"One may decide that the nipple most nearly resembles a newly ripened raspberry (never, be it noted, the plonk of water on a pond at the commencement of a drizzle, a simple bladder nozzle built on the suction principal gum bubble, mole, or birth ward, bumpy metal button, or the painful red eruption of a swelling), but does one care to see his breakfast fruit as a sweetened milky bowl of snipped nips? no."

-- William H. Gass

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“My position on that has been misrepresented again and again and again in the media. Let me make it clear. There are two wars in Iraq. The first one was absolutely necessary and entirely justifiable. Saddam Hussein had attacked and invaded Kuwait, a sovereign independent state, it was a blatant act of aggression, and action was justifiable and necessary. I have no problems with that at all.”
“All logical arguments can be defeated by the simple refusal to reason logically”

Source : Steven Weinberg (1992). “Dreams of a Final Theory”, Pantheon
“It is precisely because education is the road to equality and citizenship, that it has been made more elusive for Negroes than many other rights. The walling off of Negroes from equal education is part of the historical design to submerge him in second class status. Therefore, as Negroes have struggled to be free they have had to fight for the opportunity for a decent education.”
“Not everybody gets to record with an orchestra, and not everybody that gets to record with an orchestra gets to write all their own stuff.”
“Funny,â€™ Will said, as they picked their way through. â€˜Things are absolutely awful and yet people look much happier than usual. Look at them all. Bubbling.â€™ â€˜They are English,â€™ Merriman said. â€˜Quite right,â€™ said Willâ€™s father. â€˜Splendid in adversity, tedious when safe. Never content, in fact. Weâ€™re an odd lotâ€¦.”
“It is part of the business of life to be affable and pleasing to those whom either nature, chance or circumstance has made our companions.”
“The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.”
“When I belonged to Jobbik, I didn't wear a kippa and I didn't light Hannukah candles.”

Source : Source: www.salon.com

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