"In a busy world, even as information is moving so rapidly, we have to learn who to trust in that regard even as we ourselves have to become more critical of the people who we want to trust. It's a weird situation."

-- Alex Gibney

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“I've never been able to read for anything, and every time I have, I've never gotten the part. And I don't know why that is. I just can't. Reading or auditioning for something... It's like it's this mental block in my brain, and I just can't do it. But when people ask you to do stuff without making you go through that, it's a much more pleasant experience.”

Source : "Yo La Tengo Is Here for the Long Haul". Interview with Jacob Blickenstaff, www.motherjones.com. November 14, 2015.
“It's right to learn, even from the enemy.”
“An economy growing at 7 percent per year, can and must find the resources to improve the lives of its millions of poor.”
“When you say, 'I canâ€™t do that,' you're expressing yourself incorrectly. You should say, 'I couldnâ€™t do that before.'”
“His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even... knowledge, was foolproof.”
“A lot of parents today are terrified that something they say to their children might make them 'feel bad.' But, hey, if they've done something wrong, they should feel bad. Kids with a sense of responsibility, not entitlement, who know when to experience gratitude and humility, will be better at navigating the social shoals of college.”
“I was never into the Bluegrass, Bill Monroe and stuff like that.”
“Day by day we are building for eternity ... Every gentle word, every generous thought, every unselfish deed will become a pillar of eternal beauty in the life to come.”

Source : Rebecca Ruter Springer (2009). “My Dream of Heaven: A Nineteenth Century Spiritual Classic”, p.21, Harrison House Publishers

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