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It's A Hard Life Sometimes And The Biggest Temptation Is To Let How Hard It Is Be An Excuse To Weaken

I Think It's Difficult For Young People To Acknowledge Being Smart, To Knowledge Being A Reader. I See Kids Who Are Embarrassed To Read Books. They're Embarrassed To Have People See Them Doing It.

One Of The Lessons Learned During The Vietnam War Was That The Depiction Of Wounded Soldiers, Of Coffins Stacked Higher Than Their Living Guards, Had A Negative Effect On The Viewing Public. The Military In Iraq Specifically Banned The Photographing Of Wounded Soldiers And Coffins, Thus Sanitizing This Terrible And Bloody Conflict.

Violence Was Just As Much About What Was Happening As It Was How It Happened.

As A Kid I Didn't See Black Cowboys On The Screen. What That Said To Me Was That There Were Things I Couldn't Do Or Be Because Of My Color. What We See Others Like Us Do Gives Us Permission To Expand Our Own Horizons.