"If a parent wants to choose where their kid goes to school, they can either fork over a whole bunch of money in tuition for private school or they can buy a new house near the school of their choice. And it's driving up property prices in certain key areas. When you stop and think about it, that's kind of ridiculous."

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Source : Source: www.motherjones.com

Amelia Warren Tyagi

#School Quotes #Kids Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“The love of spectacles was the taste, or rather passion, of the Syrians: the most skilful artists were procured form the adjacent cities; a considerable share of the revenue was devoted to the public amusements; and the magnificence of the games of the theatre and circus was considered as the happiness, and as the glory, of Antioch.”
“...I am opposed to all attempts to license or restrict the arming of individuals... I consider such laws a violation of civil liberty, subversive of democratic political institutions, and self-defeating in their purpose.”
“Cut the pie any way you like, "meanings" just ain't in the head!”

Source : Hilary Putnam (1979). “Philosophical Papers: Volume 2, Mind, Language and Reality”, p.227, Cambridge University Press
“The thundering voice that wrings, in one dark, damning moment, crimes of years!”
“I would, therefore, say that for no reason whatsoever, except in self-defense, should one think of killing any animal.”

Source : "19th World Vegetarian Congress 1967". The British Vegetarian, ivu.org. March/April 1968.
“Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.”
“Customers don't measure you on how hard you tried, they measure you on what you deliver.”
“Women, it turns out, are built to lead - particularly in the modern world.”

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