"My first book, 'The Age of Wire and String,' came out in 1995, and it was hardly reviewed at all."

-- Ben Marcus

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“Discerning the merits of competing claims is where the empirical basis of science should play a role. I cannot stress often enough that what science is all about is not proving things to be true but proving them to be false. What fails the test of empirical reality, as determined by observation and experiment, gets thrown out like yesterday's newspaper.”
“Things are not as bad as they seem. They are worse.”
“Stand-up comedy and poverty. Those were my two main endeavors.”

Source : Interview with Kenneth Plume, www.ign.com. April 15, 2002.
“In CancÃºn, I felt like I had walked into an American teen movie.”
“Summer is a prodigal of joy. The grass Swarms with delighted insects as I pass, And crowds of grasshoppers at every stride Jump out all ways with happiness their guide; And from my brushing feet moths flit away In safer places to pursue their play. In crowds they start. I marvel, well I may, To see such worlds of insects in the way, And more to see each thing, however small, Sharing joy's bounty that belongs to all. And here I gather, by the world forgot, Harvests of comfort from their happy mood, Feeling God's blessing dwells in every spot And nothing lives but owes him gratitude.”
“Understanding one's own power is more interesting than someone being given something powerful.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“You have to understand what caused genocide to happen. Or it will happen again.”
“I believed my story would be helpful to young women my daughter's age, who are still in the process of forming themselves as women, and in need of encouragement to remain true to themselves.”

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