"Football is a game designed to keep coal miners off the streets."

-- Jimmy Breslin

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“Information is alienated experience.”
“For many of these people the social is just a mirror of themselves. I'm not against the social, but I want something genuinely social, not something that has been fetishized as social so that a group of people can feel better about themselves.”

Source : Source: www.theguardian.com
“If you want to play it safe, mix a lot of colors in the same tone and that is such an easy way to feel modern and feel a little confident.”
“When you live on Cold Mountain long enough the autumns pass quickly When you live alone you have no worries When you leave the doors open no one bothers you The bubbling stream runs forever In the cave a clay pot boils over a fire on the ground A wandering breeze stirs the fragrant pines When hungry I eat one simple meal And lean against the rock in complete harmony”
“Society understands the architecture of academia and knows there are relevant qualifications in different fields, and the media accepts the idea of specialisations and accords greater respect to those with greater expertise. With one exception: climate science.”

Source : "Don't give climate change heretics an easy ride" by Jay Griffiths, www.theguardian.com. August 31, 2012.
“Somebody said that Reason was dead. Reason said: No, I think not so.”
“We measure success and depth by length of time, but it is possible to have a deep relationship that doesn't always stay the same.”

Source : "20 Questions: Barbara Hershey". Playboy Interview, May 1987.
“Is the Archbishop's blessing any more meaningful than the Politician's handshake? The come, they go, with bigger things than us on their minds.”

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