"We cannot spare our children the influence of harmful values by turning off the television any more than we can keep them home forever or revamp the world before they get there. Merely keeping them in the dark is no protection and, in fact, can make them vulnerable and immature."

-- Polly Berrien Berends

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“Half truths were a wonderful way to inspire credibility.”
“I think that instinct, that storytelling instinct, rescued me most of my life.”
“If a man can tell if he's been successful in his life by having great friends, then I have been very successful.”

Source : Johnny Ramone (2012). “Commando: The Autobiography of Johnny Ramone”, p.156, Abrams
“Most of the time, you find that the smaller the budget, the more the project is about something substantive.”
“My favorite comedians were Jimmy Durante, George Burns, senior citizens.”
“When we helped prevent the massacre of civilians trapped on a distant mountain, here's what one of them said: "We owe our American friends our lives. Our children will always remember that there was someone who felt our struggle and made a long journey to protect innocent people." That is the difference we make in the world.”
“Decisiveness is often the art of timely cruelty.”
“The reason we constantly discover new truth in Shakespeare is that his complete understanding of the particular includes the universal.”

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