"We can either save the planet from catastrophic warming, or protect fossil fuel CEOs. Not both. Do the math(s)"

-- Bill McKibben

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“I can't exactly describe it, but as I looked at the putt, the hole looked as big as a wash tub, I suddenly became convinced I couldn't miss. All I tried to do was keep the sensation by not questioning it.”
“I think 'Scarface' is a great film, but if you have a character like Tony Montana, you don't identify with him at all. I think it's very interesting instead to identify yourself with a character you don't like all the time. You can create a tension between the fiction and the viewer. You force the spectator to wonder about his actions.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“We [Panthers] have not said much about the homosexual at all, but we must relate to the homosexual movement because it is a real thing. And I know through reading, and through my life experience and observations that homosexuals are not given freedom and liberty by anyone in the society. They might be the most oppressed people in the society.”
“What a strange power the perception of beauty is! It seems to ebb and flow like some secret tide, independent alike of health and disease, of joy or sorrow. There are times in our lives when we seem to go singing on our way, and when the beauty of the world sets itself like a quiet harmony to the song we uplift.”

Source : Eleanor Brown (2011). “The Weird Sisters”, p.337, Penguin
“I've known a whole lot of bulls in my time, and their work is never done.”
“I hate wearing anything tight. A corset is my idea of torture.”
“I'm told I either look bigger than I do on television or that I look smaller than I look on television. No one seems to think I look the same size.”

Source : Tacoma News Tribune, blogs.wsj.com. May 23, 2001.
“I love 'Batman.' I love the Adam West 'Batman.' I love the animated 'Batman.' The character of Batman can encompass any interpretation, which is what makes that character so brilliant and why it's survived so many different media.”

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