"And what is a good citizen? Simply one who never says, does or thinks anything that is unusual. Schools are maintained in order to bring this uniformity up to the highest possible point. A school is a hopper into which children are heaved while they are still young and tender; therein they are pressed into certain standard shapes and covered from head to heels with official rubber-stamps."

-- H. L. Mencken

#Children Quotes #School Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Philosophy is about getting the facts right, but it is also about thinking rightly about them. Philosophy is more about the latter than the former.”
“Terrible as is war, it yet displays the spiritual grandeur of man daring to defy his mightiest hereditary enemy--death.”
“The separation of church and state can sometimes be frustrating for women and men of religious faith. They may be tempted to misuse government in order to impose a value which they cannot persuade others to accept. But once we succumb to that temptation, we step onto a slippery slope where everyone's freedom is at risk.”
“Don't be afraid to look silly.”
“I live a normal life, I take care of our baby, I cook, and I look forward to the weekend so I can spend some time with my husband. It's the kind of change we all secretly dream of, but which isn't always easy to deal with.”
“Sometimes it is painful to be oneself; at other times it seems impossible to escape oneself.”

Source : James Franco (2013). “Actors Anonymous”, p.9, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“I'm going to put death in all their food and watch them die.”
“Hip-hop was my first audience - I would rap in the mirror, walk down the street and listen to my Walkman.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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