"The ability to take pleasure in one's life is a skill and is a kind of intelligence. So intelligence is a hard thing to evaluate and it manifests itself in so many different ways. I do think the ability to know how to live a life and not be miserable is a sign of that."

-- Todd Solondz

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“The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in the same sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.”
“What is the first part of politics? Education. The second? Education. And the third? Education.”

Source : Jules Michelet, G. H. Smith (1846). “The People”, p.183, New York : D. Appleton ; Philadelphia : G.S. Appleton ; Cincinnati : Derby, Bradley
“Spiritual progress is like a detoxification.”
“What's great about comedy, obviously, is that you set up a situation that people assume one thing and then you break the assumption. That's basically the backbone to comedy. You set up a situation, let people make an assumption, and then you break the assumption.”

Source : Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. June 2, 2003.
“Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint.”
“The other thing is that women my age know that looks are only skin deep. They don't matter. What matters is who you are. Hopefully at the end of the day, you're a good person. That's what counts.”
“It's quite ironic I suppose, it's that thing about being in a group when you all start out as friends and then invariably end up hating each other. So I just thought they needed telling really, in case they were labouring under the apprehension that they were still friends.”

Source : Interview with Matt Cotterill, higher-frequency.com. April 15, 2006.
“I wish I was just a left-handed hitter. It's really tough having to keep both sides sharp, and that's one reason why you don't see switch-hitters hit for that high of an average. You're always fighting one side or the other.”

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