"When you're given a newspaper column, you're not being paid to sit on a fence and scratch your chin and say 'On the one hand this' and 'On the other hand that.' You're getting paid for your opinion."

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Source : "Carl Hiaasen reports from 'Paradise'" By Todd Leopold, www.cnn.com. November 9, 2001.

Carl Hiaasen

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“Now as far as the organization selling drugs, no. Individuals selling drugs is something else.”
“God makes no mistakes. In all our trials and dramas there are lessons. Life is not a playground but a classroom. Our journey through life provides the course work and the tests needed for our education and development.”
“I have a husband who adores me.”
“As to the presidency, the two happiest days of my life were those of my entrance upon the office and my surrender of it.”
“Feathers! spluttered Sargatanas. Feathers are for the birds, my boy. Flaking, peeling, scale-ridden wings, now that's what real beings wear. I'll tell you a secret. He said, and drew me closer. The eternal pain at having known Paradise and lost it is priceless. I wouldn't swap it for anything.”
“Kenny Goldsmith from Ubuweb describes himself as an amateur archivist, and people can download files from Ubuweb - it's not a streaming service. But it's a miracle that it's still online and they're able to make it work through the donations of server space and volunteer efforts.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“I do not know how it comes about, but if you sit opposite a man every day and you are engaged in fighting him, you cannot help getting a liking for him whether he deserves it or not.”
“Nothing gives quite the satisfaction that doing things brings.”

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