"Chess is a fathead and feudal game."

-- Georges Perec

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“There's so many bigger things in the world. The art world is such a tiny little thing compared to wars and migration crises. It's weird to be self-absorbed in it.”
“When I'm out with my girlfriends at the bar, and I see some young 18-year old boy, just for fun I say, 'Hi honey. Do you like girls? Do you like girls exclusively? Oh, good.'”
“It's not enough to just test athletes. The athletes themselves need to fight for their right to compete against clean athletes.”
“A new scientific theory is seldom stated with such clarity by its original author, and usually takes many years to creep into public conciousness.”

Source : "The Force of Knowledge: The Scientific Dimension of Society". Book by John Ziman, p. 98, 1976.
“To be moral involves taking a position towards that matrix, thinking critically about what is taken for granted.”

Source : Maxine Greene “Landscapes of Learning”, Teachers College Press
“He awoke, opened his eye. The room meant very little to him; he was too deeply immersed in the non-being from which he had just come. If he had not the energy to ascertain his position in time and space, he also lacked the desire. ... In utter comfort, utter relaxation he lay absolutely still for a while, and then sank back into on the the light momentary sleeps that occur after a long, profound one.”
“Regarding race or gender or sexuality, one of the great things about art and music is that they can provide people with very little else in common with a similar entry point for discussion, but the discussions still need to happen for life to get more interesting.”
“If increasing income equality is the goal, it might be wiser to put money into infrastructure than to subsidize manufacturing. Construction also pays good wages, but with lower educational requirements. And America's infrastructure needs are enormous.”

Source : "Do Manufacturers Need Special Treatment?" by Christina Romer, www.nytimes.com. February 4, 2012.

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