"The orator is the mouth (os) of a nation."

-- Philibert Joseph Roux

“In Europe, kids learn at least four languages before they're out of high school. But our education system is so underfunded, they go to school to buy heroin and an AK-47.”
“The Growing Smarter laws now in place compel every community to plan their future growth and allow every citizen the right to be heard when those decisions are made.”
“The politics, policies, the President [Barack Obama] and the American people are all pointing in the right direction to fix our immigration system and pass legislation this year.”
“Loyalty means nothing unless it has at its heart the absolute principle of self-sacrifice.”
“Mental disorders don't really live 'out there' waiting to be explained. They are constructs we have made up - and often not very compelling ones.”
“Being a businessman, you want to invest your time and your heart into growth and a legacy, and sometimes it's about going over there and getting it. But you don't have to lose yourself.”

Source : "R&B artist Anthony Hamilton". "Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. February 14, 2012.
“I insist on knowing the names, on being interested only in books left ajar, like doors; I will not go looking for keys.”
“Punk was over in two years. That was the only damn good thing about it.”

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