"Before the eighth grade, I probably went to seven or eight different schools."

-- Jeremy London

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“Hellenic science is a victory of rationalism, which appears greater, not smaller, when one is made to realize that it had been won in spite of the irrational beliefs of the Greek people; all in all, it was a triumph of reason in the face of unreason. Some knowledge of Greek superstitions is needed not only for a proper appreciation of that triumph but also for the justification of occasional failures, such as the many Platonic aberrations.”
“I think traditional supermarkets have to pay attention to the fact that America is more and more conscious of lifestyle.”
“That's what torture does: it creates a miasma of unknowing, about as dangerous a situation in wartime as one can imagine. This hideous fate was made possible by an inexperienced president with a fundamentalist psyche and a paranoid and power-hungry vice-president who decided to embrace "the dark side" almost as soon as the second tower fell, and who is still trying to avenge Nixon. Until they are both gone from office, we are in grave danger the kind of danger that only torturers and fantasists and a security strategy based on coerced evidence can conjure up.”
“Aesthetic matters are fundamental for the harmonious development of both society and the individual.”
“The idea was to have a basin inverted on his head and his hair cut to the shape of it. Skill and money were not needed. Then the idea grew that it was more convenient to leave the basin on his head. Stray thoughts were trimmed along with stray hair; brain-vines, tentacles of thought, were not encouraged to wander. Then, in the interests of human economy, the head of adaptable man became a basin of uniform shapeâ€”a basin, a crash helmet. Safe at last; no more thought-cuts.”
“Reading is a conversation. All books talk. But a good book listens as well.”

Source : "B is for bestseller" by Mark Haddon, www.theguardian.com. April 11, 2004.
“Talking money is crass; so I'm not going to tell you what I made last year.”
“Who could not conquer with such troops as these?”

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