"Racial segregation has come back to public education with a vengeance."

-- Jonathan Kozol

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“It's unfortunate we live in a society where "gay" is an insult. To some of these boys, who are from really red states and have families with military history, to be called gay is the worst thing imaginable, and that's used against them. It's really interesting that these are the people drawn into the tickling world. If the people drawn into competitive endurance tickling, even if they were straight, came from liberal, accepting backgrounds, the backlash of calling them gay wouldn't be a problem. But it's a problem because of where these people are from. That's really fascinating to me.”

Source : Source: www.mtv.com
“So in the near future, two or three years, people in Kyrgyzstan will experience a better life.”
“Directing, I get all kinds of inspiration. It's working with people. It's a lot more fun.”
“The goal lies away from the sensual world. It is not a rejection of the sensual world, but understanding it so well that we no longer seek it as an end in itself. We no longer expect the sensory world to satisfy us. We no longer demand that sensory consciousness be anything other than an existing condition that we can use skillfully according to time and place.”
“An updated notion of genius would have to center around one's mastery of information and its dissemination.”

Source : Kenneth Goldsmith (2011). “Uncreative Writing: Managing Language in the Digital Age”, p.1, Columbia University Press
“Everywhere that the struggle for national freedom has triumphed, once the authorities agreed, there were military coups d'etat that overthrew their leaders. That is the result time and time again.”

Source : "For Ahmed Ben Bella, the liberation of the people in the South is still unachieved". Interview with Silvia Cattori, www.voltairenet.org. May 9, 2006.
“From the beginning of Queen there was such momentum that I never had any time to do anything else. My energy was 95% focused on the band”
“He needed fresh air and sunshine. A walk in the woods and afterward a good book to read by the fire. Yeah, that was the life.”

Source : Josh Lanyon (2010). “Fair Game”, p.67, Carina Press

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