"Children whose curiosity survives parental discipline and who manage to grow up before they blow up are invited to join the Yale faculty. Within the university they go on asking their questions and trying to find the answers ... it is a place where the world's hostility to curiosity can be defied."

-- Edmund Morgan

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“I believe that the world isn't always what we can see...I believe there are secrets in the woods. And I believe that goodness wins out...So, if someone's changed overnight - by witch curse or poison apple or were-turtle - you have to show them what's good. You show them love. That works a surprising amount of the time.”
“When you follow your thoughts and watch them attach to certain things, it makes certain things real and other things unreal, and you realize that this is all created by your mind.”

Source : The Believer Interview, www.believermag.com. January, 2012.
“I don't think it's any secret I've never been an advocate for the Affordable Care Act.”

Source : "Brian Sandoval's Smart Health Care Decision" by Charles P.Pierce, www.esquire.com. December 12, 2012.
“Yeah, I think of what I do as a work of journalism. It's more like the op-ed page, though. These are my opinions. My point of view. The opinions are mine and I let you make up your own mind.”
“When making public policy decisions about new technologies for the Government, I think one should ask oneself which technologies would best strengthen the hand of a police state. Then, do not allow the Government to deploy those technologies.”
“Stop seeking out the storms and enjoy more fully the sunlight.”
“A pitching coach is a manager's best friend. He's handling 12 out of the 25 players on the team.”
“Stephen King is open about the fact that he continues to learn the craft, and if King hasn't got it figured out yet, what the hell hope have the rest of us got?”

Source : Source: www.sfsignal.com

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