"Science fiction also provides a sense of nostalgia that is always present when it comes to Palestine, in that whenever we talk about Palestine, it is never in the present, but either remembering a past or imagining a better future. Submitting gritty Middle Eastern politics to high production sci-fi in this manner not only underlines the absurdity of the situation, but brings about a dystopian future scenario."

“I guess it all depends on whom you ask and when you ask. Race, I've learned, is in the eye of the beholder.”

Source : Raquel Cepeda (2014). “Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina”, p.14, Simon and Schuster

“New Labour was the most short-sighted, self-serving, incompetent, useless, and ineffective government that Britain has ever known. Make no mistake, Labour's economic policies were a national security liability.”

Source : "Conservative party conference - live" by Andrew Sparrow, www.theguardian.com. October 6, 2010.

“We...believe that art is religious, because it is one of man's highest aspirations. There is no such thing as pagan art, only good and bad art.”

“The notion that the press was used in the [first Iraq] war is incorrect. The press wanted to be used. It saw itself as part of the war effort.”

“Tim Keller's ministry in New York City is leading a generation of seekers and skeptics toward belief in God. I thank God for him.”

“Ensuring fairness in the American workplace should be a cornerstone of our economic policy.”

“A teacher that can be replaced by a machine should be.”

Source : Sugata Mitra (2006). “The Hole in the Wall: Self-Organising Systems in Education”, New York NY

“maybe she had become tired of being the girlfriend of a condemned man. It also occured to me that maybe she was sick, or dead. These things happen. [...] Anyway, after that, remembering Marie meant nothing to me. That seemed perfectly normal to me, since I understood very well that people would forget me when I was dead.”