"She knows what is the best purpose of education: not to be frightened by the best but to treat it as part of daily life."

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John Mason Brown

#Education Quotes #Purpose Quotes #Daily Life Quotes

“It took me the bulk of my twenties to write one book about a family of alligator wrestlers. Whereas somebody like Steve Martin is releasing his latest banjo symphony, having just completed another movie and acclaimed, best-selling novel.”
“I've totally learned in this process that 99% of the time, your gut is right, and you know what's right for you. I know exactly what's right for my career and for my art, and sometimes, even if the whole room is saying, 'Don't do that, don't do that,' you know that doing that is going to be good for you, in the long run.”
“But I see no reason why a woman should not grow and develop in all those outlets which are suited to her nature, it matters not at all what they may be.”
“The hardest and worst interview that I have ever done was with Frank Zappa.”
“America has lost the moral high ground with the rest of the world, and we have fewer allies as a result. President Bush and his administration have undermined the war on terror by using tactics outlawed by international treaty and condemned by even our closest friends.”
“That is, we're into a whole new world with the Internet, and whenever we sort of cross another plateau in our development, there are those who seek to take advantage of it. So this is a replay of things that have happened throughout our history.”
“The problem of restoring to the world original and eternal beauty is solved by redemption of the soul.”
“I was recruited by the former Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. And I never forgot his key message to me when he was encouraging me to come in. He said: â€œYou must hold fast to your values. If you have to compromise your values in order to join us, you lose your value to us.â€”

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