"I think basically what The American People is about is that we've been here from the very beginning, and that has never ever been acknowledged in the history books. John Winthrop wasn't off the boat ten seconds before he passes a law that homosexuals should be hanged. And then he hung 'em, including an attempt to hang his own son when he found out he was gay."

-- Kevin Sessums

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“Weâ€™re all searching for something to fill up what I like to call that big, God-shaped hole in our souls. Some people use alcohol, or sex, or their children, or food, or money, or music, or heroin. A lot of people even use the concept of God itself. I could go on and on. I used to know a girl who used shoes. She had over two-hundred pairs. But itâ€™s all the same thing, really. People, for some stupid reason, think they can escape their sorrows.”
“Wikipedia lacks the habit or tradition of respect for expertise. As a community, far from being elitist (which would, in this context, mean excluding the unwashed masses), it is anti-elitist (which, in this context, means that expertise is not accorded any special respect, and snubs and disrespect of expertise is tolerated).”

Source : "Why Wikipedia Must Jettison Its Anti-Elitism" at kuro5hin.org, December 31, 2004.
“Every cell is eavesdropping on your internal dialogue.”
“'Tis the night - the night Of the grave's delight...”
“Whats fun about being an actress is you change all the time.”
“Love is not always doing what brings pleasure; love is also doing what is good for someone, whatever the cost at the moment. sometimes, it's leaving... for awhile - and the love is shown, then, in the pain given. For pain is a lesson best learned from the one who loves you the most.”
“Sometimes I'm real cool, but sometimes I could be a real asshole. I think everyone is like that.”
“But homosexuality is a combat divider, dividing one's reason to live while taking breaks on the combat field to change diapers all because their treacherous sin causes them to lose control of their bowels.”

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