Teens think listening to music helps them concentrate. It doesnt. It relieves them of the boredom that concentration on homework induces. – Marilyn vos Savant
I think its really important to give yourself a very big question that youre working on that you can come home to, even if you, you know, are going to have to go without a cup of coffee or even a meal, that that should nourish you. – Anna Deavere Smith
A society that presumes a norm of violence and celebrates aggression, whether in the subway, on the football field, or in the conduct of its business, cannot help making celebrities of the people who would destroy it. – Lewis H. Lapham