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The 35-Second Aha! Moment
Every Monday, we're rounding up the things, small and big, that make us stop and think. Today, we're inspired by...

“What we have to do, folks, is create great schools for kids, no matter where they are.”
-Chicago Public Schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard at the Chicago New School Expo.

"Taboos? There aren't any taboos anymore."
-Mary Tyler Moore, recipient of the Screen Actors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award, on the new slew of female-centric sitcoms.

"I always tell people go work in a lot of different places and get different experiences. Find out where you want to be later."
-Landmarc chef and Chopped judge Marc Murphy, on what he would tell himself when he was just starting out.

"I just quit. I stopped grass then, I mean pretty much, and decided to get off the couch."
-Brad Pitt, on how seeing poor children in Morocco in the late '90s changed his life.



Topics: Aha! Moments, Quotes
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