"You can pay people to teach, But you can't pay them to care."

-- Marva Collins

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“Holocausts do not amaze me. Rapes and child slavery do not amaze me. And Franklin, I know you feel otherwise, but Kevin does not amaze me. I am amazed when I drop a glove in the street and a teenager runs two blocks to return it. I am amazed when a checkout girl flashes me a wide smile with my change, though my own face had been a mask of expedience. Lost wallets posted to their owners, strangers who furnish meticulous directions, neighbors who water each other's houseplants - these things amaze me.”

Source : Lionel Shriver (2010). “We Need to Talk about Kevin”, p.250, Profile Books
“We must see that peace represents a sweeter music, a cosmic melody, that is far superior to the discords of war.”
“Life would be a lot easier if conversations were rewindable and erasable, like videos. Or if you could instruct people to disregard what you just said, like in a courtroom.”
“FREEDOM CANNOT BE LICENSED, liberties cannot be regulated and rights cannot be granted. History teaches us that when the rights and liberties of a free people have restrictions upon them, they cease to be freedoms and rights. Instead, the government becomes like a king, bestowing privileges upon the chosen few and servitude upon everyone else.”
“What Bell is to the telephone—or, more aptly, what Eastman is to photography—Haloid could be to xerography.”
“Survival is a four letter word.”

Source : Alexis De Veaux (1974). “Spirits in the street”
“I love everything about what we [Suicide Silence] do, and our life style. It's an insane way to live when you spend most of your time inside a plane, tour bus, or in a back stage. All over this massive place we call earth.”

Source : Source: puregrainaudio.com
“Let me be clear, the discussions about Social Security are not about the retirement security of those Americans who are 55 or older - the Social Security system for those folks 55 and over will not change in any way shape of form - no ifs, ands, or buts.”

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