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...
money second state year
We're not getting any more money from the state this year. This is the second year of the biennium.
discipline last self
The only discipline that last is self discipline.
continuing enter heart progress
We are continuing to make progress as we enter the heart of our season.
funds spent wherever
Those funds can be spent wherever there is a need.
anywhere people pictures rock seen stop taken tom
Tom is a god. Literally, anywhere I've seen him, when we're out with him, people just stop on the street. They're like, 'Tom!' They want his autograph, pictures taken with him. It's like he's a rock star.
playoff
To me, this had all the ingredients of a playoff game.
broke guess
Yeah, I guess you could say that. We broke a lot of stuff.
dollar level
We're at the grass-roots level now, where every $500, $100, $50 and $25 helps. A dollar would be nice.
dissent can-do
The most American thing you can do is to stifle dissent.
given jewel knowledge rich seldom
Seldom ever was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment.
building cost cut materials
For centuries, building materials were free. You want to build a house, you cut down some trees. But we haven't been thinking about the cost to the planet.
dna kids playing
Look at kids playing with blocks. I think it's in everyone's DNA to want to be a builder.
dancer studio taught
I was a dancer of no repute. But dance taught me a lot. You walk into a dance studio knowing you have to walk out with a dance. You improvise.
decided hiring materials prove reasonable recycled unskilled using
I decided to set out to prove that you could make a reasonable living building for the poor using recycled materials and only hiring unskilled labor.