"But it is a delightful challenge to try to depict interesting aliens."

-- David Brin

#Interesting Quotes #Challenges Quotes #Trying Quotes

“What kind of a man thinks it's appropriate to give his soon-to-be bride a lethal weapon for a wedding present?”

Source : Victoria Laurie (2012). “Lethal Outlook: A Psychic Eye Mystery”, p.11, Penguin
“Entertainment is not politically neutral.”

Source : John Lahr (1982). “Coward, the Playwright”, p.103, Univ of California Press
“I think public service is a calling and you do it as long as the things that brought you into the office can continue getting you up in the morning and as long as there's still work to get done.”
“Our family holidays always include our animals. On Thanksgiving, we love to walk around our farm and visit with our rescued pigs, goats, horses, emus and many other rescued animals. We give them all special vegetables that day, and the whole family enjoys a vegetarian Thanksgiving dinner. We know that the animals are giving thanks that day, and we are also giving thanks for the joy they bring to our lives.”
“As Christians, though there may be reasons to be troubled, there are greater reasons not to be.”
“History tells us what people do; historical fiction helps us imagine how they felt.”
“Critical Race Theory offers of discrimination frameworks as ways of understanding and eradicating racism. The focus on "discrimination" as the way to understand racism in the US has meant that racism is considered a question of discriminatory intentions - whether or not somebody intentionally left someone out or did something harmful because of their biased feelings about a person's race. This focus on individual racists with bad ideas hides the reality that racism exists wherever conditions of racialized maldistribution exist.”

Source : "On Normal Life". Interview with Natalie Oswin, societyandspace.org. January 15, 2014.
“You can't tell someone they are wrong about their own life.”

Source : "Interview: Danny Boyle Talks 127 Hours, James Franco, and Darren Aronofsky". Interview with Laremy Legel, www.mtv.com. November 18, 2010.

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