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		The end of the world was supposed to be gradual. There was supposed to be warning. A long, slow slide. What we got was punctuated equilibrium: a stately wobbling, then a sudden tipping point. There was plenty of warning, I suppose. We just weren’t paying attention.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Elizabeth Bear 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		When you look at where the Democratic field is going relative to foreign policy, they are increasingly moving away from a policy of pre-emptive self-defense that the president has adopted since September 11. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ed Gillespie 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Tax cuts are like sex: When they are good, they are very, very good. And when they are bad, they are still pretty good. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				M. Stanton Evans 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		To compare Olympic sport with cricket would not be fair. Years back, cricket was a sport only for the classes, and we will also have to make other sports masses from classes like cricket. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gagan Narang 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've always said that the word 'genius,' especially in Hollywood, is way overused. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ted McGinley 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Polygraph tests are 20th-century witchcraft. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Ervin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In papergaming, players can look at a character sheet of their own creation and see all of their skills, right there, in black and white. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Warren Spector 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		If Catholics and Jews can today come together regularly for talks after so many tears and so much blood have been shed, than Jews and Arabs must be able to do the same. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Edgar Bronfman, Sr. 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In a photo, you just do a click, but in art you have to put in so much energy. This concentration of energy and attention says something that other media cannot say. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Fernando Botero 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Washington Irving 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		At night I wake up and think, What color will make me feel better when I soak in the bathtub for an hour? I want everyone who's dreaming of a glamorous life to know that I'd trade a good bath any day for the heels, the hair, the makeup, the tight dresses, the photographs, the small talk. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Salma Hayek 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Practice, practice, practice. Practice until you get a guitar welt on your chest...if it makes you feel good, don't stop until you see the blood from your fingers. Then you'll know you're on to something! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ted Nugent 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I won't be waitin' any more cause I know Baby, baby I was made for you 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Zooey Deschanel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Although we give lip service to the notion of freedom, we know the government is no longer the servant of the people but, at last has become the people's master. We have stood by like timid sheep while the wolf killed - first the weak, then the strays, then those on the outer edges of the flock, until at last the entire flock belonged to the wolf. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gerry Spence 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You've got to get your mind connected to the workout. Pay attention to what your body's doing. It's about connecting mind and the body. Visualize the muscles moving. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Michael Cudlitz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm the most out-of-work actor I know. In the last two years I've basically taken meetings for a living. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Macaulay Culkin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		This legislation will cut subsidies substantially; millions of people will lose health insurance, but certainly people will be worse off. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Doug Elmendorf 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Before you attempt to set things right, make sure you see things right. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Blaine Pardoe 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The end of the world was supposed to be gradual. There was supposed to be warning. A long, slow slide. What we got was punctuated equilibrium: a stately wobbling, then a sudden tipping point. There was plenty of warning, I suppose. We just weren’t paying attention. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Elizabeth Bear