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No matter where our money comes from, I don't see the University of Virginia ever failing to be public, in the sense of being dedicated to and interested in the welfare of the commonwealth and of the larger country. We'll always be public that way. It's in our DNA.

— Teresa A. Sullivan, speaking at a press conference after becoming U.Va.'s eighth president on Aug. 1

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Life is much more fun if you're always learning.

— Professor emerita Anita Jones, who helped raise U.Va.'s computer science program to national prominence

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After getting married, the birth of my children and my children getting married … this is right up there! It’s unbelievable.

— Rowing coach Kevin Sauer, commenting on U.Va. winning its first NCAA rowing championship on May 30

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Albert Camus wrote that 'The evil that is in the world almost always comes out of ignorance.' Knowledge, then, is evil's first enemy and good's first line of defense.

— U.Va. President John T. Casteen III speaking at the Class of 2010 Final Exercises

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For me, the privilege of American freedom and American education and the opportunities they offer are inexorably intertwined.

— Joseph Neubauer, chairman and chief executive officer of ARAMARK, speaking after receiving the 2010 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal for citizen leadership

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The best way to appreciate leaders … is by observing their deeds, which sparkle behind them in a brilliant spangle of light like the trail of a comet splashing across the heavens.

— NBC news correspondent and U.Va. alumna Sara James (Col '83), speaking at the University's second Women in Leadership Conference

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Teaching allows me to explore reading that inspires me with my students, with a group of young people. I treasure the way the students engage with the world through language.

— U.Va. English professor Lisa Russ Spaar (Col '78, Grad '82), who received a 2010 Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia and the Dominion Foundation

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There were some people at Michigan who had never seen a provost before and were quite surprised when they did. You just don't know where I might turn up when I get to Charlottesville.

— Teresa A. Sullivan speaking after being elected U.Va.'s eighth president on Jan. 11. Sullivan, who serves as provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of Michigan, talked about her reputation for exploring every corner of a university

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