"There never was a scandalous tale without some foundation."

-- Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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“It's impossible to overvalue the importance of television - both in its serious and less serious functions. It's one of our most important ways of finding out the truth - and also of changing the world, and finding out what in the world needs changing. It's also an immense bringer of joy - I learnt how to laugh through television, and now my children and I, every day of every week, share the joy and stupidity of TV shows - they actually make us HAPPY”
“Please, don't use a cornice as a doorstop. At least put it somewhere where people will have to look up at it. Architectural details really ought to be displayed in the same relation to the viewer as they were originally intended.”
“The X server has to be the biggest program I've ever seen that doesn't do anything for you.”
“Much of the debate over global warming is predicated on fear, rather than science.”

Source : "Inhofe Declares Victory in Speech on Global Warming" by Jim Myers, www.prisonplanet.com. November 19, 2009.
“I am convinced that love is the most durable power in the world. It is not an expression of impractical idealism, but of practical realism. Far from being the pious injunction of a Utopian dreamer, love is an absolute necessity for the survival of our civilization. To return hate for hate does nothing but intensify the existence of evil in the universe. Someone must have sense enough and religion enough to cut off the chain of hate and evil, and this can only be done through love.”
“Faith and optimism are contagious.”

Source : Thom S. Rainer (2001). “Surprising Insights from the Unchurched and Proven Ways to Reach Them”, p.197, Harper Collins
“Oh oh it's magic, when I'm with you, oh oh it's magic, you know it's true, got a hold on you.”

Source : Ric Ocasek (2012). “Lyrics & Prose”, p.91, Penguin
“Jazz is the most fun you can have with your clothes on.”

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