"Beware of assumptions that seem "obvious" in one decade. They may become quaint in the next."

-- David Brin

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“You may read any quantity of books, and you may almost as ignorant as you were at starting, if you don't have, at the back of yourminds, the change for words in definite images which can only be acquired through the operation of your observing faculties on the phenomena of nature.”
“My favorite film is "Meshes in the Afternoon," a short avant garde film directed by Maya Deren. This was the first film that I saw that was actually directed by a woman.”

Source : "Sundance 2016 Women Directors: Meet Chris Hegedus – ‘Unlocking the Cage’". www.indiewire.com. January 23, 2016.
“Usually when you play a team, you want to focus on one line. Pittsburgh is the only team where you have to focus on one player [Mario Lemieux]. When he's coming toward you, all you see is him.”
“It's like the piano and the cello are being poured into my body, the same way the IV and blood transfusions are. And the memories of my life as it was, and the flashes of it as it might be, are coming so fast and furious. I feel like I can no longer keep up with them but they keep coming and everything is colliding, until I cannot take anymore. Until I cannot be like this a second longer.”
“I'm still thinking and hoping there's an opportunity for people to have better lives and that significant change can occur.”

Source : "Tracy Chapman Comes Out of Her Shell / Publicity-shy singer-songwriter wants people to hear 'Telling Stories'" by Aidin Vaziri, www.sfgate.com. April 16, 2000.
“This is Life, not Heaven you don't have to be perfect”
“It comes down to a question of attention: it's difficult to use the Net distractedly, unlike the television or the radio.”
“Gorillaz virtually changed my wife...sorry, I mean, life...no, actually, it was my wife.”

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