"As a teacher, my strategy is to encourage questioning. I'm the least authoritarian professor you'll ever meet."

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Source : "Niall Ferguson: 'The left love being provoked by me ... they think I'm a reactionary imperialist scumbag" By Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. April 11, 2011.

Niall Ferguson

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“I brought in two genius guys from Korea. Guys who did my favorite movies like Oldboy and The Man from Nowhere. It was fun working with them. Even though they don't speak Japanese and I don't speak Korean, I knew from day one we were speaking the same language because they love my work and I love theirs. We instantly connected. There was zero frustration.”
“I've learned that a family can have little glitches without being labeled dysfunctional.”

Source : "Kathy Najimy Talks About the Hills on King of the Hill". Interview with Brian Gallagher, movieweb.com. May 11, 2008.
“I am about to get involved with the biggest cancer hospital in Norway. They are building a fitness center to work with patients. I will be a consultant.”
“I am the kind of dude that would go to your seventh grade class and sit at the back of the classroom and stare at all your butts.”
“I suspect that most of the individuals who have religious faith are content with blind faith. They feel no obligation to understand what they believe. They may even wish not to have their beliefs disturbed by thought. But if God in whom they believe created them with intellectual and rational powers, that imposes upon them the duty to try to understand the creed of their religion. Not to do so is to verge on superstition.”
“The existence of nuclear weapons presents a clear and present danger to life on Earth.”
“Why are we doing this?" Caine asked him. "You know damned well why we're doing this. Because it's a fight. It may be THE fight. I may be the final fight. And what else are we good at, you and me? What are we going to do if we ever get out there anyway?”
“Here you go, dear."" The corners of Mrs. Colbert's mouth curled up. "You like meat, don't you?" Emily blinked. Was it her, or did that statement seem...loaded? She checked Issac for his reaction, but he was innocently selecting a roll from a wicker basket. "Uh, thanks." Emily said, pulling the platter toward her. She did like meat. The kind you, um, eat.”

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