#less

Instead of seeing these children for the blessings that they are, we are measuring them only by the standard of whether they will be future deficits or assets for our nation's competitive needs. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#blessings #children #competitive #deficits #future

The cause of homelessness is lack of housing. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#homelessness #housing #lack

Well, teachers have been profoundly demoralized in recent years and are often treated with contempt by politicians. There's a great deal of reckless rhetoric in Washington about the mediocrity of the teaching profession - and I don't find that to be true at all. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#be true #been #contempt #deal #demoralized

The idea that information can be stored in a changing world without an overwhelming depreciation of its value is false. It is scarcely less false than the more plausible claim that after a war we may take our existing weapons, fill their barrels with information. ↗

— Norbert Wiener

#barrels #changing #claim #depreciation #existing

I don't rehearse a lot. I try to keep it organic. Even in movies, the less I rehearse, the better I am. ↗

— Kristen Wiig

#better #even #i #i am #keep

I wish I had less fear about creating my own parts. ↗

— Kristen Wiig

#creating #fear #had #i #i wish

What you can lose is what you really don't need in your life from the first place. ↗

— Hiroko Sakai

#life-lessons #love #life

With the war and everything that's going on, unless you're Susan Sarandon, the best route is to keep your mouth shut. For me it is, anyway! ↗

— Robbie Williams

#best #everything #going #keep #me

Resentments are like swallowing poison and waiting for the other person to die. ↗

— Brenda Wilhelmson

#life

Fred Astaire is my hero. I love him because he was willing to kill himself to make his art look effortless. And because he proved it's possible to be an artist and a good person. ↗

— Connie Willis

#artist #astaire #because #effortless #fred