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last updated: November 28, 2023

Even in so-called realist or conventional writing there can be defamiliarization.
-- Leni Zumas

Source : Source: therumpus.net

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I think that the solution of the question of numerical superiority of Russian conventional forces has to be solved.
-- Helmut Schmidt

Source : "War and Peace in the Nuclear Age". "Zero Hour", openvault.wgbh.org. 1987.

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“You often hear this about directors, how its like having the best set of toys. This fabulous train set, the biggest box of toys that a kid could possibly have. The best directors look like a kid having more fun than youre supposed to have.”

Source : "EXCLUSIVE: William Sadler Talks Roadracers Blu-ray". Interview with Brian Gallagher, movieweb.com. April 18, 2012.
“Everybody that you could name would join in our audiences from, Laguardia on down. Everybody came. Everybody came to the Cotton Club.”
“I have never understood the importance of having children memorize battle dates. It seems like such a waste of mental energy. Instead, we could teach them important subjects such as How the Mind Works, How to Handle Finances, How to Invest Money for Financial Security, How to be a Parent, How to Create Good Relationships, and How to Create and Maintain Self-Esteem and Self-Worth. Can you imagine what a whole generation of adults would be like if they had been taught these subjects in school along with their regular curriculum?”
“I'm really proud of the writing on Door to Door, and I think that's the Emmy that meant the most - the writing.”
“Farewell! O Gandalf! May you ever appear where you are most needed and least expected!”
“The ignorant person is totally blind he does not appreciate the value of the jewel”
“Because these kids get away from their parents, and they binge drink until they are sick. Dozens of them are going to the hospital, and some of them dying. This is a problem, a big problem that needs to be addressed, and we need accurate information.”
“The concept of paying one-hundred-and-something times earnings for any company for me is just anathema. Having said that, at the end of the day, your job is to buy what goes up and to sell what goes down so really who gives a damn about PE's?”
“Eyes like streams of melting snow, cold with the things she does not know. Heaven above and Hell beneath, liquid flames to hide her grief. Death, death, death with no release. Death, death, death with no release.”
“A 'fact' merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease.”