"Democracy is always an unfinished experiment, testing the capacity of each generation to live freedom nobly."

-- George Weigel

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“From the early days of the telegraph, to be a telegrapher was a job, and there weren't many of those folks. They could recognize each other's style by their dots and dashes.”
“Your greatest accomplishment may not be something you do but someone you raise.”
“Ultimately this issue is on us. We're the ones who make the decisions about what our kids eat.”
“That's always stuck with me, with music. I've never really gotten jaded about it. I've always loved music for the sake of doing it, and the longer I do it, the more I like it. Hopefully, I'll be able to have that same point of view in this business, or at least with doing this.”
“I don't think I've ever made a conscious effort to alter the sound. I don't see the point. I have to remain true to how I sing. I'm perfectly happy with what I am. Whatever that is.”
“Donâ€™t waste your energy trying to educate or change opinions; go over, under, through, and opinions will change organically when youâ€™re the boss. Or they wonâ€™t. Who cares? Do your thing, and donâ€™t care if they like it.”
“Some cultures don't have a separate word for music and dance. To my knowledge, this notion of listening to music without dancing is a Western creation. I can't think of any artist that I love that doesn't inspire movement in some form or another. I guess Tangerine Dream or early Vangelis or something like that, you're not really going to dance. But on the whole, I feel like dancing and music are so naturally intertwined. I feel like subconsciously, that's the goal whenever I'm working on music. It's kind of the defining thing: Does it got some funk to it, basically?”
“Most parents hate to experience conflict, are deeply troubled when it occurs, and are quite confused about how to handle it constructively. Actually, it would be a rare relationship if over a period of time one person's needs did not conflict with the other's. When any two people (or groups) coexist, conflict is bound to occur just because people are different, think differently, have different needs and wants that sometimes do not match.”

Source : Thomas Gordon (1970). “Parent effectiveness training: the no-lose program for raising responsible children”, Plume

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