M. J. Rose Quotes
'Power Play' is a morality tale for our post-Enron world and - not incidentally - wildly entertaining. Nothing wrong with that.

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From the night, his solitude, the poet finds day and starts a diary that is lethal to the inert. The dark landscape yields a dialogue.
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Unsettling signs of al Qaeda's aims and skills in cyberspace have led some government experts to conclude that terrorists are at the threshold of using the Internet as a direct instrument of bloodshed.
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I don't mind talking about 'what might have been,' but I am not one to doubt or regret most of my decisions.
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The reasons asthma doesn't affect my work or play is that I had accurate diagnostics and follow treatment regimens closely. It's when someone thinks they're fine and that they don't need help that they usually get in trouble.
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Memory is a complicated thing, a relative to truth, but not its twin.
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All the terrorists are basically migrants.
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It's time to face facts: Most people stop being environmentalists when they sit down to eat.
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My mother didn't set out to surround us with white students or colleagues. My mother just sought a quality education. People have these expectations of who they think you should be. And I say it's because they don't really understand Malcolm X - or his wife.
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As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.
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Here in America we're doing the most wonderful crafts.
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I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person I think I am, the people who irritate me, and the people I'd like to be.
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That you get booed belongs to professional sports.
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I should confess that I'm woefully under-read in South African fiction.
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When I saw Arnold say that he didn't need a union, because people in his position don't need it, I thought, this is a very naive way to present yourself. It's also kinda dumb about making movies. It doesn't realize how the union movement even helps the star.
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What I really enjoy the most is seeing what the crowd likes. I enjoy making people laugh.
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An ordinary kitten will ask more questions than any five-year-old.
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There were so many pretty girls coming into the salon as clients, and others working in the salon. And I thought, 'Hmm. This is rather nice.'
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Some musicians I know are incredible fathers. Like Keith Richards. A fantastic dad.
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The gross demonstration of caffeine is that it prevents you from falling asleep. The slightly more nefarious aspect of caffeine is that maybe you can fall asleep, but we know that the depth of deep sleep you're getting if caffeine is still in your system is severely less.
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It will not out of the flesh that is bred in the bone.
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Those who fear the new are the ones who have mastered the old.
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Many artists and writers have used cannabis for creative stimulation - from the writers of the world's religious masterpieces to our most irreverent satirists.
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Half the world is below average and it's not going to get any better.
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'Power Play' is a morality tale for our post-Enron world and - not incidentally - wildly entertaining. Nothing wrong with that.