"There is nothing intrinsic linking any religion with any act of violence. The crusades don't prove that Christianity was violent. The Inquisition doesn't prove that Christianity tortures people. But that Christianity did torture people."

-- Salman Rushdie

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“I think I speak for America when I say, nothing says NASCAR like Whoopi Goldberg.”

Source : "Best Week Ever with Paul F. Tompkins". TV Series, www.imdb.com.
“Depression is a very sensible reaction to just about everything we live in now.”
“Ray Charles revolutionary approach to music was also reflected in his politics and his deep and abiding commitment to Martin Luther King and the plight of African-Americans. Ray Charles may not have been on the front lines, but he put his money where his mouth was.”
“Too much emphasis is put on American roots music when people try and place me. You know, I grew up listening to punk.”

Source : "Still voice, distant life" by Sean O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. November 16, 2002.
“Way back in 1979, as a guest on a local TV show in Arkansas, then Hillary Rodham was quizzed about not taking her husband's last name when they got married and keeping her job as a lawyer while being first lady of the state.”
“The writer in movies is about as low as you can get and you really are a hired hand. You are paid a lot of money to be treated like dirt.”
“I think the producers, for the most part, don't want to see prices skyrocket because that will only create problems for them down the road and would also be a, you know, would be a very serious shock for a world economy that can't afford serious shocks right now.”

Source : "CNN American Morning with Paula Zahn". www.cnn.com. September 3, 2002.
“Nobody trusts the industrial food system to give them good food.”

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