"Growth and mastery come only to those who vigorously self-direct. Initiating, creating, doing, reflecting, freely associating, enjoying privacy-these are precisely what the structures of schooling are set up to prevent, on one pretext or another."

-- John Taylor Gatto

#School Quotes #Self Quotes #Creating Quotes

“I should try to be strong, but baby, you're the right kind of wrong.”
“I really don't miss the trials and courtroom appearances.”
“And people are always saying he deceptively quick, deceptively athletic, and I don't know if that's just because I'm Asian or what it is, but obviously there's going to be stereotypes that you have to fight.”
“Everything comes to me while I'm sitting on the pot.”
“I was never trained for anything”
“The basic problem is with the business model of journalism. That business model is premised on the idea that talk is cheap and reporting is expensive.”
“I work to create systems that can accurately detect pandemics early, determine their likely importance, and, with any luck, crush those that have the potential to devastate us.”

Source : Nathan Wolfe (2011). “The Viral Storm: The Dawn of a New Pandemic Age”, p.6, Macmillan
“We're not trying to reinvent the wheel; for any environmental organization to claim sole responsibility for any kind of victory is insane, because everybody attacks these problems as a group.”

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