"We need to teach our children history, right from the primary school level, for them to better understand the issues. In my son's school they don't teach history."

-- Femi Kuti

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“Art is a Verb, not a Noun.”
“I had hardly expected so dolichocephalic a skull or such well-marked supra-orbital development. Would you have any objection to my running my finger along your parietal fissure? A cast of your skull, sir, until the original is available, would be an ornament to any anthropological museum. It is not my intention to be fulsome, but I confess that I covet your skull.”
“Forget not that the grossest crime is to compromise with injustice and wrong. Remember the eternal law: you must give, if you want to get.”

Source : Subhas Chandra Bose (1962). “Crossroads: Being the Works of Subhas Chandra Bose, 1938-1940”
“I feel that a lot of British comedy is often too bombastic, too obvious, dressing up and shouting and pulling funny faces.”
“The difference between me and other athletes is that I'm speaking on things that I go through that I know other people go through. I think a lot of times the mistake in music if you're broke, rap about being broke, if you're sensitive, rap about being sensitive, 'cause there are other sensitive people. If you're sensitive but you talk about being a tough person that doesn't care about anything, people will call your bluff.”
“To write, you need to find what you love.”
“Rachel,â€ came a raspy voice from the upper level, and both Trent and I turned. It was Quen, wrapped in a blanket as if it was a death shroud, the black-haired intern at his side, supporting him. His hair was plastered to his skull with sweat, and I could see him wavering as he stood there. â€œDonâ€™t touch Trenton,â€ he said, his gravelly voice clear in the hush, â€œor Iâ€™m going to have to come down thereâ€¦and smack you around.”
“I'd much rather turn down a starring role in a bad picture and do a small role in a very good picture.”

Source : "Rod Taylor, Star of 'The Birds' and 'The Time Machine,' Dies at 84" by Mike Barnes, www.hollywoodreporter.com. January 8, 2015.

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