"I'm a technological optimist in that I do believe that technology will provide solutions that will allow the world in 2050 to support 9 billion people at an acceptable standard of living. But I'm a political pessimist in that I am concerned about whether the science will be appropriately applied."

-- Martin Rees

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“Basically, I've reached the point where I've lost any direct relationship to any of the editors I used to have. I suspect I'll have to pay to publish this myself, and I think a lot about about putting out fifty copies. I used to think about hogwash like my legacy and silly things like that. But I feel like if I never have another book out, I've done okay, I've had like twelve or thirteen little books, and I won't be upset about this on my death bed.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor.”

Source : Max Eastman (2008). “Enjoyment of Laughter”, p.36, Transaction Publishers
“I have made it a rule never to smoke more that one cigar at a time.”
“Take a stand, America! You deserve better. Resolve to live life vibrantly by looking to family, faith, and freedom in this new year!”
“We were coming from a completely different place, which was saying "sound" is what you want to define it as, and you can shape it into music in whichever way you want.”
“I was born into the business. My mother was an entertainer. It was natural. But yes, in the next life, I might not do it.”

Source : "Dina Lohan says she might like another shot at raising Lindsay", www.nydailynews.com. September 21, 2012.
“Music-wise, I listen to everything. Leonard Cohen, Randy Newman - I guess I like a lot of '70s music.”
“Is being burnt a requisite for the making of art? Personally, I don't think it is. But art is poultice for a burn. It is a privilege to have, somewhere within you, a capacity for making something speak from your own seared experience.”

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