"So in sum, what are we? We are the creatures that know and know too much. That leaves us with such a burden again we have a choice, to laugh or cry. No other animal does either. We do, depending on the season and the need."

“The nice girl makes the mistake of being available all the time.”

“A sweaty Macbeth with blood on his arms coming in fresh from the battle doesn't interest me.”

“Amos Oz is one of the finest novelists of this entire period. MY MICHAEL is a beautiful work of great depth and in some indescribable way lingers in the mind as a lyric song to his country's people as much as a moving love story.”

“My first recollection of hearing Wendell Phillips is from my college days, though of course he was always one of my heroes, and I may have heard him before, for we were an anti-slavery family.”

“All of our potentials for good are unlimited.”

Source : Colin Beavan (2009). “No Impact Man: The Adventures of a Guilty Liberal Who Attempts to Save the Planet, and the Discoveries He Makes About Himself and Our Way of Life in the Process”, p.205, Macmillan

“Agency is the power to think, choose, and act for ourselves. It comes with endless opportunities, accompanied by responsibility and consequences. It is a blessing and a burden. Using this gift of agency wisely is critical today because never in the world's history have God's children been so blessed or so blatantly confronted with so many choices.”

“I met my wife, Margaret L. Mack, at the University of Chicago. We were married in 1936. She died in 1970.”

“You've got to audition! It's tough out there, no matter how well-known you are.”

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