"We always had lutefisk for Christmas dinner, after which Dad read from the Norwegian Bible."

-- Peter Agre

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“Science has become adult; I am not sure whether scientists have.”
“If people are constantly falling off a cliff, you could place ambulances under the cliff or build a fence on the top of the cliff. We are placing all too many ambulances under the cliff.”
“When I started driving our old four-door green DeSoto, I always took Skip on my trips around town. I would get Skip to prop himself against the steering wheel, his black head peering out of the windshield, while I crouched out of sight under the dashboard. Slowing the car to ten or fifteen, I would guide the steering wheel with my right hand while Skip, with his paws, kept it steady. As we drove by the Blue Front CafÃ©, I could hear one of the men shout: "Look at that ol' dog drivin' a car!"”

Source : Willie Morris (2008). “My Dog Skip”, p.11, Vintage
“We're dealing with that question now, in the media. How does the judicial system work? There's never going to be a clear-cut answer, but it's a conversation and a conflict in the community. It's not a white thing or a black thing. It's a society thing and a culture thing, and we've gotta figure it out.”
“I focus on my work. If I let myself get distracted by the insults and slanders I wouldn't get anything substantive done.”
“The world needs you. It doesn't need you at a party having read a book about how to appear smart at parties - these books exist, and they're tempting - but resist falling into that trap. The world needs you at the party starting real conversations, saying, 'I don't know,' and being kind.”

Source : "Screenwriters' Lecture: Charlie Kaufman". BAFTA Lecture, www.bafta.org. September 30, 2011.
“Men are rarely questioned on their spouses or their partners, and nor should they be. And the question to ask is why is this done to women?”
“There ought to be a thoughtful welfare-reform debate that doesn't turn into something that could be called scapegoating.”

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