February 2012
41 posts
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“[After an hour on the Golden Gate bridge] I was like, ‘Fuck this, nobody...”
– Kevin Hines. Quoted in Tad Friend, “Jumpers.” The New Yorker, 13 Oct 2003. Hines is one of about 20 known people to have survived jumping off the Golden Gate. Included in Modern Quotations 2000-2010.
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“You see those old ladies who go into the bank to deposit their checks with...”
– Stephen Marche. “Is This The Return Of Privacy?” Esquire, Oct 2011. Included in Modern Quotations 2011.
“If you’re not humble, life will visit humbleness upon you.”
– Mike Tyson. Details interview, Aug 2010. Included in Modern Quotations 2000-2010.
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“I keep thinking I graduated from college a couple of years ago when it was...”
– Aaron Sorkin. ”What I’ve Learned.” Esquire, Jan 2011. Included in Modern Quotations 2011.
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“The camera phone destroyed the world. Wherever you go, they’re taking your...”
– Eddie Murphy. Rolling Stone interview, Nov 2011. Included in Modern Quotations 2011.
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“A beautiful ass is a joy forever.”
– Art Garfunkel. “What I’ve Learned.” Esquire, Jan 2012.
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“I am honored to be here and to receive this honorary doctorate. When I think...”
– Jon Stewart. Commencement Address, The College of William & Mary. Williamsburg VA, 21 May 2004. Included in Modern Quotations 2000-2010.
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“I’m not a tyrant, as a lot of people think. I just expect other people to...”
– Eddie Van Halen. Spin interview, 11 Jun 2009. Included in Modern Quotations 2000-2010.
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“Have you ever seen me on TV? I always change the subject to the media context....”
– Andrew Breitbart. Quoted in Christopher Beam, “Big Breitbart.” Slate.com, 15 Mar 2010. Included in Modern Quotations 2000-2010.
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“There are millions of books in the world, so I don’t feel like we should...”
– Dave Eggers. Writing! Interview, Jan 2005. Included in Modern Quotations 2000-2010.
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“People have a better chance of seeing God than seeing me naked.”
– Eliza Duskku. TVGuide.com interview, 4 Dec 2008. Included in Modern Quotations 2000-2010.
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“I think we can be reasonably confident that if the American population had the...”
– Noam Chomsky. Another World is Possible (2001). Included in Modern Quotations 2000-2010.
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“For my money, the most important thinker the human species has ever produced was...”
– Richard Dawkins. “The Power of Darwin”, Free Inquiry, Feb/Mar 2009. Included in Modern Quotations 2000-2010.
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“You get to the point where you evolve in your life where everything isn’t...”
– Sen. Roy McDonald. Quoted at the Huffington Post, 16 Jun 2011. On his decision, like that of Sen. Mark Grisanti, to defy his party and vote in favor of same-sex marriages. Included in Modern Quotations 2011.
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“Nobody just shows up ready to be president.”
– Bill Clinton. “Larry King Live,” 27 Sep 2009. Included in Modern Quotations 2000-2010.
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“The conservative movement [was] once home to distinguished intellectuals and men...”
– Ron Paul. Quoted in John H. Richardson, “The Founding Father.” Esquire, May 2011. Included in Modern Quotations 2011.
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“Newt Gingrich is a human hand grenade who walks around with his hand on the pin,...”
– Peggy Noonan. “Gingrich is Inspiring—and Disturbing.” WSJ.com, 10 Dec 2011. Included in Modern Quotations 2011.
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“If I could know that my daughters were the last sacrifice on the road to peace...”
– Izzeldin Abuelaish. I Shall Not Hate (2011). In 2009 a shell struck Abuelaish’s Gaza home, killing his three daughters. Included in Modern Quotations 2011.
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“You can have all the Bobby Clarkes in the world. I’ll take one brilliant...”
– Harry Sinden. Quoted in Hockey Talk (2011).
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“No event in American history which was so improbable at the time has seemed so...”
– Joseph J. Ellis. Founding Brothers (2000). Included in Modern Quotations 2000-2010.
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“I’ve never had a business card in my life.”
– Christian Bale. Star Interviews, Jan 2000. Included in Modern Quotations 2000-2010.
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“I can’t stand these people who say they would never do anything different....”
– Julian Assange. Quoted in Michael Hastings, “The Rolling Stone Interview.” Rolling Stone, Feb 2012.
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“The entire political-pundit industry rests on amnesia about its own long-failed...”
– James Fallows. “Obama, Explained.” The Atlantic, Mar 2012.
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“Ed Rendell said, ‘We’re a nation of wussies…’ He wanted to say...”
– Bill Maher. “Real Time with Bill Maher.” Episode 199, 21 Jan 2011. Included in Modern Quotations 2011.
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“I cannot deny a person— a human being, a taxpayer, a worker, the people of...”
– Sen. Mark J. Grisanti. Quoted in The New York Times, 25 Jun 2011. Included in Modern Quotations 2011. The Republican state senator bucked his party and voted in favor of gay marriage.
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“There’s a lot of dirty work to be done if you’re going to win any...”
– Bob Gainey. Quoted in Hockey Talk (2011).
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“Maybe there are two sides [to every story]—and maybe one has been bought and...”
– David Michaels. Doubt Is Their Product (2008). Included in Modern Quotations 2000-2010.
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“There’s no stop to hockey—you can’t pause and recharge your...”
– Bob Gainey. Hockey Talk (2011).
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“After one reading [for Crazy Stupid Love] the casting director said, ‘Oh...”
– Josh Groban. “The Punch List.” GQ, Aug 2011. Included in Modern Quotations 2011.
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“We [women] do not stand united on any one principle, except perhaps this: We all...”
– Stacey Grenrock Woods. Esquire.com, 1 Aug 2002. Included in Modern Quotations 2000-2010.
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“Harry Potter made everyone a little bit uncool.”
– Lev Grossman. “Harry Potter RIP.” Wired, Aug 2011. Included in Modern Quotations 2011.
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“It is strange to be with an older man who listens to pop music.”
– Nigella Lawson. ”I don’t want to be some kitchen blow-up sex doll.” Daily Mail Online, 1 Dec 2006. Included in Modern Quotations 2000-2010.
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“I’ve read just about every issue of Playboy since I was 15 years old. Not once...”
– Jimmy Kimmel. “Friars Club Roast of Hugh Hefner.” Taped 29 Sep 2001. Included in Modern Quotations 2000-2010.
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“This court has never held that the Constitution forbids the execution of a...”
– Antonin Scalia. Quoted in The New York Times, 17 Aug 2009. Included in Modern Quotations 2000-2010.
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“I wrote a play when I was in Chicago … about Catherine the Great. And she was...”
– Tina Fey. “Tina Gone Wild.” Esquire, Apr 2010. Included in Modern Quotations 2000-2010.
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“No one talks bunkum with a better vocabulary than those who lace their hokum...”
– Michael Shermer. ”Bunkum”, Scientific American, Jan 2004. Included in Modern Quotations 2000-2010.
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“Gordie Howe was a lethal combination of grit, power, and single-mindedness. The...”
– Karl Samuelson. Hockey Talk (2011).
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“I don’t think you ever stop loving a person. I think you can hate them a...”
– Uma Thurman. W interview, May 2004. Included in Modern Quotations 2000-2010.
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“One of the few good things about modern times: If you die horribly on...”
– Kurt Vonnegut. “Cold Turkey.” In These Times, 10 May 2004. Included in Modern Quotations 2000-2010.
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“When you take stock of your life there are plot holes galore. You find it hard...”
– Molly Lambert. “Telephone Wires.” ThisRecording.com, 2 Mar 2011.
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“Be good, or be good at it.”
– Lil’ Wayne. “No Love” (song) 2010, w/Eminem.
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“If triangles had gods their gods would have three sides.”
– Christopher Hitchens. God is not Great (2008). Included in Modern Quotations 2000-2010.
January 2012
39 posts
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“If I have daughters, I wouldn’t want them to go into pornography …. I don’t want...”
– Jenna Jameson. “What I’ve Learned.” Esquire, Aug 2008. Included in Modern Quotations 2000-2010.
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“Goaltenders are fall guys in a rectangular cage, scapegoats waiting to happen.”
– Wayne Coffey. The Boys of Winter (2005). Included in Hockey Talk.
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“Roughly one in every one hundred humans is a full-fledged psychopath. Imagine...”
– David N. Stamos. “The Philosophical Significance of Psychopaths.” Free Inquiry, Aug/Sep 2011.
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“You get the audience you deserve. When I played freaky music, I got freaky...”
– Prince. Ebony interview, September 2004. Included in Modern Quotations 2000-2010.
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“Picket signs
For my wicked rhymes
Look at the times.”
– Eminem. “Cleanin’ Out My Closet” (song) 2002. Included in Modern Quotations 2000-2010.
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“American girls, they want the whole world / They want every last little light in...”
– Brian Fallon (The Gaslight Anthem). “The Queen of Lower Chelsea” (song) 2010. Included in Modern Quotations 2000-2010.
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WatchTrailer for the upcoming documentary Pink Ribbons Inc
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“All other hockey skills are secondary to whatever-it-was that Gretzky had.”
– Justin Bourne. “Why hockey sense is more important than star talent.” Bourne Blog, 26 Oct 2010. Included in Hockey Talk.