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

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I gained direct knowledge of the life of the poor in big towns: I have lived the narrowing mechanism of its conditioning and feared it. ↗

— Ella Maillart

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The North Koreans have gained, or bought, a lot of time through the six-party-talks framework to pursue their own agenda. ↗

— Lee Myung-bak

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In honour I gained them, and in honour I will die with them. ↗

— Horatio Nelson

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I would love Giuliana small, medium, large or extra large and I will love her no matter how much weight she gained. ↗

— Bill Rancic

#gained #her #how #i #large

Masood Ahmed brings to the position of director of external relations extensive experience gained in a range of senior positions in international finance and development. ↗

— Rodrigo Rato

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Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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I had gained a greater appreciation of hearing the concerns of woman, doctors, and so many others. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

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