"It would be foolish and wrong to ignore the fact that all our universities today tread a very dangerous path. Increasingly, they are accepting government money because they are doing things that government wants done. How great a peril is this in a democracy?"

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Source : "Speaking Of Canada" by Vincent Massey, 1959.

Vincent Massey

#Government Quotes #Democracy Quotes #Would Be Quotes

“My family is Mormon. I'm not Mormon, but my family is, and my mom was like, "You're doing a show called Lucifer?! But I will admit, he is handsome, so I'll watch it."”

Source : Source: collider.com
“My dad worked for Del Monte and then for Monsanto as one of the chief scientists on the Calgene Flavr Savr Tomato. But it was a huge disaster because the tomato didn't taste good. And then my dad started his own genetics company and I began doing that with him. He and I ran a genetics company for 10 years. And so I sold seeds to Florida.”
“Something in me knows where Iâ€™m going, and - well, painting is a state of being. ... Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.”

Source : Elizabeth Frank, Jackson Pollock (1983). “Jackson Pollock”, Abbeville Pr
“Words are less needful to sorrow than to joy.”
“The excitement that you were feeling about a special, unique path for yourself as a woman is all part of your identification with and attachment to being female. And that's ultimately all ego.”
“little every-day courtesies are called the small change of life; but we should be badly off in trade if we had no small change, and must always deal with twenty-dollar bills; while the small change mounts up to the great sum in a lifetime.”

Source : Julia McNair Wright (1879). “The Complete Home: an Encyclopædia of Domestic Life and Affairs: The Household in Its Foundation, Order, Economy ... A Volume of Practical Experiences Popularly Illustrated”
“My mum calls my temper 'Devilman.' They say you calm down with age, but I don't know. It never goes away.”

Source : "Vinnie Jones: 'It took me 40 years to see a psychologist'". Interview with Megan Conner, www.theguardian.com. October 5, 2013.
“I have a lot of growing up to do, or a lot of growing down. I think that's probably more appropriate.”

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