Will Phillips
Will Phillips
Will Phillipsis an American student from West Fork, Arkansas. At the age of ten, while a fifth grader at West Fork Elementary School in 2009, Phillips gained international attention for his refusal to say the Pledge of Allegiance because of social-political reasons...
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That whole business of having two homes, and that divided loyalty bind that kids get into. I mean, my parents were divorced - though I was adult - but I still grappled with being responsible to both of them.
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We need to do all that we can to conserve energy in accordance with the request from the governor and in the best interest of those directly affected by the hurricane,
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Madam: If you discover any more comets, can you not wait until they are announced by the proper authorities?
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Until very recently, the heavenly bodies have been investigated only with reference to their position and their laws of motion, and a quarter of a century ago astronomy was little more than celestial topography.
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I played with the same band for years and years and there's a beauty to having one solid core that you keep exploring. On the other hand, it's nice to throw yourself in different situations where you find out things about your own resources.
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I don't like knowing what the next song is because that's what I'd think about during the number we're playing.
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Collaboration is much like a birth. The song that springs forth resembles each one of us to a degree, but it's the kind of thing that would never be born from just one of us sitting down with a guitar.
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Sidney Poitier, who is class personified, said: 'Lou, you're a leading man because you're a good actor.' Brought tears to my eyes.
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Simply surviving in this business is a feat.
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Writing provides no guarantees. And writers who stay with writing do it for reasons that are larger than self.
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I don't do much rewriting, because each paragraph is very carefully put together.
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Books about women and children are not valued in the same way as a book about war. And why is that? I don't know.
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This will be an important test in detecting recurrence of bladder cancer, ... People who have been treated now require years of expensive follow-up. If that could be avoided by having one negative telomerase test, the test would be worthwhile. Right now we are not able to do that with any other test.
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I see my work as a continuum, moving from book to book.