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When we, through our educational culture, through the media, through the entertainment culture, give our children the impression that human beings cannot control their passions, we are telling them, in effect, that human beings cannot be trusted with freedom. ↗

— Alan Keyes

#cannot #children #control #culture #educational

The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old ones. ↗

— John Maynard Keynes

#difficulty #escaping #ideas #lies #much

if you think they didn't go crazy in tiny rooms just like you're doing now without women without food without hope then you're not ready. ↗

— Charles Bukowski

#food

It wasn’t until someone kicked his legs that Nik woke up. Alek, snoring beside him, his head resting on his shoulder. Ban snoring on the other couch, the noise rivaled only by the dog. He looked into the impossibly cranky face of Zach Sheridan. “Y’all get food?” “We had a full refrigerator before you three got here.” “Where I come from, we don’t let the refrigerator get empty.” “Where you come from, you marry your sister. ↗

— Shelly Laurenston

#food

Be sceptical, ask questions, demand proof. Demand evidence. Don't take anything for granted. But here's the thing: When you get proof, you need to accept the proof. And we're not that good at doing that. ↗

— Michael Specter

#medicine #science #food

Somebody get me a cheeseburger! ↗

— Steve Miller Band

#humor #music #food

We're not lost. We're locationally challenged. ↗

— John M. Ford

#lost

Our nation's oldest sin and deepest crime is the isolation of minority children - black children, in particular - in schools that are not only segregated but shamefully unequal. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#children #crime #deepest #isolation #minority

Cal: “I’m not presuming. I know exactly what you think about me. You think I’m an anal-retentive Armrest Nazi . . . an arrogant Modelizer. You can’t stand the way I talk, any of the subjects I choose to talk about, the imperious manner I order food in restaurants or tell cab drivers how much we owe them. You find my taste in women odious, the fact that I don’t own a television an unforgivable sin, and the fact that I would choose to write a book about Saudi Arabia completely unfathomable. And you’re also totally in love with me. If you weren’t you wouldn’t have pushed me into the pool earlier today when you saw Grazi walk in.” Every Boy's Got One ↗

— Meg Cabot

#love #romantic #food

Ironically, the utterly unselective omnivore -- "I'm easy; I'll eat anything" -- can appear more socially sensitive than the individual who tries to eat in a way that is good for society. ↗

— Jonathan Safran Foer

#vegetarianism #food