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We need to drive down requirements for the schools. In the 19th century, we increased the quality of the schools by higher education saying, 'You can't come in unless you have these skills, unless you've taken these courses.' We did that in Wisconsin when I was there, it helped to transform the secondary school system.
— Donna Shalala
Tags: drive, school, you, education

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The economic dimension is very clear. I was at a dinner party, a mother got up, who's a very distinguished scientist, and said she had to get home and help her daughter with her homework. The two waiters, their faces changed. They were working their second jobs, they couldn't get home to help their kids with homework.
— Donna Shalala
Tags: dinner, daughter, mother, home
I've spent my whole life with people underestimating me.
— Donna Shalala
Tags: whole, people, me, life
We can't afford as a nation - not because of money but because of our social fabric - to have large numbers of people who are not working.
— Donna Shalala
Tags: nation, who, people, money
Asking the government to help you for short periods of time is different than asking the government to take care of you for the rest of your life.
— Donna Shalala
Tags: government, time, you, life
Sex education has to do with what's in people's head.
— Donna Shalala
Tags: head, sex, people, education
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