"It is only in retrospect that the high points of our lives rise up, flaunting banners."

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Source : Caroline Pratt (2014). “I Learn from Children: An Adventure in Progressive Education”, p.52, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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“I'm not just a politician, I'm a guy who has a real deep, substantive, commitment to education.”
“I went to film school so I have a writing and directing background, and I think a lot of the material I'm interested in writing and getting out there is stories about anti-heroes and people you should just not ordinarily root for - trying to figure out a way of appealing to people they wouldn't normally appeal to.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“[On Los Angeles:] This city is a hundred years old but try and find some trace of its history. Every culture is swallowed up and spat out as a franchise. Taco Bell. Benihana of Tokyo. Numero Uno Pizza. Pup 'N' Taco. Kentucky Fried Chicken. Fast food sushi. Teriyaki Bowl.”
“What the society thinks is of no interest to me. All that's important is how I see myself. I know who who I am. I know the value of my work.”
“At whatever time highly skilled physicians shall have developed the healing of illnesses by means of foods, and shall make provision for simple foods, and shall prohibit humankind from living as slaves to their lustful appetites, it is certain that the incidence of chronic and diversified illnesses will abate, and the general health of all mankind will be much improved. This is destined to come about. In the same way, in the character, the conduct and the manners of men, universal modifications will be made.”
“I was born in San Diego, and we moved to Los Angeles when I was seven. A couple of years later, I started acting!”
“If only everyone could know and live with their inner craziness. Would the world be a worse place for it? No, people would be fairer and happier.”
“American society loves to prop people up and then take them down.”

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