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Once you start saying, 'Let's talk political, my own politics, my own aspirations,' it can become not just distracting in that it takes time, but it can become confusing and frustrating, and is this now a political agenda or a governmental agenda. ”
One of the most extraordinary things about being a spiritual teacher is the rare privilege of being able to look deeply into the very souls of many human beings at the same time. ”
The top priority is leaving no child behind. We want accountability in the system, and we want schools to recognize they have a responsibility to teach students. ”
The Internet is so big, so powerful and pointless that for some people it is a complete substitute for life. ”
It's almost embarrassing to go back into my liberal background because it was about as shallow a belief system as humanly possible. ”
Political correctness - the rigging of politics using different rules for different groups, and buttressed by the media - ensures that Democrats always have the upper hand. ”
The downside to the Whole Foods experience is that its success is driven by one of our era's more grotesque phenomena: the upwardly-mobile urban dweller, the one who wants to indulge class-conscious epicurean yearnings and save the world, too. ”
I have dreams that I will reach balance in my life, and, at forty-one, I have none. ”
I'm a 'Saturday Night Live' guy. I'm a comedy guy. As long as they're giving it to everyone, I don't care about how low they go, most of the time. ”
Different identity groups hold specific levels of power over others when their battles play out in the media. To wit: Black beats white. Gay beats white. Black beats gay. ”