"My idea of an amusement park story is getting adventurers to go tour environmental disaster areas. After all, if the entire Great Barrier Reef gets killed, which seems like an extremely lively possibility, what are you going to do with all that rotting limestone?"

-- Bruce Sterling

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“I'm a terrific Mexican cook, and I just love Mexican food. And I love cooking Mexican food.”
“The 1st question the effective decision-maker asks is: 'Is this a generic situation or an exception?'”
“A system of licensing and registration is the perfect device to deny gun ownership to the bourgeoisie.”
“I knew a girl named Nikki I guess U could say she was a sex fiend I met her in a hotel lobby Masturbating with a magazine. She said "How'd U like 2 waste some time?" And I could not resist when I saw little Nikki grind.”
“The life of faith is a daily exploration of the constant and countless ways in which Gods grace and love are expereinced”

Source : Eugene H. Peterson (2012). “A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society”, p.45, InterVarsity Press
“Apart altogether from our own vital interests, we cannot and must not desert those other nations who have already gone through so much tragedy and suffering to defeat the evil designs of the Axis powers.”
“There is little consolation in the fact that millions of people are unhappier than we are. Why should other people's misery make us happier or more content?”
“Can human beings change? The humor, and the sadness, of remarriage comedies can be said to result from the fact that we have no good answer to that question.”

Source : Stanley Cavell (1981). “Pursuits of Happiness: The Hollywood Comedy of Remarriage”, p.259, Harvard University Press

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