"I don't want you to describe to meâ€”not everâ€”what you were doing to that poor boy to make him sound like that; but if you ever do it again, please cover his mouth with your hand."

-- John Irving

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“On graduating from school, a studious young man who would withstand the tedium and monotony of his duties has no choice but to lose himself in some branch of science or literature completely irrelevant to his assignment.”

Source : "oulomb and the Evolution of Physics and Engineering in Eighteenth-century France" by C. Stewart Gillmor, Princeton University Press, (pp. 255-261), 1971.
“It's just like when you've got some coffee that's too black, which means it's too strong. What do you do? You integrate it with cream, you make it weak. But if you pour too much cream in it, you won't even know you ever had coffee. It used to be hot, it becomes cool. It used to be strong, it becomes weak. It used to wake you up, now it puts you to sleep.”
“The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn.”
“Our parents, our children, our spouses, and our friends will continue to press every button we have, until we realize what it is that we don't want to know about ourselves, yet. They will point us to our freedom every time.”
“It's irrelevant who or what directed a movie; the important thing is that you either respond to it or you don't.”

Source : "Kathryn Bigelow discusses role of "seductive violence" in her films". Interview with Michelle P. Perry, tech.mit.edu. March 16, 1990.
“Ted Danson is amazing. He's incredible.”

Source : "Alison Brie Talks COMMUNITY Season 3 and MAD MEN". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. March 13, 2012.
“Though how nature works is way beyond man's ability to comprehend, I have found that observing how nature works offers innumerable lessons that can help us understand the realities that affect us.”
“If you know you're the best it only makes sense for you to surround yourself with the best. NO EXCEPTIONS”

Source : "Kanye West tells a story with his biggest hits, at the glow in the Dark Tour's L.A. stop" by Sarah Wilson, www.mtv.com. April 23, 2008.

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