"A lot of kids spent more time out of school than in, but I always loved school and thought it was my way out of Cleveland, and out of poverty."

-- Tracy Chapman

#School Quotes #Kids Quotes #Way Quotes

“To have command of the air means to be able to cut an enemy's army and navy off from their bases of operation and nullify their chances of winning the war.”

Source : General Giulio Douhet (2014). “Command Of The Air”, p.42, Pickle Partners Publishing
“I didn't see it as someone who worked as hard as I did. But now that Saint Laurent is part of history, it makes me a part of history, so, yes, finally it's not such a bad thing to have been a muse.”

Source : "Loulou de la Falaise obituary" by Veronica Horwell, www.theguardian.com. November 08, 2011.
“I love the smell of fried chicken.”
“Hip-hop is very diverse, but if you only focus on one aspect of it, then what you get is this image of Black America that is completely contrary to what actually goes on.”
“The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.”
“It is better, saith the law, to suffer a mischief that is peculiar to one, than an inconvenience that may prejudice many.”
“The adult May fly lives only a few hours, just long enough to mate. He has neither mouth nor stomach, but needs neither since he does not live long enough to need to eat. The eggs the May fly leaves hatch after the parent has died. What is it all about. What's the point? There is no point. That's just the way it is. It is neither good nor bad. Life is mainly simply inevitable. (41)”
“Neither a pathology nor an index as such of moral default, stupidity is nonetheless linked to the most dangerous failures of human endeavor.”

Source : Avital Ronell (2002). “Stupidity”, p.3, University of Illinois Press

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