"[The oyster] accepts algae and detritus in one end - and through this beautiful, glamorous set of stomach organs, out the other end comes cleaner water."

-- Kate Orff

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“I know just enough Japanese to get by if I get lost and greet an audience properly, just from having a lot of Japanese friends and being there over the years.”
“Really, children will support anything that is empowering to them.”

Source : Interview with Brian Z., www.ign.com. July 25, 2003.
“There are some things that we know are just not as pleasant as the lies that we tell ourselves, and in that sense in order to endure existence everyone endures a certain amount of dishonesty in their everyday lives.”
“All of his life had been about making sure I kept mine.”

Source : Rob Thurman (2012). “Doubletake: A Cal Leandros Novel”, p.50, Penguin
“Paul Ryan, who teamed up with Akin in the House to sponsor harsh anti-abortion bills, may look young and hip and new generation, with his iPod full of heavy metal jams and his cute kids. But he's just a fresh face on a Taliban creed - the evermore antediluvian, anti-women, anti-immigrant, anti-gay conservative core. Amiable in khakis and polo shirts, Ryan is the perfect modern leader to rally medieval Republicans who believe that Adam and Eve cavorted with dinosaurs.”

Source : "Just think No" by Maureen Dowd, www.nytimes.com. August 21, 2012.
“I don't know, on a sitcom, and in theatre especially, you have to really be listening to an audience. And if you're losing them, you can hear the sniffs, and the playbills shuffling and whatnot.”
“Only the mediocre are always at their best.”
“My Muse sits forlorn She wishes she had not been born She sits in the cold No word she says is ever told.”

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