"It is...idle to pretend, as many do, that there is no contradiction between religion and science. Science contradicts religion as surely as Judaism contradicts Islam-they are absolutely and irresolvably conflicting views. Unless, that is, science is obliged to change its fundamental nature."

-- Bryan Appleyard

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“The whole of that part of Southern Africa which is controlled by racial minorities is experiencing either consistent and regular guerilla activity or is faced with advanced preparation for its commencement.”
“Putin needs to understand and feel in his gut that if the Chechens get a nuclear bomb, they're going to Moscow first, they're not coming to New York.”

Source : "The Ultimate (Preventable) Catastrophe". Interview With Nonna Gorilovskaya, www.motherjones.com. October 18, 2004.
“Women have entered the work force . . . partly to express their feelings of self-worth . . . partly because today many families would not survive without two incomes, partly because they are not at all sure their marriages will last. The day of the husband as permanent meal-ticket is over, a fact most women recognize, however they feel about "women's liberation.”
“In horror stories or in fairy tales, the fascination with the morbid is also, at least for me, a way to prepare for the unthinkableâ€¦ Thatâ€™s why itâ€™s very important for me to show the artificiality of it all, because the real horrors of the world are unmatchable, and theyâ€™re too profound.Â Itâ€™s much easier to absorb â€“ to be entertained by it, but also to let it affect you psychologically â€“ if itâ€™s done in a fake, humorous, artificial way.”
“I live in a room and I go to work and I play a game called getting through the day while you wait for the night.”
“I was tough. I used everything to my advantage. I could be very ruthless.”
“I think that if you start teaching about giving back and helping other people young, that will be a given for your child their whole life.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Sometimes I think everyone is just pretending to be brave, and none of us really are. Maybe pretending is how you get brave, I don't know.”

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