"Teaching vocabulary lists is inefficient - the time is better spent reading alone."

-- Stephen D. Krashen

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“I want my children to live in the country, to be a part of nature.”
“The clergy profession is fundamentally self-defeating. Its stated purpose is to nurture spiritual maturity in the church - a valuable goal. In actuality, however; it accomplishes the opposite by nurturing a permanent dependence of the laity on the clergy. Clergy become to their congregations like parents whose children never grow up, like therapists whose clients never become healed, like teachers whose students never graduate.”
“That's how it always is in the entertainment industry, your feet are always treading Jello.”
“Once you're a mother, you're always a mom. So it doesn't matter if your child comes out green, purple, bisexual or whatever. That's who they are and you love them regardless. You guide them as best as you can. We must always proceed with love first and foremost.”

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“The American Communist Party was notoriously infiltrated by informers, some working for the FBI, some for capitalist employers. At one time it used to be said that spies practically kept the Party going with their dues and contributions.”
“My daughter, Grace, was not killed by a gun. She died suddenly at age 5 from a virulent form of strep. As I stood stunned in a church at her memorial, one of the hardest things I heard someone say was, 'I'm going to go home and hug my child a little tighter.' 'Well, good for you,' I thought. 'I'm going to go home and scream.'”
“My kids don't really like when I sing for some reason...but they like when I play guitar. So I started writing songs just playing guitar for them.”
“We may not always get what we want, but surely we will get what we deserve.”

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