"They're coming out of high school exhausted. The pressure in high school is killing these kids. By the time they get to college, they have been fighting for three or four years to get the perfect SAT scores and get into A.P. classes."

-- Debora Spar

#School Quotes #Kids Quotes #Fighting Quotes

“Women were the reason I became a monk - and, ah, the reason I switched back.”

Source : "Planescape: Torment". Video Game, www.imdb.com. 1999.
“Being self-taught is no disgrace; but being self-certified is another matter.”
“The stars are dead. The animals will not look: We are left alone with our day, and the time is short, and History to the defeated May say Alas but cannot help nor pardon.”
“I can wear a hat or take it off, but either way it`s a conversation piece.”
“When you love you wish to do things for. You wish to sacrifice for. You wish to serve.”
“When I began designing machines I also began to think that these objects, which sit next to each other and around people, can influence not only physical conditions but also emotions. They can touch the nerves, the blood, the muscles, the eyes and the moods of people.”

Source : Barbara Radice, Ettore Sottsass (1993). “Ettore Sottsass: A Critical Biography”, Rizzoli International Publications
“Giving is a powerful action to bring more money into your life, because when you are giving you are saying, "I have plenty."”
“To write drama is to leave a can of Coke by the side of the road. Then, sit on that can of Coke. Where's the can of Coke now?”

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