"The criminal is a creative artist; detectives are just critics."

-- Hannu Rajaniemi

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“Proposition 8 fails to advance any rational basis in singling out gay men and lesbians for denial of a marriage licence. Indeed, the evidence shows Proposition 8 does nothing more than enshrine in the California constitution the notion that opposite-sex couples are superior to same-sex couples.”

Source : "Opponents of same-sex marriage to file appeal in California case". www.cnn.com. August 5, 2010.
“Monica Seles: I'd hate to be next door to her on her wedding night.”
“There is only one heaven, one earth and one queen (me) Queen Elizabeth is an impostor.”
“Good visual layout shows the logical structure of a program.”
“With every year of playing, you want to relax one more muscle. Why? Because the more tense you are, the less you can hear.”
“Inflation is taking up the poverty line, and poverty is not just economic but defined by way of health and education.”
“I looked at her, with her hair spilled out on the pillows and the warmth of her body warming mine. And I thought, god-dang, if this ain't a heck of a way to be in bed with a pretty woman. The two of you arguing about murder, and threatening each other, when you're supposed to be in love and you could be doing something pretty nice. And then I thought, well, maybe it ain't so strange after all. Maybe it's like this with most people, everyone doing pretty much the same thing except in a different way. And all the time they're holding heaven in their hands.”
“A kid might help another kid who fell into a river, and a kid might help another kid search for a lost baseball, but there isn't a kid I've met who will help another kid out of a humiliating situation. We just aren't built that way.”

Source : David Lubar (2007). “Hidden Talents”, p.60, Macmillan

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