"Beating up on the so-called elite media has a nice populist ring to it."

-- Bill Keller

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“Memories are dangerous things. You turn them over and over, until you know every touch and corner, but still you'll find an edge to cut you.”

Source : Mark Lawrence (2011). “Prince of Thorns”, p.154, Penguin
“This kitchen is completely calm. Some of the old-fashioned chefs - they become kings in their kitchen, they've got to be called chef. But I don't care if someone calls me chef or Heston, it really doesn't bother me.”

Source : "Heston Blumenthal: 'I like a kebab as much as the next person'" by Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. February 13, 2011.
“Each person discovers a field of allurements, the totality of which bears the unique stamp of that person's personality. Destiny unfolds in the pursuit of individual fascinations and interests ... By pursuing your allurements, you help bind the universe together. The unity of the world rests on the pursuit of passion.”

Source : "The Universe Is a Green Dragon: A Cosmic Creation Story". Book by Brian Swimme, 1984.
“The term 'cost shifting,' as I use it, refers to those items in a university's budget that used to be reimbursed by the federal government but are no longer paid for by them.”

Source : "An Interview with MIT President Charles M. Vest". news.mit.edu. December 10, 1997.
“How much time have you invested in thinking about strategy? How many options have you considered before the plan was written? How have you ensured that the thinking behind the plan is challenged? How much time do you spend exploring trends, possibilities and cool stuff? How much time is spent playing with ideas, hopes and dreams?”
“Human nature is good, just as water seeks low ground. There is no man who is not good, just as there is no water that does not flow downward.”
“For Aliki Barnstone, poetry seems a natural medium. The vision and cadences of these poems suggest a sensibility for which poetry is as inevitable as breathing or eating.”
“People are always asking me why they don't make Westerns like they used to.”

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