Academics tend to have wonderfully infantile senses of humor. - John Lithgow

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In the end, there is no absence of irony: the integrity of what is sacred to Native Americans will be determined by the government that has been responsible for doing everything in its power to destroy Native American cultures.

John Lithgow

Academics tend to have wonderfully infantile senses of humor.

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I learned the most about myself, and you ask what I learned? Well, I learned my strengths and my weaknesses, and it's far more important to learn about your weaknesses than your strengths.

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I went to Princeton High School, when I was very serious about being an artist. I was in a theatre family but I didn't want to become an actor.

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