"An American has invented a remote control that will turn off any telly within a 20ft radius. What a marvellous device! What a splendid invention! What a really helpful and improving way of devoting your time to building something that turns off culture. Next week, I'm instigating Burn a Book Week, to encourage even more conversation. I've come up with a fantastic little device which I'll call a box of matches."

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“Success in life does not necessarily originate with academic success.”

Source : Robert J. Sternberg (2011). “College Admissions for the 21st Century”, p.86, Harvard University Press
“When you are threatened, when your life is threatened, you have to fight back.”

Source : "“Exiles From the Future”: An Interview with Vijay Prashad". Interview with Andrew Stewart, www.counterpunch.org. August 17, 2016.
“You must lend an ear today, because we are the leaders of tomorrow”
“I am very depressed and deeply disgusted with painting. It is really a continual torture.”
“The more clean you are in awakening to your own being, the more you'll be able to move your own being toward others.Â Your evolution as awareness is in the purity of thatit's in the cleanness.”
“Truth is for tailors and shoemakers. I, on the contrary, have always held that the Lord has a penchant for masquerades.”
“I still perform it in all my shows. I'll do it as long as I'm breathing. I'm so proud it has stood the test of time.”

Source : "Ben E King dies aged 76" by Peter Walker, www.theguardian.com. May 1, 2015.
“Codes are a puzzle. A game, just like any other game.”

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