"'Savage' describes a cultural condition, not a degree of intelligence."

-- Robert A. Heinlein

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“There are still vestiges of societal limitations on women. I tend to think that has to do with opportunities that are available - it says a lot that it's still sometimes the best opportunity for a woman to be able to advance herself.”
“I'm making people that happy. How cool is that? That's my job.”
“With better vision, we sacrifice for students for whom that sacrifice will most likely pay off. I'm sorry to say this, but there are times when even superhuman effort will not save a child from his environment or himself. It's not the job of the teacher to save a child's soul; it is the teachers' job to provide an opportunity for the child to save his own soul.”

Source : Rafe Esquith (2008). “There Are No Shortcuts”, p.91, Anchor
“As Miss America, my goal is to bring peace to the entire world and then get my own apartment.”
“Multa ferunt anni venientes commoda secum, Multa recedentes adimiunt. (The years, as they come, bring many agreeable things with them; as they go, they take many away.)”
“Anything I do, I do with 110 percent. Right now, my biggest goal is the 2016 Olympics. My main focus is that. But after the sport of swimming-when it's all said and done-I want to get involved in fashion. I want to design my own clothing line. I'm very into fashion. It's something I really want to focus on when swimming is over.”

Source : "Hot Topic: Ryan Lochte" by Ashley Terrill, www.elle.com. April 5, 2013.
“I don't really believe in the type of pressure that people are wanting to put on the type of music that I make.”
“It was [Donald trump] had seen me on the job there, doing other things, and he asked me if I could run the place, and so we had that conversation. But I appreciate that, too.”

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