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The College Board is officially a non-profit. But all that means is that it doesn't have shareholders and that their financial accountings must be available to the public; it certainly doesn't mean that they're not also into making money. ”
Readers have always read high and low, and to fight that urge is to fight the freedom inherent in the act of reading itself. The only arguments that have any traction, as best as I can see it, are about whether the genre classification of 'young adult' should exist at all. ”
The freedom of thought and expression is one of the most sacred rights in this country. ”
I do not think we should be trying to save our freedom by killing the safeguards that keep our liberties. ”
Money can't buy happiness. Or put my family back together. ”
The very flag of freedom that waves over our heads is formed from material cultivated by slaves, on soil moistened with their blood drawn from them by the whip of a republican taskmaster! ”
I have a growing resume, but it's because I'm very selective. There are a lot of actors in my position that are like me: they have an opportunity to make a lot of money early in their career, and they do that, and after that, there's nothing to sustain that. There's no art or interest in your craft from the people that want to see you. ”
Writing in another language gives me an additional freedom, an additional way of thinking. It's a challenge, but I like the challenge. ”
If you want to maximize your expected utility, you try to save the world and the future of intergalactic civilization instead of donating your money to the society for curing rare diseases and cute puppies. ”
I'm a big-time Johnny Cash fan. ”