"I was a better writer when I was teaching. I was constantly going over the basics and constantly reminding myself, as I reminded my students, what made a good story, a good poem."

-- Gil Scott-Heron

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“I don't see why it should be remarkable that you can acquire a reputation for fairness and decency. Those are qualities shared by so many people. And the great majority of people I meet are decent people, just trying to navigate their way through the world without causing too much trouble.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The government cannot become a bailout organization for companies on the verge of bankruptcy.”
“Our party is a diverse one, as is my home state of Illinois.”
“Actually, years mean nothing. It's what's inside them.”

Source : Simon van Booy (2014). “The Secret Lives of People in Love”, p.18, Oneworld Publications
“If he really wanted to make it a prayer for peace he should have listened to both sides of the story and reflected reality, rather than serving the Zionist side alone.”
“The condition of women affords in all countries the best criterion by which to judge the character of men.”
“I grew up in the South [USA states] under segregation. I know what terrorism feels like - when your father could be taken out in the middle of the night and lynched just because he didn't look like he was in an obeying frame of mind when a white person said something he must do. That's terrorism, too.”
“If they ask you to sign a contract up front or for money, that's usually a bad sign.”

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