"What must it be like to live in Rush Limbaughs world? A world where when anyone other than conservative, white men attempts to do anything or enter any profession, be it business, politics, art or sports, the only reason theyre allowed entry or, incredibly, attain excellence is because the standard was lowered. Be they liberals, people of color, women, the poor or anyone with an accent.... Edgy, controversial, brilliant. What a way to shake up intelligent sports commentary. Hitler would have killed in talk radio. He was edgy, too."

-- Nancy Giles

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“The happiness of most people is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things.”

Source : "What We Live by". Book by Ernest Dimnet, p. 238, 1932.
“Do you know what directors go through? It's just hell. Like, why do I work so hard - to think I'm only going to see this movie five times and then never see it again 'cause I'm so sick of it? What is it worth, honestly?”
“I feel like there is an emphasis against teaching geography in American schools. Americans don't say, "I'm going to Germany." They say, "I'm going to Europe."”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“To represent a bad thing in its least offensive light is, doubtless, the most agreeable course for a writer of fiction to pursue; but is it the most honest, or the safest? Is it better to reveal the snares and pitfalls of like to the young and thoughtless traveller, or to cover them with branches and flowers? Oh, reader! if there were less of this delicate concealment of facts--this whispering "Peace, peace," when there is no peace, there would be less of sin and misery to the young of both sexes who are left to wring their bitter knowledge from experience.”
“Pop culture is like our subconscious.”

Source : "Hanna Rosin: Why ‘The End of Men’ isn’t a ‘triumphantly feminist manifesto’". Interview with Suzy Khimm, www.washingtonpost.com. September 22, 2012.
“In Israel, there is this reduction of the political discourse to something that is very limited. It's as if you have that pitch that only dogs can hear. Sometimes I feel I speak at such a pitch that very few people around me communicate with what I'm saying.”
“One should not be too distracted by definitions. Ideas transcend definitions.”
“I want to be the best mum and I want everything to be perfect - I want a fairy tale really.”

Source : "Exclusive: My lover by Jennifer Ellison". www.mirror.co.uk. July 5, 2005.

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