"Now, I have nothing against the public school system as it is presently organized, once you allow the humor of its basic assumption about how it is possible to teach things to children...."

-- Shirley Jackson

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“Being reviewed is being condescended to by your inferiors.”
“Justice as fairness provides what we want.”

Source : John RAWLS (2009). “A Theory of Justice”, p.190, Harvard University Press
“Remember that sports are meant to be fun. Don't let someone make the sport unfun for you.”
“There is a race between the increasing complexity of the systems we build and our ability to develop intellectual tools for understanding their complexity. If the race is won by our tools, then systems will eventually become easier to use and more reliable. If not, they will continue to become harder to use and less reliable for all but a relatively small set of common tasks. Given how hard thinking is, if those intellectual tools are to succeed, they will have to substitute calculation for thought.”
“Painting can also be too earnest at times and that's a drag. You don't want to go in that direction either. It should be holistic. It should represent the whole of your personality, I guess, so if somebody is a sincere painter or an ironic painter, then they're just bullshitting the audience and presenting only an idealized version of themselves.”
“This thing, reconciliation, isn't perfect, but we also must have hope. Without hope, there is nothing. So let's hope.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“Every one of us needs a home. The world needs a home. There are so many young people who are homeless. They may have a building to live in, but they are homeless in their hearts. That is why the most important practice of our time is to give each person a home.”
“I was never used to being happy, so that wasn't something I ever took for granted.”

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