"The problem with most children's hospitals is that they are passive. They are high quality. They are filled with the best doctors. But their function is to wait until kids get sick and get referred in."

-- Irwin Redlener

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“Helvetica was a real step from the 19th century typeface... We were impressed by that because it was more neutral, and neutralism was a word that we loved. It should be neutral. It shouldn't have a meaning in itself. The meaning is in the content of the text and not in the typeface.”
“Holidays have been commercialized. It has become about material things. But the holidays are about sharing stories and being in each others presence.”
“But it is a myth to assume that the larger amount of early stimulation you provide, the more beneficial it will be. The truth is that babies can be overstimulated--which is what many parents, intent on beginning to groom their progeny for college in the cradle, end up doing.”
“It's not what you do, but HOW you do it. Because in the end everyone knows almost as much, just not the same way.”
“The normal curve is a distribution most appropriate to chance and random activity. Education is a purposeful activity and we seek to have students learn what we would teach. Therefore, if we are effective, the distribution of grades will be anything but a normal curve. In fact, a normal curve is evidence of our failure to teach.”
“Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.”
“I want to get away, I want to fly away. Yeah, yeah, yeah.”
“I play a female Indiana Jones, a professor who hunts down precious objects, like a bowl that belonged to the Buddha. They tailored the role to me: I wanted to be smart, funny, and to kick some ass.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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