I wanted to be a radio announcer.
You know what would help?" I asked, not meeting his eyes. "Hmm?" "If you turned off this crap music and put on something that came out after the Berlin Wall went down." Dimitri laughted. "Your worst class is history, yet somehow, you know everything ...
What to do if you find yourself stuck in a crack in the ground underneath a giant boulder you can't move, with no hope of rescue. Consider how lucky you are that life has been good to you so far. Alternatively, if life hasn't been good to you so far,...
Marko the Mailman: Are the doors covered? [the men cover the doors] Hoffy: Yeah, they're covered. Marko the Mailman: Okay, Steve, give them the radio. [Blondie pulls a radio and earphones from under Steve's pant leg] Marko the Mailman: You can keep i...
Environmental concern is now firmly embedded in public life: in education, medicine and law; in journalism, literature and art.
In an era ruled by materialism and unstable geopolitics, art must be restored to the center of public education.
Clothing is viral, impermanent in a way that public art cannot be. So I like thinking of how corporate-created clothing can be seen as a form of public art.
Art is about the 'I' in life not the 'we', about private life rather than public. A public life that doesn't acknowledge the private is a life not worth having.
It's not wrong to hustle hustlers. It's like killing murderers, a public service. -Damon Salvatore
All significant truths are private truths. As they become public they cease to become truths; they become facts, or at best, part of the public character; or at worst, catchwords.
Large-scale philanthropy, based in the private - not the public - sector, is a relatively recent historical development.
Cultural standards evolve. The meaning of the public interest also, of course, evolves.
Public school felt like prison - cinderblock walls, fluorescent lights, metal lockers. It was so sterile and unstimulating.
I attended public school with the same group of kids from K through 12.
I am a woman with a calling for social struggle and public service.
I grew up in a little cul-de-sac in the suburbs and went to public school. I went to Costco on the weekends.
Public education was not founded to give society what it wants. Quite the opposite.
Each experience I go through - marriage, my public life, my personal life - I'm learning as I go.
Grief is at once a public and a private experience. One's inner, inexpressible disruption cannot be fully realized in one's public persona.
The public character of every public servant is legitimate subject of discussion, and his fitness or unfitness for office may be fairly canvassed by any person.
I was raised on the values of speaking up and making a positive difference in a very political family that believed in the importance of public service.
