“The distinction between complex thinking / right-answer thinking increasingly defines the difference between elite educational opportunity and education of the rest.”"If the SAT Were a Key to All Mythology" by Monica Cohen
“Madame Olga began muttering something under her breath in gypsy to the effect of "Fucking debutantes, they do not understand the sacredness of the moment." But everyone in the room just thought this was part of her gypsy spirit chant.”
— Amy Ephron, A Cup of Tea: A Novel of 1917


"Read. Always read. No one can take that away from you."... More

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"All lurid, unsavory, gruesome illustrations shall be eliminated." — Comics Code, 1954... More

"There is only one thing that can kill the Movies, and that is education." — Will Rogers... More

"Art is making something out of nothing and selling it." — Frank Zappa... More

"I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead." — Samuel Goldwyn... More


"There is nothing more poetic and terrible than the skyscrapers' battle with the heavens that cover them.... More