"Since a democratic society repudiates the principle of external authority, it must find a substitute in voluntary disposition and interest; these can be created only by education."

-- John Dewey

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“Ben Skinner's brains and courage take us into the belly of the beast and expose the ugly truth of modern slavery. Instead of sensation, A Crime So Monstrous gives us desperately needed insight and analysis. This is an important book, the first deep look into America's confused relationship with human trafficking and slavery today. Skinner's balanced dissection of our government's haphazard policies will be controversial, but it can also be the foundation for a new anti-slavery agenda, one that ends the political games being played with the lives of slaves.”
“I think in running, to be honest, that even though athletes are very dedicated and are willing to train and do whatever they need to do to prepare, more often than not they're not in a very professional environment where you've got a high performance director and a coach that are really monitoring your daily activities.”

Source : "Coach Salazar talks future of U.S. long distance, training Ritzenhein". Interview with David Epstein, www.si.com. November 5, 2010.
“I would never take a case that had to do with abusing children. They're the true innocents.”
“I'm an e-mail junkie though I'm trying to read my in-box only twice a day and to answer all at once.”
“It's like night and day... to do business, in Europe, there is no bull, they are pretty straightforward.”

Source : "Caprice Bourret...the sexiest fish in the pond". www.askmen.com.
“He defined himself almost wholly in the negative: It was not who he was, it was who he was not.”

Source : Chris Bohjalian (2011). “The Night Strangers”, p.28, Broadway Books
“No one is in charge of your happiness except you.”

Source : "45 Valuable Life Lessons For People Of Any Age" by Stephanie Wong, www.businessinsider.com. October 19, 2014.
“Next to praying there is nothing so important in practical religion as Bible-reading.”

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