"Schools stifle family originality by appropriating the critical time needed for any sound idea of family to develop - then they blame the family for its failure to be a family."

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Source : John Taylor Gatto, Thomas Moore (2013). “Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling”, p.51, New Society Publishers

John Taylor Gatto

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“The day that you stop looking - because you're content God did it - I don't need you in the lab. You're useless on the frontier of understanding the nature of the world.”
“I suppose there is a lot of toughness in me.”
“Drugs are not always necessary. Belief in recovery always is.”

Source : Norman Cousins (2016). “Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived by the Patient: Reflections on Healing and Regeneration”, p.17, Open Road Media
“The oak tree: not interested in cherry blossoms.”

Source : Matsuo Basho, “The Oak Tree”
“They linger near the back door, forehead to forehead and curved like statues as their lips whisper and brush together.”

Source : Lisa McMann (2010). “Fade”, p.28, Simon and Schuster
“Giving the cat a name, like marriage, is not an easy thing. Soon I experienced the selection of name for a baby, a dog, a book, a warship, a sports team, even the king, the pope or a hurricane is just child's play compared to the selection of the cat's name.”
“My most romantic job: I was a manager at Baskin-Robbins.”
“If a fan comes up and it is a middle-aged lady, it is probably from 'Prime'; if it is a younger girl, it is probably from when I guest-starred on 'One Tree Hill.' And if it is, like, a skateboard kid or a hipster kid, I can tell they are 'How to Make It' fans.”

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