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To those who say that we need weights and measures in order to enforce accountability in education, my response is, yes, of course we do, but only under three conditions that are not being met today. We need to make sure (1) that we measure
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“Horror is the natural reaction to the last 5,000 years of history.”
― Down to Earth
― Down to Earth
“Quite collected at cocktail parties,
meanwhile in my head
I'm undergoing open-heart surgery.”
― Transformations
meanwhile in my head
I'm undergoing open-heart surgery.”
― Transformations
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
― Mother Night
― Mother Night
“I like trains. I like their rhythm, and I like the freedom of being suspended between two places, all anxieties of purpose taken care of: for this moment I know where I am going.”
― Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
― Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
“She realized for the first time that two people can never reach each others deepest feelings and instincts, that they spend their lives side by side, linked it may be, but not mingled, and that each one's inmost being must go through life eternally alone.”
― A Woman's Life and Other Stories
― A Woman's Life and Other Stories
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