"I tried for the longest time to find out what deconstructionism was. Nobody was able to explain it to me clearly. The best answer I got was from a writer, who said, 'Honey, it's bad news for you and me."

-- Margaret Atwood

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“One of the things that make community colleges so special is they do not pick and choose their students - they work with all students.”

Source : Source: on.mtv.com
“In days that follow, I discover that anger is easier to handle than grief.”
“I think that in the American film industry - or even in the European cinema - movies are made not to disturb any kind of class or any kind of minority.”
“The thing I've learned in life is that basically good people can do some really horrific things, and basically bad people can do some really good things.”
“It seems to me, and I am personally convinced, that the Church must never speak from a position of strength. [These are shocking words.] It ought not to be one of the forces influencing this or that state. The Church ought to be, if you will, just as powerless as God himself, which does not coerce but which calls and unveils the beauty and the truth of things without imposing them. As soon as the Church begins to exercise power, it loses its most profound characteristic which is divine love [i.e.] the understanding of those it is called to save and not to smash...”
“To achieve happiness I advocate four major principles, the principles of love, wisdom, self-reflection, and progress.”

Source : Ryuho Okawa (2005). “The Philosophy of Progress: How to Develop Infinite Prosperity”, p.9, Lantern Books
“I met him when I was 18. We split up when I was 38. He saw me grow up too. He was a client, and also a friend. Such things are more common than people might think. This arrangement was not so different than many American relationships. That's why the laws against prostitution have got to go. They are totally unfair and mean.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“The patience of the American public with dilatory diplomatic delays will be very limited.”

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