"Planning a wedding is hell. Things are said. Doors are slammed. Quarrels about the most inconsequential things--yellow tablecloths or white? hors d'oeuvres set out on tables or passed around on trays?--are often pitched at such a level that it seems the combatants may never recover from them. Much of the anxiety, of course, is tribal. It is wrenching to have to open the sacred circle to admit an outsider."

-- Caitlin Flanagan

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“does a society exist where it's become acceptable to wear 'helmets' enclosing one's entire head when in public to preempt social interaction”
“Now more than ever the people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness, and corruption. If it be intelligent, brave, and pure, it is because the people demand these high qualities to represent them in the national legislature. . . . If the next centennial does not find us a great nation . . . it will be because those who represent the enterprise, the culture, and the morality of the nation do not aid in controlling the political forces.”
“The amazing thing is that chaotic systems don't always stay chaotic," Ben said, leaning on the gate. "Sometimes they spontaneously reorganize themselves into an orderly structure." "They suddenly become less chaotic?" I said, wishing that would happen at HiTek. "No, that's the thing. They become more and more chaotic until they reach some sort of chaotic critical mass. When that happens, they spontaneously reorganize themselves at a higher equilibrium level. It's called self-organized criticality.”
“Music is what I must do, business is what I need to do and politics is what I have to do”
“Popular culture is morally bankrupt, flagrantly licentious and utterly materialistic-and Madonna is the worst of all.”
“I think every actor should be always grateful when they work.”
“Education is aÂ Â task for both parents and state. The state, parents, and children all have interests that must be protected.”
“Im a pretty organised traveller.”

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