"It's true that a dangerous combination of certainty and ignorance often shows up around sex and consent on campus. People on all sides of the issue have such strong feelings about it that they're blinded to the facts."

-- Vanessa Grigoriadis

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“Judas sold his soul for thirty pieces of silver; Faust sold his for some extra years of youth; Marilyn Monroe deserted Jesus Christ for Arthur Miller.”

Source : Nicholas Samstag (1962). “The Uses of Ineptitude; Or: How Not to Want to Do Better”, Astor-Honor Incorporated
“I'll have you know that I am not a failed Third Division footballer. I am a failed Second Division footballer.”
“I know of no long-time practitioner who regrets adhering to a value philosophy; few investors who embrace the fundamental principles ever abandon this investment approach for another”
“The complexity of software is an essential property, not an accidental one. Hence, descriptions of a software entity that abstract away its complexity often abstracts away its essence.”
“I remember pogs and sticky hands. I remember both. I wanted to get into pogs. I remember it was, like, all of a sudden it was here, then gone.”
“When you bring consciousness to anything, things begin to shift.”
“The 33 or 34-year-olds will be 36 or 37 by the time the next World Cup comes around, if they're not careful.”
“As in so many cases of sexual abuse within the family, it is much more complicated than had it been done by a stranger.”

Source : Erin Merryn (2009). “Living for Today: From Incest and Molestation to Fearlessness and Forgiveness”, p.22, Health Communications, Inc.

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