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We cannot avoid the globalization of knowledge and information. When I was a boy growing up in Kansas, I could never think… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
I got a job as a children's librarian at PS 175 in Harlem, and that changed everything. That was an epiphany. I… — Lynne Stewart Copy Share Image
I love acting. Acting's always been my first love. I grew up watching multi-camera television shows... And I thought I would absolutely… — Seth Green Copy Share Image
Secretly everybody's getting tired of political correctness, kissing up. That's the kiss-ass generation we're in right now. We're really in a pussy… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
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Like crime, terrorism is a fact of life. I grew up in Israel, where every unattended bag was a suspected bomb; when… — Yochai Benkler Copy Share Image
in the family I grew up in, being called boring was like being called an ax murderer. — Delia Ephron Copy Share Image
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