"Just heard the best word in the English language: benign. (And I don't need to see that doctor again for five years.)"

-- Jeff Jarvis

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“I am struck by how sharing our weakness and difficulties is more nourishing to others than sharing our qualities and successes.”

Source : Jean Vanier, Ann Shearer (1989). “Community and Growth”, p.185, Paulist Press
“Relationships take time and energy, and your job kind of sucks that all out of you. It takes an extra effort to stay present in a relationship when you are working so many hours.”

Source : "Surprise! She's a Bombshell (and You Can be One Too)". Interview with Laurie Sandell, www.glamour.com. September 2, 2007.
“In the end, a small section of the crowd, maybe 2,000 to 3,000, turned against me. And that was it. Inside the club they know your best intentions, but the minority shout louder than the rest.”
“The government's assertion that it must be unhindered in protecting our security can camouflage the desire to increase Executive power, while the press's cry of the public's right to know can mask a quest for competitive advantage or a hidden animus. Neither the need to protect our security nor the public's right to know is a blank check.”
“I couldn't do country, with all due respect to all country music artists. My parents dressed me up with a cowboy hat and we'd go to the rodeo when I was younger and it traumatized me for life.”
“I think it's kinda nice.' And I did. my mom isn't famous for her pies. No, she's famous for defusing a nuclear device in Brussels with only a pair of cuticle scissors and a ponytail holder. Somehow, at the moment, pies seemed cooler.”
“I think Obama is right when he talks about the rule of law as a cornerstone of what the United States should stand for.”
“Last time I was down South I walked into this restaurant, and this white waitress came up to me and said: 'We don't serve colored people here.' "I said: 'that's all right, I don't eat colored people. Bring me a whole fried chicken.”

Source : Dick Gregory, Robert Lipsyte (1990). “Nigger”, p.144, Simon and Schuster

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