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Maybe the perceived fact that smart, rich parents tended to have smart, rich kids was largely due to the fact that they also tended to have stay-at-home moms or nannies who read to their kids, held them, put mobiles over their cribs, playing those annoying ditties, and sent them off for SAT training at six months.

George Kaiser

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TrainingSmartParentsRichOver

A journalist and an information architect face exactly the same problem - how to give shape to the pile of information in front of you in a way that will make it easy and natural for people to comprehend. I can't imagine any better preparation for the work I do now.

Jesse James Garrett

WorkPreparationPeopleFaceBetter

People still ask my husband and me which of us is the mom - which, as one lesbian friend pointed out to me, is like asking which chopstick is the fork. This pressure on us to embody normative traditions can be paralysing.

Andrew Solomon

FriendPeopleMeMomHusbandAsking

You can't say history teaches us this or that; it gives us more questions than answers, and many answers to every question.

Amin Maalouf

HistoryQuestionsYouSayQuestion

From the ages of 12 to 35 my body, not my mind, was my primary currency. My ideas, my humor, my curiosity - none of those were valued as much as my body, which preceded me into almost every room.

Amanda de Cadenet

HumorMindMeIdeasCuriosityBody

People are so scared to really voice who they are. They want to be politically correct. Just scared to see what other people's perceptions are.

Tracy McGrady

PeopleVoiceWantSeeScaredJust

Poetry is this gorgeous, complex history rendered in verse and song, a blueprint that can lead you back into the world after you've walked into air.

Robin Coste Lewis

HistoryPoetryWorldSongYouBack

I'm 82 years old, wherever I go everybody knows me, but here's why... I'm a merchandiser, I'm not just a writer, I stay in every avenue you can think of.

Mickey Spillane

MeThinkYouGoWhyOld

Being chronically shy I needed to create a persona for myself and be involved with a band where I could be ruler of my own kingdom. Then Pulp became hugely popular and I lost control of it, which is when it all went wrong.

Jarvis Cocker

MyselfControlWrongCreateLost

There's no question that my son is better prepared for college than I was. He manages his time better, is more efficient and more directed, and spends less time in lines and more time doing exactly what he sets out to do.

Christina Baker Kline

SonTimeCollegeBetterDoingMore

He has only half learned the art of reading who has not added to it the more refined art of skipping and skimming.

Arthur Balfour

ArtReadingMoreHalfOnlyWho

We all perform our lives in a way. And the actor is a perfect metaphor to get at that theme of 'how do we find our authentic selves?' And that we all - whether we're actors or not - perform ourselves. As a way of searching. As a way of fumbling around and trying to say, is this my voice? Is this who I am?

Annette Bening

I AmVoiceTryingPerfectFindSay

The struggle for democracy and human rights in Burma is a struggle for life and dignity. It is a struggle that encompasses our political, social and economic aspirations.

Aung San Suu Kyi

LifeStruggleDemocracyPolitical

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