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America in that agitated time; not merely a nation, but something like a continental nervous condition.

As I mounted the stairs, my lips silently tried out the two words "contrary warrior" together.

I think Junior is certainly a science fiction premise as is Twins, as is Dave, beyond Ghostbusters.

For Winnicott, the "transitional space" between the internal world and "reality" becomes a space for creative play and imagination

Curse you Sonic! Not only do you foil my plans but you foil my speeches too. I work hard on them!

The great secretary of Nature and all learning, Sir Francis Bacon.

I had a flight trainer who is one of the biggest and most famous helicopter pilots the world.

Rather than recall in these flowers the fragrance of the past, I would like to hear this nightingale's voice, to know if his song is as sweet.

The difficulty is that without a direct revelation from the Author of the law, it is impossible to know whether the possibility of forgiveness is real. Therefore

To be evil at all, Satan needs good things he can abuse, things like intelligence, power and will. Those good things come from God.

The measure of a man is not how great his faith is, but how great his love is. We must not let government programs disconnect our souls from each other.

Reading poetry gives me a sense of calm, well-being, and love for humanity - the same stuff more flexible women get from yoga.

The fact is always obvious much too late, but the most singular difference between happiness and joy is that happiness is a solid and joy a liquid.

I regret to say that we of the FBI are powerless to act in cases of oral-genital intimacy, unless it has in some way obstructed interstate commerce.

Lenin's distinction is decisive. A propagandist, he says, to explain unemployment must talk about the capitalist nature of the crisis, the need for building a socialist society, etc.

Actually the vast majority of Negroes and members of foreign-language groups have rejected communism for what it is: a heartless, totalitarian way of life which completely disregards the dignity of man.

Writing a novel is one of those modern rites of passage, I think, that lead us from an innocent world of contentment, drunkenness, and good humor, to a state of chronic edginess and the perpetual scanning of bank statements.

the liberals resort constantly to a double use of language.

The movement designated as "liberalism" is regarded as "liberal" only by its friends; to its opponents it seems to involve a narrow ignoring of many relevant facts.

I was more of a Star Wars kid, actually. I always thought Star Trek was a lot of talk, and it felt a little self-important. It was hard for me to get into it.

I'm not someone who quite understands the science of the Force. To me Star Wars was never about science fiction -- it was a spiritual story.

I've just been lucky to work on things that I felt would be cool to see. It's not that I had a strategy or anything.

What I'm still grappling with and learning how to do is to be looking and thinking cinematically, having come from television.

I love the idea of anthropomorphizing machines. I love the idea of taking technology and giving it a personality.