"We are all so to speak intellectuals about something."

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Source : Randall Jarrell (1965). “A sad heart at the supermarket: essays & fables”

Randall Jarrell

“It has long been recognized that the problems with alcohol relate not to the use of a bad thing, but to the abuse of a good thing.”
“With the 'iCarly' soundtrack, I didn't get to write any of the songs. I just picked songs that meant a lot to me that I really liked.”
“He would talk to them of stories and books, and explain to them how stories wanted to be told and books wanted to be read, and how everything that they ever needed to know about life and the land of which he wrote, or about any land or realm that they could imagine, was contained in books. And some of the children understood, and some did not.”

Source : John Connolly (2006). “The Book of Lost Things: A Novel”, p.336, Simon and Schuster
“Faith just doesn't have anything to do with what I'm doing as a scientist. It's nice if you can believe in God, because then you see more of a purpose in things. Even if you don't, though, it doesn't mean that there's no purpose. It doesn't mean that there's no goodness. I think that there's a virtue in being good in and of itself. I think that one can work with the world we have.”

Source : "The Discover Interview: Lisa Randall". Interview with Corey S. Powell, discovermagazine.com. July 29, 2006.
“It's really hard to scare people on network television. You've got to be smart about it. You've got to parcel out the scares.”
“It is now well understood that humans ultimately depend on the health of the planet for their wellbeing.”
“I'd always had a big thing for the '60s.”
“By doubting we come to inquiry. By inquiry we come to Truth.”

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