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Quote -October 4, 2011

Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 7:42 pm
by Warmsoul/Jeanie13
Thanks Stephen.

My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.
-- Adlai E. Stevenson Jr., Speech in Detroit, 7 Oct. 1952

He was a genius - that is to say, a man who does superlatively and without obvious effort something that most people cannot do by the uttermost exertion of their abilities.
-- Robertson Davies, "Fifth Business"

Devotees of grammatical studies have not been distinguished for any very remarkable felicities of expression.
-- Amos Bronson Alcott

I had an epiphany a few years ago where I was out at a celebrity party and it suddenly dawned on me that I had yet to meet a celebrity who is as smart and interesting as any of my friends.
-- Moby, quoted on CNN.com, March 2005