#young people

Surveys show that many talented and committed young people are reluctant to enter teaching for the long haul because they think the profession is low-paying and not prestigious enough. ↗

— Arne Duncan

#committed #enough #enter #haul #long

I enjoy talking to young people, and talking to people about helping young people. That part is not a chore. It's pretty fun, and something I like to do because I think it's important. ↗

— Tony Dungy

#because #chore #enjoy #fun #helping

As the proud father of two teens and past Chairman to the Presidents Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, I am committed to educating parents and especially young people on ways to live a long, healthy and active life. ↗

— Lee Haney

#active life #am #chairman #committed #council

There was no Congressional Club for my first campaign. There was no organized state group of Young Republicans, but there was a dedicated core of young people who volunteered to do anything my campaign needed. ↗

— Jesse Helms

#campaign #club #congressional #core #dedicated

The fact is that young people are going to have sex whether you like it or not. ↗

— Emma Thompson

#going #like #people #sex #whether

When Nike says, just do it, that's a message of empowerment. Why aren't the rest of us speaking to young people in a voice of inspiration? ↗

— Naomi Klein

#inspiration #just #just do it #message #nike

Whatever else I do before finally I go to my grave, I hope it will not be looking after young people. ↗

— John Thorn

#before #else #finally #go #grave

By far the most important factor in the success or failure of any school, far more important than tests or standards or business-model methods of accountability, is simply attracting the best-educated, most exciting young people into urban schools and keeping them there. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#any #attracting #best-educated #exciting #factor

What I tell these young people is, the world is not as dangerous as the older generation would like you to believe. Anyone I know who has ever taken a risk and lost a job has ended up getting a better one two years later. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#believe #better #dangerous #ended #ever

All of us have read the stories about young people in Hollywood and all the challenges they have to confront there, and I think that artistically, I really didn't understand the commercial side of the film business, so I went back to a purely artistic setting. ↗

— Marisa Tomei

#artistic #artistically #back #business #challenges