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title: "4 Barefoot Quotes By Bunker Roy"
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> [The Barefoot College is supposed to be a sparking off process. People are adopting it and owning it, which is really the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bunker-roy/the-barefoot-college-is-supposed-to-be-a-sparking-off-process-people/)

[Bunker Roy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bunker-roy/)

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> [You have to be a cop-out or a wash-out or a dropout to come to our college. You have to work with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bunker-roy/you-have-to-be-a-cop-out-or-a-wash-out-or-a-dropout-to-come-to-our/)

[Bunker Roy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bunker-roy/)

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> [ \[The Barefoot College is\] the only college where the teacher is the learner and the learner is the teacher. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bunker-roy/the-barefoot-college-is-the-only-college-where-the-teacher-is-the/)

[Bunker Roy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bunker-roy/)

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> [You come for the money, you don't come to Barefoot College. You come for the work and the challenge, you'll come to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bunker-roy/you-come-for-the-money-you-don-t-come-to-barefoot-college-you-come/)

[Bunker Roy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bunker-roy/)

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## More by Bunker Roy

> [Who is a professional? A professional is someone who has a combination of competence, confidence and belief. A water diviner is a professional. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bunker-roy/who-is-a-professional-a-professional-is-someone-who-has-a-combination/)

[Bunker Roy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bunker-roy/)

> [In India, I'm always 'Aruna Roy's husband.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bunker-roy/in-india-i-m-always-aruna-roy-s-husband/)

[Bunker Roy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bunker-roy/)

> [Listen to the people on the ground. They have all the solutions in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bunker-roy/listen-to-the-people-on-the-ground-they-have-all-the-solutions-in-the/)

[Bunker Roy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bunker-roy/)

> [I went to a very elitist, snobbish, expensive education in India, and it almost killed me. I was all set to be a diplomat,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bunker-roy/i-went-to-a-very-elitist-snobbish-expensive-education-in-india-and-it/)

[Bunker Roy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bunker-roy/)

> [Wherever I've been, and I've been to over 20, maybe 25, countries in Africa, I've noticed how their backbone is broken. They don't have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bunker-roy/wherever-i-ve-been-and-i-ve-been-to-over-20-maybe-25-countries-in/)

[Bunker Roy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bunker-roy/)

> [Jeff Sachs has the Millennium Villages. He spends $2.5 million in one village. It's an absolutely ridiculous model, because I've said that if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bunker-roy/jeff-sachs-has-the-millennium-villages-he-spends-2-5-million-in-one/)

[Bunker Roy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bunker-roy/)

> [School is something that you learn - reading and writing. Education is what you learn from the family, from the environment, from the community.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bunker-roy/school-is-something-that-you-learn-reading-and-writing-education-is/)

[Bunker Roy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bunker-roy/)

> [What's the best way of communicating in the world today? Television? No. Telegraph? No. Telephone? No. Tell a woman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bunker-roy/what-s-the-best-way-of-communicating-in-the-world-today-television-no/)

[Bunker Roy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bunker-roy/)

> [I had a very elitist, snobbish, expensive education in India, and that almost destroyed me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bunker-roy/i-had-a-very-elitist-snobbish-expensive-education-in-india-and-that/)

[Bunker Roy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bunker-roy/)

> [The Barefoot College is supposed to be a sparking off process. People are adopting it and owning it, which is really the story behind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bunker-roy/the-barefoot-college-is-supposed-to-be-a-sparking-off-process-people/)

[Bunker Roy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bunker-roy/)

> [We went to Ladakh ... and we asked this woman, 'What was the benefit you had from solar electricity?' And she thought for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bunker-roy/we-went-to-ladakh-and-we-asked-this-woman-what-was-the-benefit-you/)

[Bunker Roy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bunker-roy/)

> [Strengthen the rural areas and you will find less people migrating to urban areas. You give them opportunity, self respect & self confidence, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bunker-roy/strengthen-the-rural-areas-and-you-will-find-less-people-migrating-to/)

[Bunker Roy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bunker-roy/)

> [We have shown that solar-electrified villages can be technically and financially self-sufficient.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bunker-roy/we-have-shown-that-solar-electrified-villages-can-be-technically-and/)

[Bunker Roy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bunker-roy/)

> [You have to be a cop-out or a wash-out or a dropout to come to our college. You have to work with your hands.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bunker-roy/you-have-to-be-a-cop-out-or-a-wash-out-or-a-dropout-to-come-to-our/)

[Bunker Roy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bunker-roy/)

> [Our job is to show how it is possible to take an illiterate woman and make her into an engineer in six months and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bunker-roy/our-job-is-to-show-how-it-is-possible-to-take-an-illiterate-woman-and/)

[Bunker Roy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bunker-roy/)

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