"The place of the arts in the classroom is essential in encouraging invention, ambition, and an understanding of the importance and pleasures of living an examined life,"

-- Barbara Kruger

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“Who are the militia? They consist now of the whole people, except a few public officers. But I cannot say who will be the militia of the future day. If that paper on the table [the Constitution] gets no alteration, the militia of the future day may not consist of all classes, high and low, and rich and poor. ...”
“Yesterday, President Obama prank-called a Washington radio station, calling himself 'Barry from D.C.' Then, just to mess with him, Obama called Glenn Beck's radio show as 'B. Hussein from Kenya.'”
“The most useful form of time travel would be to go back a year or two and rectify the mistakes we made.”

Source : "This much I know". Interview With Stuart Husband, www.theguardian.com. June 27, 2009.
“....the designer must be able to see - make a concentrated effort to absorb the essence of the project. Seeing is a very difficult thing to do. Most people "look" at a lot of thing but never "see" anything. Looking is emotional; seeing is an intellectual process.”
“Every five years, I decide to learn something new.”
“Pray do not interrupt me," he wrote. "I am smiling.”
“Governments not only are not necessary, but are harmful and most highly immoral institutions.”
“This stupid celebrity thing is just a consequence of being good at what you do. I mean, no one would photograph David Beckham if he wasn't the best attacking midfielder in the country - much as I hate Man. U!”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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