"Actually I like the idea of being a Renaissance hack. If tombstones were still in style, I would want to have the two words chiseled right under my name."

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Source : Dennis Flanagan (1988). “Flanagan's Version: A Spectator's Guide to Science on the Eve of the 21st Century”, Alfred a Knopf Incorporated

Dennis Flanagan

#Tombstone Quotes #Names Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“I probably have more friends from 'Twilight' than I've ever had in my whole life.”
“I lost court cases and misdemeanor juries, but of felony jury trials I was successful 105 of 106 times.”
“I think it is vital to fight to do something you want to do despite not gaining your community's or your friends' approval.”
“Television, the drug of the nation, breeding ignorance and feeding radiation...”
“The problem with being passionately in love ... is that it deprives you of too much sleep.”
“Materialism is an identity crisis.”
“Generosity makes us happiest. We'll be happier people when we share, not when we impose, but when we learn from one another. Because when I'm connected to everyone I disappear... in being excellent you lose yourself. And when you're connected to everyone, that's the best thing that can happen.”

Source : Raj Patel's speech at "21minuti", www.youtube.com. December 14, 2009.
“Is Anna Nicole Smith still dead?”

Source : "Smith's messy death eclipses her wacky life", www.today.com. February 23, 2007.

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