"It is this language of values which I hope to bring to my books. . . . I want to bring values to those who have not been valued, and I want to etch those values in terms of the ideal. Young people need ideals which identify them, and their lives, as central . . . guideposts which tell them what they can be, should be, and indeed are."

-- Walter Dean Myers

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“Family farms and small businesses are the backbone of our communities.”
“To be able to forget means sanity.”

Source : Jack London (2014). “Jack London's Science Fiction (Deluxe Annotated)”, p.474
“I find that rock climbing is the finest, most healthiest sport in the whole world. It is much healthier than most; look at baseball, where 10 000 sit on their ***** to watch a handful of players”
“I took guitar a while back, and my heart wasn't in it at the time, but I'm ready to try it again. I sing in the car, at home - it's a huge part of my life, especially since I'm from Tennessee.”
“Science knows no politics. Are we in this frenzy of [the Depression] economy, brought about by those who control the wealth of this country, seeking to put a barrier on science and research for the paltry sum of $39,113 out of an appropriation of $100,000,000?”

Source : "Democracy for the Few". Book by Michael Parenti, 2010.
“For a community to be whole and healthy, it must be based on people's love and concern for each other.”
“Abuse no one and no thing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit of its vision.”

Source : "A Sourcebook for Earth's Community of Religions". Book by Joel Diederik Beversluis, 1993.
“We sat in silence, both of us looking up at the stars. He was probably envisioning a machine headed for Pluto. I wished i was on that machine.”

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