"The best part of a Reg Hartt presentation is what he has to say."

-- Jane Jacobs

“Everybody uses pop culture as a shorthand.”

Source : "Author Ernie Cline Was Told Video Games Would Rot His Brain, But Who Holds the High Score Now?". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. July 10, 2015.
“No mistake or failure is as bad as to stop and not try again.”

Source : John Wanamaker (1923). “Maxims of Life and Business”
“When you realize no one else on this earth can be like you... that no other soul may know the beauty, sorrow, light and darkness you alone are given to see... then you will, at last, be the fearless individual your Heart of hearts has called you to be.”
“I should like, if I could, to leave a humble gift -- a bit of chaste prose that had caught up some noble moods.”
“Whoever said it's tough at the top is talking absolute sh*t.”
“When Daniel Gorenstein was chair, he did mathematics from 5am to 12noon, spending the second half of his working day on administration. When I was chair, I also spent half of my time on research: every other minute.”
“Not only do you become what you think about, but the world also becomes what you think about. Those who think that the world is a dark place are blind to the light that might illuminate their lives. Those who see the light of the world view the dark spots as merely potential light.”
“I grew up with lots of animals and I related more to them than I did to people. I feel a lot of empathy for them.”

Source : "Neko Case defies easy categorization". www.today.com. March 4, 2009.

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