"I believe that the teachers unions are doing exactly what they're supposed to be doing. They were designed to be professional organizations that protect the rights and privileges and pay of their members. The problem is that we don't have an organized national interest group with the same heft as the teachers union that's advocating on behalf of children."

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Source : Source: www.sfgate.com

Michelle Rhee

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“Defendants have not explained how allowing same-sex marriage between two consenting adults will at all prevent heterosexual spouses from caring for their biological children.”
“Advertising is saying you're good. PR is getting someone else to say you're good.”
“When I'm writing a song, things are always popping into my head, it's not so direct. It feels more like I'm in a room and there's this whole big jumble of clothes on the floor and it's like choosing what to wear. There are a lot of different things in there and you kind of pull something out and think, "No, that's not right," or you're like, "Yes I'll put this on with this."”

Source : "Angus and Julia Stone Synch Up". Interview with Olivia Fleming, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 31, 2014.
“Chance gives rise to thoughts, and chance removes them; no art can keep or acquire them.”
“Democracy is a con game. Itâ€™s a word invented to placate people to make them accept a given institution. All institutions sing, â€˜We are free.â€™ The minute you hear â€˜freedomâ€™ and â€˜democracyâ€™, watch outâ€¦ because in a truly free nation, no one has to tell you youâ€™re free.”
“No other profession is subject to the public contempt and derision that sometimes befalls lawyers. the bitter fruit of public incomprehension of the law itself and its dynamics.”
“I love driving, but sometimes, I'm not too good at it because I spend too much time looking in the rearview mirror if I know I'm being followed. You don't respond like, 'Oh, there's paparazzi.' It's more like, 'There's a man, and he's going to attack me.' That's how your body responds.”
“There is a need for more economic growth, for more job growth. But there is a need in some people for them to recognize that they have a role in making these problems better. And we can't - we can't ignore that.”

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