“In 1998, I was screening 'Good Will Hunting' at Camp David. And I was saying, 'Nice to meet you, Mr. President. Nice to meet you, Mrs. Clinton.' Madeleine Albright, Sandy Berger, Senator Daschle. It was an extraordinary day.” PresidentNiceClintonExtraordinaryCampsHuntingSenatorsGood WillScreeningSandyMadeleinesNice To Meet YouWill Hunting Author:Lawrence Bender
“Many of us regard ourselves as mildly liberal or centrist politically, voice fairly pleasant sentiments about our poor children, contribute money to send poor kids to summer camp, feel benevolent. We're not nazis; we're nice people. We read sophisticated books. We go to church. We go to synagogue. Meanwhile, we put other people's children into an economic and environmental death zone. We make it hard for them to get out. We strip the place bare of amenities. And we sit back and say to ourselves, "Well, I hope that they don't kill each other off. But if they do, it's not my fault.” PeopleIfsFeelsWellsChildrenBookHardKidsVoiceChurchPoorNiceEconomicSummerRegardFaultsEnvironmentalPleasantZoneSentimentsCampsSophisticatedNaziBenevolentNice PeopleSynagogueSummer CampAmenitiesPoor Children Author:Jonathan Kozol
“Actors are a really funny bunch of people, especially the X-Men cast. They're super funny and super nice, and they like to go out and get drinks and dinner and hang out. It's an experience. It's a summer. It's like camp. Everybody gets together and hangs out.” PeopleMenTogetherActorsNiceDrinkSummerCastsDinnerBunchHanging OutCampsX MenSuper Funny Author:Evan Peters
“I was raised a nice Jewish boy in a Conservative household. Went to Camp Ramah. It's funny actually. I think I enacted my queerness there unconsciously. I was kind of one of the weirdos. I was on staff and definitely interested in alternatives to what that social structure was supposed to be.” ThinkingKindSocialBoysNiceStructureRaisedConservativeAlternativesSupposed To BeCampsHouseholdStaffWeirdoSocial Structure Author:Jay Michaelson
“Sometimes it's summer camp on location. So it's nice to have a little New York community of people you love.” PeopleLittlesSometimesCommunityNiceNew YorkSummerCampsLocationSummer Camp Author:Paul Dano