"Kids' lives are just as important and difficult as grown ups'."

“Republicans should save the clip of Jonathan Gruber and run it over and over again in the run-up to the 2016 election. This attitude that government is better at making decisions than you are because you are too stupid to know what is good for you is a hallmark of patronizing, arrogant and condescending liberalism.”

“As a Jewish thinker, I don't think of myself in relationship to the dominant culture's religion.”

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“For thousands of years it has been understood that, just as civilizations have to come to an end, there can even be times of global extinctions. But always there are people who know how to gather the essence of life and hold it safely, protect it and nurture it until the next seeding.”

“We at the Big Ten don't want to be like the SEC ... in any way, shape or form.”

“I think funniness is a sign of intelligence.”

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“I also really pay attention to whether the script embodies a full female character or if they're just wanting a two-dimensional objectified woman. So I also have that aspect to take care of as well.”

“I care far more how humanity lives than how long. Progress, for me, means increasing goodness and happiness of individual lives. For the species, as for each man, mere longevity seems to me a contemptible ideal.”

“Without democracy freedom is a chimera”