"I've got a very deep and abiding passion about education being far more than buildings and textbooks; it's what children bring into school with them."

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Source : "Johann Lamont: Facing up to Scotland's 'stark choice'". Interview With Peter Hetherington, www.theguardian.com. November 6, 2012.

Johann Lamont

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“He laughed. "I know you're teasing me. And you should know I'm not easily humiliated. You may hunt for my food, and pound me every time we fight, and protect me when we're attacked, if you like. I'll thank you for it.”
“You're supposed to take a second if life is going well, to enjoy it and not just move on with the rest of your day worrying about the next thing. And it's a really trite point in some ways. But it's bizarre how little I had done it at various points in my life.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I was playing in the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra as principal horn. I was there for some 15 years - one of the most exciting and great musical periods in my life.”

Source : "Listen Back To A 1988 Conversation With Composer Gunther Schuller". "Fresh Air", www.npr.org. June 22, 2015.
“I do not like to write - I like to have written.”
“I don't believe in nirvana. If nirvana was handed to us on a silver platter, this would be the first day of our struggle to keep it.”
“Im the most boring person to talk to.”
“Going meat-free can make a huge difference. Studies show that vegetarians are, on average, 10 to 20 pounds lighter than meat-eaters and that a vegetarian diet reduces our risk of heart disease by 40 percent and adds seven or more years to our lifespan.”
“Too long has the public mind considered religion to be synonymous with priestcraft.”

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