"The only thing they [government] want is better data. But data doesn't tell people someone is well educated. It's a vicious circle. There is some myth involved. Some of this attitude has a long history."

-- Deborah Meier

#Attitude Quotes #Government Quotes #Data Quotes

“Making someone happy is perhaps the humblest way of approaching happiness.”
“My life is not important here.”
“A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.”
“There's something brave and touching about game girls of all ages keeping themselves smart in hard times - one thinks of those wonderful women during World War II drawing stocking seams in eyebrow pencil up the back of legs stained with gravy browning because nylons were so hard to get hold of.”
“There are three sides to every argument. Yours. The other guy's. And the right side.”
“I think, sometimes, artists release music too fast. If you just sit back and listen to the track for a little bit you could pick and choose how you want to do it and see if you really feel the song, because sometimes you might not even like the song after a few listens.”

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“As a white male in America, I have privilege. As a white male who happens to be an artist with a fan base, I have a platform to spread awareness about that privilege. However, songs about race and privilege are very difficult to A) write and B) dissect as a listener. They're heavy.”
“It's not that we need new ideas, but we need to stop having old ideas.”

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