"Folks in the bottom half of the economy are already squeezed hard. They will be bloodied and bankrupt if economic policy inadvertently induces a recession."

-- William Greider

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“This is not a skill problem, this is a will problem. Does America have the will to make education a priority? We know the things that work. Why don't we scale up those things that do work.”
“As Christians try to force prayer into public schools, they often settle for a 'moment of silence.' But that supposedly innocuous 'moment of silence' is a deafening roar to a nonbeliever.”
“As to the evil which results from censorship, it is impossible to measure it, because it is impossible to tell where it ends.”

Source : Jeremy Bentham, Etienne Dumont (1840). “Theory of Legislation”, p.152
“Of those that are drawn away, each is drawn elsewhere toward another: once more a man and a woman, in a loneliness they are not liable at that time to notice, are tightened together upon a bed: and another family has begun.”
“With virtually no knowledge of or interest in history, the masses simply take their unprecedented high living standards under capitalism for granted.”
“What do you call love, then?" Someone I can't live without.”

Source : Deborah Smith (2009). “On Bear Mountain”, p.184, BelleBooks
“Playing what Hollywood determines is a hero, it immediately sets actors up to feel like they just can't explore the dark parts of themselves - the character has to be likeable, has to be fuckable, has to be redemptive on all fronts. When you're playing a character that's just inherently destructive or messed up, you're given this beautiful permission to try things. There's a license to fail.”

Source : "Family Ties". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 13, 2016.
“I would have to say I'm bored with the standard rock, guitar solos, but I've done it for five albums now, and this time I wanted to go in a completely different direction. I wasn't interested in showing off any more.”

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