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"The example we would do well to keep in front of us is that of the Dalai Lama. He was giving a discourse on a Tibetan text about meditation. He read out a sentence, laughed and remarked, ‘Buddhist the…"

"NPR: Conversation with Maurice Sendak"

"I don't need a president with a bucket list!"

". . . said the not entirely suppressed old Ivan, rearing his head from inside the new one, although without much confidence."

"Plainly said, he was giving me enough rope to hang myself with. Apparently he didn’t realize that once a noose is tied, it will fit one neck as easily as another."

"I searched for some of the folktales I had heard at home. There was not even one. A sudden feeling of loss rose within me."

"And now to the decisive factor: our boundless urge to follow and serve, to worship anyone or anything, to believe blindly and with doglike loyalty, all advice to the contrary notwithstanding."

"“He’s an asshole. Russell Crowe is a prick bastard to work with."

"As an actor... we all have our own methods and approaches to creating a character, whether that's from the inside going in or vice versa. I spoke, mainly, to the executive producer Bill Dozier. We got…"

"I find that a man is as old as his work. If his work keeps him from moving forward, he will look forward with the work."

"Cato Institute profile, with links to recent writings"

"Many men of importance were gathered there to be seen talking with other men of importance, resulting in an abundance of conspicuous but immaterial discourse."

"With this kiss I wed thee once again."

"She wears her clothes, as if they were thrown on her with a pitchfork."

"There came from without the hoof-beats of a galloping relative and Aunt Dahlia whizzed in."

"Don't lecture me on race relations. I don't have a molecule of prejudice. I've been in battle with every kind of man there is. I've been in bed with every kind of woman there is — from a Laplander to …"

"My veins are filled, once a week with a Neapolitan carpet cleaner distilled from the Adriatic and I am as bald as an egg. However I still get around and am mean to cats."

"Audio interview with Dick Cavett, at Paris Review"

"Out under the moon and the stars, alone with his son that eighth night, Omoro completed the naming ritual. Carrying little Kunta in his strong arms, he walked to the edge of thevillage, lifted his bab…"

"The thing about is that you have to realize that I had to look into the faces of those people, six inches away, so if you think Kramer is funny on TV, imagine his real face six inches from your nose, …"