"Ask 10 people about their family relationships and at least five of them will report an estrangement."

-- Amy Dickinson

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“I think there'd be huge losses if there weren't newspapers. I know everything's shifting to the Internet and some people would say, 'News is news, what you're talking about is a change of consumption, not the product that's out there.' But I think there is a change.”
“I believe man-made climate change is one of the most serious threats that this country and this world face.”
“The logistic requirements for a large, elaborate mission to Mars are no greater that those for a minor military operation extending over a limited theatre of war.”
“(From the story The Last Days of a Famous Mime) He said nothing. He was mildly annoyed at her presumption: that he had not thought this many, many times before. With perfect misunderstanding she interpreted his passivity as disdain. Wishing to hurt him, she slapped his face. Wishing to hurt her, he smiled brilliantly.”
“Stop aspiring. Start doing.”
“Orwell was dealing with communism and his disillusionment with communism in Russia and what he saw the communists do in Spain. His novel was a response to those political situations. Whereas I was interested in more things than the political atmosphere. I was considering the whole social atmosphere: the impact of TV and radio and the lack of education. I could see the coming event of schoolteachers not teaching reading anymore. The less they taught, the more you wouldn't need books.”
“Having limits to push against is how you find out what you can do. I have always been full of contradictions. I am shy but I love the freedom of the stage. I need reassurance but at the same time I donâ€™t want it. I hate being afraid but I canâ€™t help wanting to frighten myself. That is how you grow.”
“I'm afraid the workings of J.J. Abrams' mind falls outside the predictive capacity of any coherent theory.”

Source : "Surfer-Physicist's Unified Theory Leads to Fame, Backlash". Interview with Kim Zetter, www.wired.com. February 27, 2008.

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