Aaron Swartz Quotes
Real education is about genuine understanding and the ability to figure things out on your own; not about making sure every 7th grader has memorized all the facts some bureaucrats have put in the 7th grade curriculum.
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Work on good prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed, an architectonic one when it is built, and a textile one when it is woven.
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I needed an opportunity to get back in the studio and get my recording chops back together.
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Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience.
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As the mother of two daughters, I have great respect for women. And I don't ever want to lose that.
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Everyone at Junction Point has been inspired by the creative folks at Pixar and Disney Feature Animation to make 'entertainment for everyone.'
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The mill cannot grind with the water that is past.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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It happens that I'm heterosexual, but I don't care about that. I do care about protecting the rights of 10 percent of our population who are homosexual and who don't have the ability to protect their rights.
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Well, the crazy thing for me is I think out of anything that's happened in the last year, all the success, people always ask what do you guys do with the money? I don't think they realize we're not really making any money.
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The Japanese version comes with a translation, but that's different from the lyrics, so people could look things up and find a translation of their own if they're interested.
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I don't know what the instinct is, to save every report card, every half-sentence scribbled note, but my mother did it pretty effectively, and I've done it to a fare-thee-well.
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We make assumptions: nurses should be nice, teachers should be good. But everyone has a dark side, some darker than others.
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I am not keen just for the position; I'm keen to help and to serve. If I can really avoid any bad things on my country, I will not hesitate one second.
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The greatest responsibility of the planner and architect, I believe, is the protection and development of our habitat.
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When I came to MSNBC, its identity as the place for politics was growing.
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I'd repair our education system or replace it with something that works.
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I've always had a dream of owning a restaurant.
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It should take you 15 minutes to make a song, and then get out of there.
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I could battle rap forever, but it's a joke to me.
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What belongs to someone, belongs to someone.
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Indeed, there is no evidence to suggest innate morality. It is therefore important to create the conditions under which the expansion of our moral communities may become more likely.
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We can't pretend that a Facebook friend is the same as a real friend you've shared times with together, both good times and difficult times.
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Real education is about genuine understanding and the ability to figure things out on your own; not about making sure every 7th grader has memorized all the facts some bureaucrats have put in the 7th grade curriculum.
