"I wasn't a normal professor. I had worked in government. I hadn't written nine zillion books. I was a hands-on professor."

-- Madeleine Albright

#Book Quotes #Government Quotes #Hands Quotes

“Do not look upon this world with fear and loathing. Bravely face whatever the gods offer.”
“...reality is always plural and mutable.”
“The writers we absorb when we're young bind us to them, sometimes lightly, sometimes with iron. In time, the bonds fall away, but if you look very closely you can sometimes make out the pale white groove of a faded scar, or the telltale chalky red of old rust.”

Source : "The American Boy". www.newyorker.com. January 7, 2013.
“Can postmodernism hold the perpetrators of genocide accountable?”
“Decide that you are not going to stay where you are.”
“I was taught from a young age that as a teacher, especially a male, you are to never be alone with a female, or even a male student.”
“It doesn't matter how much you make, what matters is what you become. Stay hungry.. Learn.. you'll become world-class”
“The question I ask myself is: have I really just become a squeamish middle-aged man, or has something happened to the horror genre that shows a growing appetite for watching torture, or at least a desire to explore it on film? And if so, why would that be? I can't pretend I know. I just know I don't like it.”

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