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An objective is an ambition, and life without ambition is ... well, aimless wandering.

All Middlesex is ugly, notwithstanding the millions upon millionswhichit iscontinuallysucking up fromtherestof the kingdom.

I think women are taught to ask permission about everything. We don't realize that we are entitled and we do have a say in our lives.

Although it has been said by men of more wit than wisdom, and perhaps more malice than either, that women are naturally incapable of acting prudently, or that they are necessarily determined to folly, I must by no means grant it.

I don't know what the f--k I'm talking about with parenting.

It is always easy to be logical. It is almost impossible to be logical to the bitter end.

I think of Gord Downie voice as Whitman-esque. He has a poetic voice that contains multitudes, both the suppleness of the instrument of his voice, and just the lyrical boundaries that he pushes, which are really always thrilling to me.

So I always liked to sing, and apparently when I was about four or five I also started to be attracted to pianos and musical instruments. Whenever we went to a friend's house, I vaguely recall climbing up on the piano, plunking on it, and trying to figure it out. So my parents figured I was interested and asked me if I wanted to take piano lessons. I said sure.

The easy confidence with which I know another man's religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also.

I have found the missing link between the higher ape and civilized man; it is we.