"I think we've got outstanding teaching in Michigan classrooms."

-- John Engler

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“But I am living in the midst of the uncertainty and risk, amid things that can and do bring physical destruction, because I am running from things that can destroy my soul: complacency, comfort, and ignorance. I am much more terrified of living a comfortable life in a self-serving society and failing to follow Jesus than I am of any illness or tragedy.”
“When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.”
“Every city in the world can be improved in less than three years.”
“The immature poet imitates, the mature poet plagiarizes,”
“We're stuck in fear and in not wanting to cross that most important bridge of understanding that we're more alike or not. We all cry, we all laugh.”
“I can definitely take more off my world record - a lot more. I have no doubt about that. I'm by no means putting pressure on myself, it's just the belief I have in myself......I'm not going to limit myself by nominating times or anything like that. I never thought I'd do 14:34 and I did. I thought I'd maybe do 14:38 or 14:39 that day, and I went nearly five seconds quicker so I don't want to limit the possibilities”
“You can just sit in here, impervious and invisible. So invisible you might even forget yourself.”

Source : Charles Yu (2010). “How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe: A Novel”, p.25, Vintage
“If you have hope for the future you have true riches; no matter how much you have in your account”

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