"The mistake that people made around 2000 with the emergence of the web was that they thought that people would not read long-form on a screen. Following from that idea, they quit doing long-form on screens. It got shorter and shorter, and then came cats toying with flowers and all of those clichÃ©s, but it was wrong. People will read long-form on a device if they want to read long-form."

-- Terry McDonell

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“I am utterly in love with my son and my boyfriend and live in the most magical place on Earth. I've been in Norway for ten months now and I have loved every minute of it.”

Source : "Rebecca Loos says being a new mum is better than having affairs with footballers" by Jody Thompson, www.mirror.co.uk. February 23, 2010.
“Many of the principle weapons that the Nazis used during World War II had their first trial in combat in Spain - the Messerschmitt 109 fighter plane for example, the Stuka dive bomber, the 88 millimeter artillery piece, which could be used both for antiaircraft purposes and also shelling on the ground. And American soldiers were the victims of these things in Spain, American volunteers. So this war was really a testing ground for Hitler. And he learned a great deal from it about the strengths and weaknesses of these different weapons.”

Source : Source: www.npr.org
“I always felt like my future was at stake every time I stepped on stage and that was kind of hair-raising. At some point I just went, don't be frightened, you can't do anything wrong, it's your show.”

Source : "Rickie Lee Jones: 'I do think we've gone a bunch of steps backwards as a culture'". Interview with Hermione Hoby, www.theguardian.com. July 2, 2011.
“I like the fact that Hogan's shoes all have this sporty sole that is great even for an older man with a bad back like me.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“It can be difficult to present mental illness in film without resorting to devices that, if not handled well, can seem heavy-handed or clichÃ©.”
“What is the difference between a 2Â°C world and a 4Â°C world? Human civilisation!”
“Why is everything an 'adventure' with you?" Sylvie said irritably to Izzie." "Because life is an adventure, of course." "I would say it was more of an endurance race," Sylvie said. "Or an obstacle course.”
“You ever get any death threats? How about ex-husbands or ex-boyfriends? You run over anyone recently?â€ ~ Morelli”

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