"In Germany, you have a huge official memorial to the murdered Jews and then you have this artist who's been putting these stumbling blocks, these brass cobblestones, outside the houses Jews were taken away from. It's somewhat controversial and has met some resistance."

-- Amy Waldman

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“Few people are modest enough to be estimated at their true worth.”
“What does being a girl have to do with it? There's no time to think when you're on the spot...”
“Greediness of getting more deprives... the enjoyment of what it had got.”
“The best way to keep your friends is not to give them away.”
“As you become an adult, shame gets introduced and reintroduced constantly to you. So where something that, to a child, just is what it is - you know, your father's violent but he loves you and that's just the way it is - later on you realize that this is like different, shameful, blah blah blah.”

Source : "Justin Torres’ Hard-Knock Debut Novel". Interview with Tim Mcdonnell, www.motherjones.com. October 3, 2011.
“In the "Personal Story" segment tonight, the state of Oregon is extremely liberal in its state government and judicial system.That state has lenient drug laws, including wide access to medical marijuana.”
“What is the use of assuring Fundamentalists that science is compatible with religion. They retort at once, Certainly not with our religion.”
“The Universe backs the part of you that is of clearest intention”

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