"When I was growing up, kids used to talk about snitching. It never extended as a cultural norm outside of the gangsters,"

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Source : "Stop Snitchin'". "60 Minutes" with Anderson Cooper, www.cbsnews.com. April 22, 2007.

Geoffrey Canada

#Growing Up Quotes #Kids Quotes #Snitch Quotes

“I don't want to end up losing my soul.”
“The lights must never go out, The music must always play”

Source : W.H. Auden (2016). “Canción de cuna y otros poemas”, p.159, DEBOLS!LLO
“Investors have to ask themselves two questions. How much can we grow our investments? And, can we afford our mistakes?”
“Schizophrenia --its nature, etiology, and the kind of therapy to use for it--remains one of the most puzzling of the mental illnesses. The theory of schizophrenia presented here is based on communications analysis, and specifically on the Theory of Logical Types. From this theory and from observations of schizophrenic patients is derived a description, and the necessary conditions for, a situation called the "double bind"--a situation in which no matter what a person does, he "can't win." It is hypothesized that a person caught in the double bind may develop schizophrenic symptoms”
“A gentleman makes friends by learning together with others, and he looks to friends to help him cultivate benevolence.”
“If you're working for a good company and you're happy there, and you're being compensated accordingly, and your work satisfies you, you should stay there.”
“Mathematics is the cheapest science. Unlike physics or chemistry, it does not require any expensive equipment. All one needs for mathematics is a pencil and paper.”

Source : "Speaking of Science: Notable Quotes on Science, Engineering, and the Environment" by Jon Fripp, Michael Fripp, Deborah Fripp, Newnes (p. 45), 2000.
“The soul on earth is an immortal guest, Compelled to starve at an unreal feast: A spark, which upward tends by nature's force: A stream diverted from its parent source; A drop dissever'd from the boundless sea; A moment, parted from eternity; A pilgrim panting for the rest to come; An exile, anxious for his native home.”

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