"Many schools today are sacrificing social studies, the arts and physical education so children can cover basic subjects like math, English and science."

-- Geoffrey Canada

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“Through all the centuries of the worship of the mindless, whatever stagnation humanity chose to endure, whatever brutality to practice-it was only by the grace of the men who perceived that wheat must have water in order to grow, that stones laid in a curve will form an arch, that two and two make four, that love is not served by torture and life is not fed by destruction-only by the grace of those men did the rest of them learn to experience moments when they caught the spark of being human.”
“To endow clock time with numinous meaning [is] hardly a fit occupation for an intelligent person.”

Source : Alan McGlashan (1988). “The Savage and Beautiful Country: The Secret Life of the Mind”, p.112, Daimon
“Loyalty is not won by being first. It is won by being best.”
“Security is not found in the absence of danger, but in the presence of Jesus.”

Source : John Eldredge, Stasi Eldredge (2011). “Captivating Revised and Updated: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul”, p.118, Thomas Nelson Inc
“I believe in doing what I am best at.”
“The first day of spring was once the time for taking the young virgins into the fields, there in dalliance to set an example in fertility for nature to follow. Now we just set the clocks an hour ahead and change the oil in the crankcase.”
“The worst of having so much tact was that you never quite knew whether other people were acting naturally or being tactful too. [The human element]”
“As far as career goes, make sure you're in it for the right reasons - and make sure that the work itself is the most important thing.”

Source : Source: www.gq.com

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