"No deliberative body is manifestly less qualified to make decisions about public education than our state Legislature. With a few shining exceptions, most of these clowns don't read, can't write, and clearly can't add."

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Source : Carl Hiaasen (2014). “Dance of the Reptiles: Rampaging Tourists, Marauding Pythons, Larcenous Legislators, Crazed Celebrities, and Tar-Balled Beaches: Selected Columns”, p.93, Vintage

Carl Hiaasen

#Writing Quotes #Shining Quotes #Decision Quotes

“There is something comforting about going into a practice room, putting your sheet music on a stand and playing Bach over and over again.”
“I'm not all dolled up. We tried to keep it as real as we could. We're telling you something that happened. It's a part of history. I hope this movie [ 'Surviving Compton'] gives you a little bit of me and of my music and my heart.”
“I'm like an owl... I don't give a HOOT!”
“Sometimes a loss is the best thing that can happen. It teaches you what you should have done next time.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Pleasure is terrifying because it breaks down the boundaries between people. Embracing passion means living with fear.”
“Always care for the writing part first. Every good film project starts with good writing. If you have a good script, everything else follows. Writing is crucial.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“White man goes into his churches to talk about Jesus, the Indian into his Tepee to talk to Jesus (with Peyote etc).”
“Business was his aversion; Pleasure was his business.”

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