"The reason life is so strange is that so often people have no choice,"

-- William Maxwell

#People Quotes #Choices Quotes #Strange Quotes

“A good school is a relative concept, and the better schools are located in more expensive neighborhoods. But when everyone bids more for a house in a better school district, they succeed only in bidding up the prices of those houses. As before, 50 percent of all children will attend schools in the bottom half of the school quality distribution. As in the familiar stadium metaphor, all stand, hoping to get a better view, only to discover that no one sees better than if all had remained seated.”

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“Those sins that seem most sweet in life, will prove most bitter in death”
“When you learn, teach. When you get, give. Maya Angelou taught me that.”
“I spend so much time hating (my body) but it never says a bad word about me”
“It behoves thee to love God wisely; and that may thou not do but if thou be wise.”
“Quality, service, cleanliness, and value.”
“I believe my father has and always will be the strongest influence in my life, as he has guided me on many paths.”

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“Entertainment today constantly emphasises the message that things are wonderful the way they are. But there is another kind of cinema, which says that change is possible and necessary and it's up to you.”

Source : "'The culture of independent film criticism has gone down the drain'". Interview with Richard Phillips, www.wsws.org. January 10, 2000.

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