"We have our own system, ... and journalists in our system are not put in prison for embarrassing the government by revealing things the government might not wish to have revealed. The important thing is that our system, under which journalists can write without fear or favor, should continue."

-- Chris Patten

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“My father was an academic, an eccentric. He was a lecturer.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Teaching needs an ecosystem that supports evidence-based practice. It will need better systems to disseminate the results of research more widely, but also a better understanding of research, so that teachers can be critical consumers of evidence.”

Source : "Teachers need to drive the research agenda" by Ben Goldacre, www.theguardian.com. March 18, 2013.
“Writing is the supreme solace.”
“I loved. I lost. So I learned to love what is never lost. Then even what I loved that can be lost was through what cannot be lost...so it was never lost.”
“It was an hour and a half plane ride, so I slept. I try to sleep because that's probably the only time I get to get my real sleep. When I can't sleep I read books or watch movies.”
“The Depression taught me what frugality means and the importance of not losing money.”
“The more you push, pass that pain, to feel the exhilaration of what that pain really delivers, then you will find the values of who you are.”
“I always say that I am very proud of the work that I did with the Rolling Stones and that I am also proud of what I have done with the Rhythm Kings.”

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