"Any idea can be brought into the classroom if the point is to inquire into its structure, history, influence and so forth. But no idea belongs in the classroom if the point of introducing it is to recruit your students for the political agenda it may be thought to imply."

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Source : Stanley Fish (2015). “Think Again: Contrarian Reflections on Life, Culture, Politics, Religion, Law, and Education”, p.360, Princeton University Press

Stanley Fish

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“America has to be not just an idea but a living, breathing thing.”
“I remember going to him (Richard England) and saying, â€œYou know, how come you don't give me any parts?â€ I did Raymonda and a couple of other nice parts, but mostly he was giving a lot of parts to the other girls. He said, â€œThose girls are short and they're not going to get into ABT, but I think you are going to get into ABT. I think you're going dance later, so I'm not worried about you.â€”
“If your master is surly, from getting up early (And tempers are short in the morning), An inopportune joke is enough to provoke Him to give you, at once, a month's warning.”
“Say what you have to say, and then stop.”

Source : Rudolf Flesch (1949). “The Art of Readable Writing”
“We have such a good time working together. It makes such a difference going to work every day for 14 hours and being able to hang out and have a good time.”
“They amuse themselves by playing an irrelevant ecclesiastical game called "Let's Pretend." Let's pretend that we possess the objective truth of God in our inerrant Scriptures or in our infallible pronouncements or in our unbroken apostolic traditions.”
“Ideas aren't magical; the only tricky part is holding on to one long enough to get it written down.”
“What is comfortable fashion? To be comfortable, that can't be in the vocabulary of fashion. If you want to be comfortable, stay home in your pajamas.”

Source : Interview with Nicki Minaj, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 28, 2011.

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