"All worthy work is open to interpretations the author did not intend. Art isn't your pet — it's your kid. It grows up and talks back to you."

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“Very occasionally, if you really pay attention, life doesn’t suck.”

“Veronica solves little puzzles because she, like all of us, cannot unravel the bigger ones.”

“I have had a dream my whole life... and it was not this good.”

“You can either watch TV or you can make TV.”

“The actors can make up their dialogue. I'm bushed, and they're all funny, and the hell with it. Maybe I'll give them a premise to work off of, like "You're all in trouble" or "Wash has a thing". They could maybe light it too.”

“Sobre o musical de Buffy, Once More with Feeling”

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— Francis Turner Palgrave

Literature1824–1897

#writing

"This word church has diverse significations."

— William Tyndale

Social Activism1494–1536

#writing

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— Theodore Roosevelt

Politics1858–1919

#justice

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— Thomas Hylland Eriksen

Politics1962–2024

#knowledge