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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/鲁迅

 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: delete. --Aphaia 00:09, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

鲁迅
Non-English quote page that had been nominated for VfD but not listed here. I can't read it, but if it's useful, it might be transwikied. — Jeff Q (talk) 22:29, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * VOTE CLOSED: 2300, 3 May 2005 (UTC) 3 votes for deletion, one of them suggested merge. No one supported for keeping it. --Aphaia 00:09, 5 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge or Delete: I checked it and related pages.
 * This is the same topic of Lu Xun, a Chinese novelist - very famous.
 * The correspond article on Zh WQ is zh:鲁迅 and its content is same with our 鲁迅.
 * So my proposal is 1) we merge it and ask Zh people to translate it or 2) just delete it and wait for Zh Wikiquoters who would like to expand it. If I recall correctly, I have already asked them once to save it on their VP but got no response. Their project is younger than ours and has less population, so I personally prefer the option 2). --Aphaia 01:26, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. If they already have the content (for later translation when they have time), and we have no one to translate it, then I say delete unless they get around to it before the vote close date. — Jeff Q (talk) 01:40, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. This serves no purpose here and is present where it is useful. Rmhermen 02:42, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Question: Does zh:WQ have the contents of Lu Xun, which is tagged to be merged with this article? If not, perhaps we should somehow provide them with Lu Xun's contents. — Jeff Q (talk) 05:03, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Reply: Lu Xun has a quote and it is listed on the 9th of zh article. --Aphaia 22:07, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Then I suggest that if this article is deleted, the merge tag be removed from Lu Xun. We might also consider it for deletion, as it contains only a single quote, but that is a separate issue. (I'd be inclined to leave it for future growth when the zh folks are ready to translate more.) — Jeff Q (talk) 08:03, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Deleted. --Aphaia 00:09, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

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User talk:Jeffq/Experiments/VfD archive list

Initial organization
I've created this new WQ:VFDA page based largely on the existing one, with a few differences:
 * The vote entries are only links pointing to subpages with titles in the form "Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/PAGENAME".
 * There is no differentiation between kept or deleted pages, for 3 reasons:
 * The main reason we did this originally, I think, was to reduce the amount of text in section edits, which is irrelevant with only links.
 * Since articles may be voted on more than once with different results (consider "Adam Margolin"), we avoid some problems by keeping strict alpha order. (We may need to use WP's convention of appending a "/2" or similar for second votes.)
 * One no longer needs to worry about the fate of a page to determine which section to put it in.
 * My initial table of contents was rather hasty and could use some improvement. For one thing, we should probably create separate sections for "Category:" and perhaps "Template:" as well.
 * I've omitted the "Deletions awaiting software fixes" section, as it no longer seems necessary.

The subpages currently use a format that I think would provide a full single VFDA page if it used the instantiation syntax instead of standard links. But this sounds like it wouldn't solve our load time problem, so I suspect this won't fly. It means a little more work to create the individual links, but that's probably preferable to waiting 30-60 seconds for the darn VFDA page to load.

Another problem I see is how these pages show up in the Category:VfD archive entries. Each one is listed under "V" for "Votes for deletion…". This is because I used a template to make it easy to post a note at the top and category them. I know of no way to alter the variable that is part of these kind of templates. (I believe that issue is currently under consideration at BugZilla.)

Anyway, this is a start. Feel free to edit and comment to improve this process. Also, if no one objects, I'll probably move this page into a more formal location, like the either the old Proposed Votes for deletion archive, or a new Votes for deletion archive (draft) if we don't want to delete the old one. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 01:19, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

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The Perks of Being a Wallflower

The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a 1999 novel by American novelist Stephen Chbosky. The story is a series of letters to an unknown recipient written by the narrator, a Pennsylvania teenager who calls himself Charlie (his real name is never mentioned — no one's real names are mentioned besides Alice).

 * See also:
 * The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012 movie)

Quotes

 * I just need to know that someone out there listens and understands and doesn't try to sleep with people even if they could have. I need to know that these people exist.

 * p.2

 * So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.
 * p.2

 * Bridget who is crazy said that sometimes she thought about suicide when commercials come on during TV. She was sincere and this puzzled the guidance counselors.
 * p.3

 * Some kids look at me strange in the hallways because I don't decorate my locker, and I'm the one who beat up Sean and couldn't stop crying after he did it. I guess I'm pretty emotional.
 * p.8

 * I look at people holding hands in the hallways, and I try to think about how it all works. At the school dances, I sit in the background, and I tap my toe, and I wonder how many couples will dance to 'their song.'  In the hallways, I see the girls wearing the guys’ jackets, and I think about the idea of property.  And I wonder if anyone is really happy.  I hope they are.  I really hope they are.
 * p.23-24

 * "Do you always think this much, Charlie?" "Is that bad?" I just wanted someone to tell me the truth. "Not necessarily. It's just that sometimes people use thought to not participate in life." "Is that bad?" "Yes."
 * p.24

 * “Charlie, we accept the love we think we deserve.”
 * p.24

 * "I hate you." My sister said it different than she did to my dad. She meant it with me.  She really did. "I love you," was all I could say in return. "You're a freak, you know that? You’ve always been a freak.  Everyone says so. They always have." "I'm trying not to be."
 * p.26

 * Then, I turned around and walked to my room and closed my door and put my head under my pillow and let the quiet put things where they are supposed to be.
 * p.26

 * “Not everyone has a sob story, Charlie, and even if they do, it's no excuse.”
 * p.28

 * When the police came, they found my brother asleep on the roof. Nobody knows how he got there.
 * p.31

 * “I feel infinite.”
 * p.33

 * I have since bought the record, and I would tell you what it was, but truthfully, it's not the same unless you're driving to your first real party, and you're sitting in the middle seat of a pickup with two nice people when it starts to rain.
 * p.33

 * Bob started passing around food. "Would you like a brownie?" "Yes. Thank you." …I ate the brownie, and it tasted a little weird, but it was still a brownie, so I still liked it. But this was not an ordinary brownie. Since you are older, I think you know what kind of brownie it was.
 * p.34-35

 * You see things. You keep quiet about them. And you understand. You're a wallflower.
 * p.37

 * And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.
 * p.42

 * Patrick actually used to be popular before Sam bought him some good music.
 * p.26

 * I have decided that maybe I want to write when I grow up. I just don't know what I would write.
 * p.46

 * I just think it's bad when a boy looks at a girl and thinks that the way he sees her is better than she actually is. And I think it's bad when the most honest way a boy can look at a girl is through a camera.
 * p.48-49

 * I guess I could tell people about Punk Rocky and walking home from school and things like that. Maybe these are my glory days, and I'm not even realizing it because they don't involve a ball.
 * p.52

 * This moment will just be another story someday.
 * p.53

 * I am very interested and fascinated by how everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other.
 * p.56

 * I hope it's the kind of second side that he can listen to whenever he drives alone and feel like he belongs to something whenever he's sad. I hope it can be that for him.
 * p.62

 * I really think that everyone should have watercolors, magnetic poetry, and a harmonica.
 * p.64

 * Sam and Patrick looked at me. And I looked at them. And I think they knew. Not anything specific really. They just knew. And I think that's all you can ever ask from a friend.
 * p.66

 * I think it was the first time in my life I ever felt like I looked "good". Do you know what I mean? That nice feeling when you look in the mirror, and your hair's right for the first time in your life? I don't think we should base so much on weight, muscles, and a good hair day, but when it happens, it's nice. It really is.
 * p.67

 * After that, I couldn't believe that Sam actually got me a present because I honestly thought that the "I love you" was it.
 * p.69

 * And I closed my eyes because I wanted to know nothing but her arms.
 * p.69

 * And Sam looked at the paper and then she looked at me. "Charlie. . . Have you ever kissed a girl?" I shook my head no. It was so quiet. "Not even when you were little?" I shook my head no again. And she looked very sad. She told me about the first time she was kissed. She told me that it was with one of her dad's friends. She was seven. And she told nobody except Mary Elizabeth and then Patrick a year ago. And she started to cry. And she said something that I won't forget. Ever. "I know that you know that I like Craig. And I know that I told you not to think of me that way. And I know that we can't be together like that. But I want to forget all those things for a minute. Okay?" "Okay" "I want to make sure that the first person you kiss loves you. Okay?" "Okay" She was crying harder now. And I was, too, because when I hear something like that I just can't help it. "I just want to make sure of that. Okay?" "Okay" And she kissed me. And it was the kind of kiss that I could never tell my friends about out loud. It was the kind of kiss that made me know that I was never so happy in my whole life.
 * p.69-70

 * Once on a yellow piece of paper with green lines he wrote a poem And he called it "Chops" because that was the name of his dog And that's what it was all about And his teacher gave him an A and a gold star And his mother hung it on the kitchen door and read it to his aunts That was the year Father Tracy took all the kids to the zoo And he let them sing on the bus And his little sister was born with tiny toenails and no hair And his mother and father kissed a lot And the girl around the corner sent him a Valentine signed with a row of X's and he had to ask his father what the X's meant And his father always tucked him in bed at night And was always there to do it
 * p. 70

 * Once on a piece of white paper with blue lines he wrote a poem And he called it "Autumn" because that was the name of the season And that's what it was all about And his teacher gave him an A and asked him to write more clearly And his mother never hung it on the kitchen door because of its new paint And the kids told him that Father Tracy smoked cigars And left butts on the pews And sometimes they would burn holes That was the year his sister got glasses with thick lenses and black frames And the girl around the corner laughed when he asked her to go see Santa Claus And the kids told him why his mother and father kissed a lot And his father never tucked him in bed at night And his father got mad when he cried for him to do it.
 * p. 71

 * Once on a paper torn from his notebook he wrote a poem And he called it "Innocence: A Question" because that was the question about his girl And that's what it was all about And his professor gave him an A and a strange steady look And his mother never hung it on the kitchen door because he never showed her That was the year that Father Tracy died And he forgot how the end of the Apostle's Creed went And he caught his sister making out on the back porch And his mother and father never kissed or even talked And the girl around the corner wore too much makeup That made him cough when he kissed her but he kissed her anyway because that was the thing to do And at three a.m. he tucked himself into bed his father snoring soundly
 * p. 71

 * That's why on the back of a brown paper bag he tried another poem And he called it "Absolutely Nothing" Because that's what it was really all about And he gave himself an A and a slash on each damned wrist And he hung it on the bathroom door because this time he didn't think he could reach the kitchen.
 * p. 72

 * I walked over to the hill where we used to go and sled. There were a lot of little kids there. I watched them flying. Doing jumps and having races. And I thought that all those little kids are going to grow up someday. And all of those little kids are going to do the things that we do. And they will all kiss someone someday. But for now, sledding is enough. I think it would be great if sledding were always enough, but it isn't.
 * p.73-74

 * It's kind of like when you look at yourself in the mirror and you say your name. And it gets to a point where none of it seems real. Well, sometimes, I can do that, but I don't need an hour in front of a mirror. It just happens very fast, and things start to slip away. And I just open my eyes, and I see nothing. And then I start to breathe really hard trying to see something, but I can't. It doesn't happen all the time, but when it does, it scares me.
 * p.74

 * "But there's another difference between you and her. You see... Kelly believes in women's rights so much that she would never let a guy hit her. I guess I can't say that about you." I swear to God, we almost died.
 * p.83

 * Little kids talk about the strangest things. They really do.
 * pg. 86

 * I laid down on his old bed, and I looked through the window at this tree that was probably a lot shorter when my dad looked at it. And I could feel what he felt on the night when he realized that if he didn't leave, it would never be his life. It would be theirs. At least that's how he's put it.
 * p.88

 * Despite everything my mom and doctor and dad have said to me about blame, I can't stop thinking what I know. And I know that my aunt Helen would still be alive today if she just bought me one present like everyone else. She would be alive if I was born on a day that didn't snow. I would do anything to make this go away. I miss her terribly. I have to stop writing now because I feel too sad.
 * p.92

 * I even made her a mix tape and left it at the grave. I hope you do not think that makes me weird.
 * p.93

 * I don't know if you've ever felt like that. That you wanted to sleep for a thousand years. Or just not exist. Or just not be aware that you do exist. Or something like that. I think wanting that is very morbid, but I want it when I get like this. That's why I'm trying not to think. I just want it all to stop spinning.
 * p.94

 * Everyone else is either asleep or having sex. I've been watching cable television and eating jello.
 * p.94

 * Sometimes, I look outside, and I think that a lot of other people have seen this snow before. Just like I think that a lot of other people have read those books before. And listened to those songs. I wonder how they feel tonight.
 * p.95

 * So, I looked up and we were in this giant dome like a glass snowball, and Mark said that the amazing white stars were really only holes in the black glass of the dome, and when you went to heaven, the glass broke away, and there was nothing but a whole sheet of star white, which is brighter than anything but doesn't hurt your eyes. It was vast and open and thinly quiet, and I felt so small.
 * p.95

 * And all the books you’ve read have been read by other people. And all the songs you’ve loved have been heard by other people. And that girl that’s pretty to you is pretty to other people. And you know that if you looked at these facts when you were happy, you would feel great because you are describing “unity”. It’s like when you are excited about a girl and you see a couple holding hands, and you feel so happy for them. And other times you see the same couple, and they make you so mad. And all you want is to always feel happy for them because you know that if you do, then it means you’re happy, too. I just remembered what made me think of all this. I’m going to write it down because maybe if I do I won’t have to think about it. And I won’t get upset. But the thing is that I can hear Sam and Craig having sex, and for the first time in my life, I understand the end of that poem. And I never wanted to. You have to believe me. Love Always, Charlie.
 * p.96

 * And my mind played hopscotch. My brother... football... Brad... Dave and his girlfriend in my room... the coats... the cold... the winter... "Autumn Leaves"... don't tell anyone... you pervert... Sam and Craig... Sam... Christmas... typewriter... gift... Aunt Helen... and the trees kept moving... they just wouldn't stop moving... so I laid down and made a snow angel. The policemen found me pale blue and asleep.
 * p.98-99

 * Everything can't be low self-esteem, can it?
 * p.130

 * "It's too bad you're not gay.” That made me stop crying a little bit. “ Then again, if you were gay, I would never date you. You're a mess." That made me start laughing a little bit. … "You know, Patrick? If I were gay, I'd want to date you." "Of course."
 * p.136-137

 * I just wish that God or my parents or Sam or my sister or someone would just tell me what's wrong with me. Just tell me how to be different in a way that makes sense. To make this all go away. And disappear. I know that's wrong because it's my responsibility, and I know that things get worse before they get better because that's what my psychiatrist says, but this is a worse that feels too big.
 * p.139

 * I walk around the school hallways and look at the people. I look at the teachers and wonder why they're here. If they like their jobs. Or us. And I wonder how smart they were when they were fifteen. Not in a mean way. In a curious way. It's like looking at all the students and wondering who's had their heart broken that day, and how they are able to cope with having three quizzes and a book report due on top of that. Or wondering who did the heart breaking. And wondering why.
 * p.142

 * I don’t know how much longer I can keep going without a friend. I used to be able to do it very easily, but that was before I knew what having a friend was like. It’s much easier not to know things sometimes. And to have French fries with your mom be enough.
 * p.144

 * But because things change. And friends leave. And life doesn’t stop for anybody.
 * p.145

 * I remember going to sleep last night, and I realized something. Something that I think is important. I realized that throughout the course of the evening, I wasn't happy about Craig and Sam breaking up. Not at all. I never once thought that it would mean Sam might start liking me. All I cared about was the fact that Sam got really hurt. And I guess I realized at that moment that I really did love her. Because there was nothing to gain, and that didn't matter.
 * p.179

 * And I guess I realized at that moment that I really did love her. Because there was nothing to gain, and that didn't matter
 * p.179

 * There’s something about that tunnel that leads to downtown. It’s glorious at night.  Just glorious.  You start on one side of the mountain, and it’s dark, and the radio is loud.  As you enter the tunnel, the wind gets sucked away, and you squint from the lights overhead.  When you adjust to the lights, you can see the other side in the distance just as the sound of the radio fades because the waves just can’t reach.  Then, you’re in the middle of the tunnel, and everything becomes a calm dream.  As you see the opening get closer, you just can’t get there fast enough.  And finally, just when you think you’ll never get there, you see the opening right in front of you.  And the radio comes back even louder than you remember it.  And the wind is waiting.  And you fly out of the tunnel onto the bridge.  And there it is.  The city.  A million lights and buildings and everything seems as exciting as the first time you saw it.  It really is a grand entrance.
 * p.191-192

 * And we kept dancing. It was the one time all day that I really wanted the clock to stop. And just be there for a long time.
 * p.193

 * I remembered this one time that I never told anyone about. The time we were walking.  Just the three of us.  And I was in the middle.  I don’t remember where and I don't remember when. I don't even remember the season. I just remember walking between them and feeling for the first time that I belonged somewhere.
 * p.198

 * The inside Jokes weren't jokes anymore. They had become stories. Nobody brought up the bad names or the bad times. And nobody felt sad as long as we could postpone tomorrow with more nostalgia.
 * p.198

 * “It's great that you can listen and be a shoulder to someone, but what about when someone doesn't need a shoulder? What if they need the arms or something like that? You can't just sit there and put everybody's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You just can't. You have to do things.”
 * p.200

 * It's just that I don't want to be somebody's crush. If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am. And I don't want them to carry it around inside. I want them to show me, so I can feel it too. I want them to be able to do whatever they want around me. And if they do something I don't like, I'll tell them.
 * p.201

 * And we could all sit around and wonder and feel bad about each other and blame a lot of people for what they did or didn't do or what they didn't know. I don't know. I guess there could always be someone to blame. Maybe if my grandfather didn't hit her, my mom wouldn't be so quiet. And maybe she wouldn't have married my dad because he doesn't hit. And maybe I would never have been born. But I'm very glad to have been born, so I don't know what to say about it all espically since my mom seems happy with her life, and I don't know what else there is to want.
 * p.210

 * So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there. We can still do things. And we can try to feel okay about them.
 * p.211

 * Maybe it's good to put things in perspective, but sometimes, I think that the only perspective is to really be there.
 * p.212

 * Things just keep going. We didn't talk about anything heavy or light. We were just there together. And that was enough.
 * p.212

 * So, if this does end up being my last letter, please believe that things are good with me, and even when they’re not, they will be soon enough. And I will believe the same about you. Love always, Charlie
 * p.213

“It's much easier to not know things sometimes. Things change and friends leave. And life doesn't stop for anybody. I wanted to laugh. Or maybe get mad. Or maybe shrug at how strange everybody was, especially me. I think the idea is that every person has to live for his or her own life and then make the choice to share it with other people. You can't just sit there and put everybody's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You just can't. You have to do things. I'm going to do what I want to do. I'm going to be who I really am. And I'm going to figure out what that is. And we could all sit around and wonder and feel bad about each other and blame a lot of people for what they did or didn't do or what they didn't know. I don't know. I guess there could always be someone to blame. It's just different. Maybe it's good to put things in perspective, but sometimes, I think that the only perspective is to really be there. Because it's okay to feel things. I was really there. And that was enough to make me feel infinite. I feel infinite.”

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Talk:Giosuè Carducci

This article was moved from Hymn to Satan to Giosuè Carducci after a vote for its deletion. See its archived VfD entry for details. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 04:00, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

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W. H. Murray

William Hutchinson Murray (18 March 1913 – 19 March 1996) was a mountain climber and Scottish author.

Quotes

 * But when I said that nothing had been done I erred in one important matter. We had definitely committed ourselves and were halfway out of our ruts. We had put down our passage money — booked a sailing to Bombay. This may sound too simple, but is great in consequence. Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way. I learned a deep respect for one of Goethe's couplets:
 * Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!"
 * The Scottish Himalaya Expedition (1951) The "Goethe couplet" referred to here is from an extremely loose translation of Faust 214-30 done by John Anster in 1835. Reference:
 * This quote, or one similar to it, is often attributed to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, however it was written by Mr. Murray near the beginning of the The Scottish Himalaya Expedition.

 * The quote commonly attributed to Goethe is:
 * Concerning all acts of initiative and creation there is one elementary truth — that the moment one definitely commits oneself then divine providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred and which no man could have dreamed would have come their way.

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User talk:24.113.26.15

Hi. I have reverted your changes to Templates/People, since you turned this into a specific person's page. Please see Help:Starting a new page for instructions on how to create new pages. Thanks ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 07:10, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

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The Hurricane (1999 film)

The Hurricane is a 1999 film based on the story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer controversially convicted of and imprisoned for murder. The film takes the stance that he was wrongly convicted and has subsequently generated its own controversies.

Hurricane Carter

 * Hate put me in prison. Love's gonna bust me out.

Lesra Martin

 * 25 cent? Must not be much of a book.

Dialogue

 * Reporter: Mr. Carter, now that you're free, are you still going to be "The Hurricane"?
 * Hurricane Carter: Oh, I'll always be the "Hurricane", and a hurricane is beautiful.

 * Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: [to Lesra] Hate put me in prison. Love's gonna bust me out.

 * Book Lady: Okay, young man. That'll be twenty five cents.
 * Lesra: 25 cent? Must not be much of a book.
 * [first lines]
 * Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen, this fine young fighter will be right here in Pittsburgh on the boxing cog, this Monday night.

 * Announcer: Hurricane Carter has defeated the wilted weight champion of the world.

 * Theo: We're looking for two Negros in a white car.
 * Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: Any two will do?

 * Detective at Hospital: Are these the two men who shot you? Look carefully, Sir. Are these the two men who did this to you?
 * Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: He said "no".
 * Detective at Hospital: Move closer.
 * Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: He said "no".
 * Detective at Hospital: Move closer.
 * '''Det. Sgt. Della Pesca: Take another look, Sir.

 * Det. Sgt. Della Pesca: I'm gonna take your black ass down, Mr. Fucking Champion of the World.
 * Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: I got your black fucking champion right between my legs, you short punk bitch.

 * Sam Chaiton: [to Lesra] You know what Les, sometimes we don't pick the books we read, they pick us.

 * Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: [voice over narration] Hurricane is the professional name that I acquired later on in life. Carter is the slave name that was given to my forefathers, who worked in the cotton fields of Alabama and Georgia. It was passed onto me.

 * Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: [voice over narration] The one thing I could do, and the only thing was box. I had tasted my own blood and I loved it.

 * Det. Sgt. Della Pesca: Can you believe that black punk? Thinks he's champion of the world. Fighter of the year my ass. He's a low life criminal.

 * Judge Larner: Rubin Carter, John Artis, for the murder of James Oliver, it is the courts sentence that you be imprisoned for the remainder of your natural life.

 * Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: [to the Warden] I'm innocent. I've committed no crime. A crime's been committed against me.

 * Mae Thelma Carter: Rubin, I ain't walking nowhere from you.
 * Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: I'm dead. Just bury me.

 * Lesra: The man's innocent. And he's been in jail fifteen or sixteen years. It's not right.
 * Terry Swinton: I know that's what his book says.
 * Sam Chaiton: Two juries found him guilty, Les.
 * Lesra: Two white juries.
 * Lisa Peters: Hey, hey. Not all white people are racist.
 * Lesra: Not all black people are murderers.

 * Lesra: [to Rubin] Dear Mr. Carter, I read your book.

 * Lesra: [to Rubin] I would like to come and visit you if that would be alright.

 * Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: [to Les] It's very important to transcend to places that hold us.

 * Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: You think I killed those people son?
 * Lesra: Now I know you didn't.
 * Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: How do you know?
 * Lesra: I just know.

 * Sam Chaiton: Can he see us?
 * Terry Swinton: Yeah, he can see you.

 * '''Myron Bedlock: [to Judge Sarokin] Your Honor, this case was built on a foundation of lies.

 * Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter': [addressing the court] Twenty years spent locked up in a cage considered as a danger to society.

 * Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: [addressing the court] Justice is all I ask for. Justice.
 * '''Lisa Peters: You can't understand living without you.

 * Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: Fifteen years on.

 * [last lines]
 * Announcer: Everybody wanted this victory and Hurricane has delivered.

 * Lesra: [observing the prison] This is some place.
 * Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: This is no place, not for a human being or anybody. Never get used to a place like this.

Major cast

 * Denzel Washington — Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
 * Vicellous Reon Shannon — Lesra Martin
 * Deborah Kara Unger — Lisa Peters
 * Liev Schreiber — Sam Chaiton
 * John Hannah — Terry Swinton
 * Dan Hedaya — Det. Sgt. Della Pesca Paterson
 * Debbi Morgan — Mae Thelma Carter

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Andrew S. Tanenbaum

Andrew Stuart "Andy" Tanenbaum (born March 16, 1944) is an American computer scientist living in the Netherlands. He is best known as the author of Minix, a free Unix-like operating system for teaching purposes, and for his computer science textbooks.

Quotes

 * I had never engaged in remote multishrink psychoanalysis on this scale before, so it was a fascinating experience.
 * Ken Brown's Motivation, Release 1.2.

 * Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway.
 * Computer Networks, 3rd ed., p. 83. (paraphrasing Dr. Warren Jackson, Director, University of Toronto Computing Services (UTCS) circa 1985)

 * Fight Features. … The only way to make software secure, reliable, and fast is to make it small.
 * "Some Notes on the 'Who Wrote Linux' Kerfuffle", release 1.5.
 * Many security texts decompose the security of an information system in three components: confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Together, they are often referred to as "CIA". [They] constitute the core security properties that we must protect against attackers and eavesdroppers—such as the (other) CIA.
 * Modern Operating Systems (with co-author Herbert Bos), 4th ed, p. 596

 * However, as every parent of a small child knows, converting a large object into small fragments is considerably easier than the reverse process.
 * Computer Networks, 4th ed., p. 428.

 * The nice thing about standards is that you have so many to choose from.
 * Computer Networks, 2nd ed., p. 254.

 * "He" should be read as "he or she" throughout the book.
 * Modern Operating Systems, 3rd ed., p. 2.

 * UNIX does not allow path names to be prefixed by a drive name or number; that would be precisely the kind of device dependence that operating systems ought to eliminate.
 * Modern Operating Systems, 3rd ed., p. 40.

 * System designers who do not allow users to type far ahead ought to be tarred and feathered, or worse yet, be forced to use their own system.
 * Operating Systems Design and Implementation, 3rd ed., p. 310.

The "Linux is Obsolete" Debate

 * "Linux is a leprosy; …" This statement is not grammatically, politically, or factually correct.
 * Rebuttal to Ken Brown.

 * A lot of other people wanted a free production UNIX with lots of bells and whistles and wanted to convert MINIX into that. I was dragged along in the maelstrom for a while, but when Linux came along, I was actually relieved that I could go back to professoring.
 * Ken Brown's Motivation, Release 1.2.

 * I really am not angry with Linus. Honest. He's not angry with me either.
 * Ken Brown's Motivation, Release 1.2.

 * LINUX is obsolete.
 * In a Usenet message, 29 Jan 1992.

 * The only real argument for monolithic systems was performance, and there is now enough evidence showing that microkernel systems can be just as fast as monolithic systems.
 * In a Usenet message, 29 Jan 1992.

 * But in all honesty, I would suggest that people who want a modern "free" OS look around for a microkernel-based, portable OS, like maybe GNU or something like that.
 * In a Usenet message, 29 Jan 1992.

 * Be thankful you are not my student. You would not get a high grade for such a design :-) […] Writing a new OS only for the 386 in 1991 gets you your second "F" for this term.
 * In a Usenet message to Linus Torvalds, 30 Jan 1992.

 * A multithreaded file system is only a performance hack.
 * In a Usenet message to Linus Torvalds, 30 Jan 1992.

 * Writing a portable OS is not much harder than a nonportable one, and all systems should be written with portability in mind these days.
 * In a Usenet message, 3 Feb 1992.

 * While most people can talk rationally about kernel design and portability, the issue of free-ness is 100% emotional.
 * In a Usenet message, 3 Feb 1992.

 * Will we soon see President Bush coming to Europe with Richard Stallman and Rick Rashid in tow, demanding that Europe import more American free software?
 * In a Usenet message, 3 Feb 1992.

 * If you just want to use the system, instead of hacking on its internals, you don't need source code.
 * In a Usenet message, 5 Feb 1992.

 * Microkernels are not a pipe dream. They represent proven technology.
 * In a Usenet message, 5 Feb 1992.

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Talk:American Pie (film)

WIkipedia is not children-proof. It will be great to have an article rating system, so we can have children go to Wikipedia without the fear of accessing porn!! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:66.43.94.252 (talk • contribs) 17:51, 26 September 2005 (UTC).
 * Sign what you say on talk pages. While there are sexually suggestive quotes from American Pie, they are not porn - they cannot even come close to it. So get that sand out of your vagina, prude. --60.227.18.99 09:52, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

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--Aphaia 18:12, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:Lech Kaczyński

His quote "Piss off, old man" is well know in Poland and Polish politics. This is important quote.

Sincerely from Poland (I don't like Kaczyński :)

F*** source: Gazeta Wyborcza, "Wybory", 5 listopada 2002 (p. 7 of Gazeta Stołeczna). i can't agree, this was not the f word! the word spieprzaj is not so strong! and furthermore the man (who was drunk - 'Rzeczpospolita') was not called a pauper or sth like this, he was called "dziad"

Surely the best translation of this is F-off, grandad... that preserves the literal meaning, and I'd say gets the strength about right.

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User talk:199.43.13.1

Welcome to Wikiquote, the free compendium of quotations! You don't have to log in to read or edit articles on Wikiquote, but creating an account is quick, free and non-intrusive, requires you to provide no personal information, and gives you many benefits, including:
 * The use of a username of your choice
 * The ability to view all your contributions via a "My contributions" link
 * Your own user page
 * Your own talk page which, if you choose, also allows users to send you messages without knowing your e-mail address
 * The use of your own personal watchlist to which you can add articles that interest you
 * The ability to rename pages
 * The ability to upload images
 * The ability to customize the appearance and behavior of the website
 * The eligibility to become an administrator
 * The right to be heard in formal votes and elections, and on pages like votes for deletion

Click here to create an account.--Aphaia 18:47, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

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The Legend of Dragoon

The Legend of Dragoon is a console role-playing game developed and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation. It was released in Japan on December 2, 1999, in North America on June 11, 2000, and on January 19, 2001 in Europe. Despite mixed critical reception, the game has amassed a very large cult following, including several online petitions for a sequel.

Dart

 * Big talkers are usually weak.
 * What a stream!
 * It was a journey for revenge. It was a journey to find the guy who deprived me of something precious, and kill him.
 * What I found on the ground was only this. It's a memento, the only thing my father carried around all the time.
 * There are those in the forest. Nocturnal owls are hooting. It's the proof that nobody is in the forest.
 * Shana, you have something only you can do, right? You don't need to pretend to be strong. Besides, you can rely on me more. Like in the old days...

Rose

 * I should be thanked, so why do I have to be yelled at?
 * You 'deserve' to rule Dragons. This light shows the true evidence. From the time the Dragoon Spirit starts to shine, you have to accept your fate as a Dragoon. Just like me.
 * When Dragoons meet blood will flow, and as they leave time does slow.
 * War is not in human nature. Humans fight by making themselves enter Insanity. This is a tool to amplify that Insanity.
 * Everything is turning out just as Zieg wished. The seal of the moon was broken, and the terribly disastrous plan laid by Soa finally has started. Those Virages are mere advance guards for the primary Virage Embryo. It seems the birth of the God of Destruction will only be a matter of time. Does the Divine Tree, which gave birth to all the species, want this as well?
 * I feel naked without my sword.
 * Those who flaunt their power disappear when the truly strong appear.
 * I've been waiting for this moment.

Lavitz

 * I am Lavitz Slambert! I am the head of the First Knighthood of the Kingdom of Basil! Well, it seems we don't have time for introductions!
 * You can celebrate later. We are still deep in the belly of the enemy. Besides, it's too damp to have a party, isn't it?
 * She grew up. She was alone in such a hell like place. If she was a regular woman, she wouldn't have been able to survive. Of course, there are not that many fools who would come here to save her.
 * You'll make a good wife one day.
 * Well, you have been away from each other for five years. It's natural to not know about each other. Wait, my mom and I aren't like that. Every time I go back to Bale, she welcomes me with the same smile. Wh, What? Did I say something wrong?
 * This is what I saw everyday when I was young. I grew up thinking...'I'll be an admired knight just like my father and I'll protect this country!

Albert

 * I thought we stepped into the moon.
 * I believe love is the only entity that doesn't change over time.

Meru

 * Are you really okay!? Your eyes are kind of watery.

Lloyd

 * Death gives birth to tears, tears give birth to anger, when anger turns to rancor, it opens the path for war.
 * That is not of your concern.
 * This is enough information for you. Those of you who do not grasp the value should just do what the orders say.
 * It doesn't matter. Everything is going just as I planned. Yes.... They don't know they are in the palm of my hand.

Fruguel

 * You bastard! Don't let them out alive!! Wait!! I almost forgot the most important thing, don't kill the girl. IT's an order from His Majesty Doel!

Commander

 * Shana.... Don't worry about her. She must be receiving the courtesies of Hellena Prison by now.

Noish

 * As if they were gods, Winglies ruled over all living creatures, and used them as slaves. The enslaved suffered a terrible domination and injustice. Their anger turned to a flame of fury; then, a gust of wind blew throughout the lands, spreading the flame to a blazing fire. The wind was Emperor Diaz. Seven incarnations Dragons served the emperor. Their bravery inspired people to take up arms. Thus began the Dragon Campaign. It was a harsh war. Both people and Winglies suffered countless injuries and fatalities. After a long period of suffering, it was the humans who acquired the future. The age of humans had begun.

Savan

 * The courage to pursue your love will change even fate.

Intro

 * When the clash of swords echo,
 * The journey chasing the past ends and
 * The journey to know today begins
 * One soul seeks another and
 * Pledges their sworn friendship to another.
 * One mystery begets the next and
 * The doors of fate are opened
 * You are free to sever the chains of fate that bind you....

Dialogue

 * Lavitz: I am a bit concerned....
 * 'Shana: Wha, What?! Lavitz's mother gave me a compliment!
 * Lavitz: I guess it may be edible....
 * Shana: I don't like what Lavitz said.
 * Dart: I can enjoy and eat any food. Just make a lot.
 * Shana: I don't like what Dart said so much either.
 * Kaiser: I don't care about the taste. Edible is enough. Just salt is enough for flavor!
 * Shana: Even Mr. Kaiser too.

About The Legend of Dragoon

 * When we began this project, there wasn't any plans to include any movies at first. I mean, the characters themselves are all in polygons. We all thought that there would be a gap would appear between when we go from polygons to movies. But then again, Movies are very cool to watch so in the end, we decided to put them in whenever a significant event takes place.
 * There is a race that can use magic, but these characters, like our human selves, cannot use it. You lose the sense of a real world if everyone can do everything. However, you will be able to use Magic while you are transformed as Dragoons. It sorta seems lonely to put in only the Additonal system. And if characters are just normal, they can't use magic. Thats why they'll be many items that will have the same effect as attack magic.
 * Yasuharu Hasebe, Famitsu Legend of Dragoon Interview RPGFan

 * The Main theme behind the movies in which we see Dragon Fights was to give a sense of being in the air, which is impossible to do if you treat it as just another CG Movie. Since we wanted to show the things on the surface as well, it added to our problems. Since this game revolves around war, we wanted to show destroyed structures and smoke coming out the buildings. So in the end,we ended up with a lot of smoke*laughs*. That was the first time our CG team had to deal with Smoke.
 * The Other would be the lighting. We set our goals to have lighting like in the Movies and I think we've succeeded in our goal. What often happens with CGs is that the developers want to show off their skills so much that they end up using too much lighting. However this time, we've taken account on what parts we want the user's eye to catch and used lighting accordingly. We think that thats the best way to show the part of the scene that a user shold be focused on. Of course, you might end up missing a lot of the visuals on the side
 * Iwata Kenichi, Famitsu Legend of Dragoon Interview, RPGFan

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Wikiquote talk:Bots

I am making major modifications and copy edits to the policy. Feel free to revert them if they seem overly intrusive or bold. As part of that, I moved some of Aphaia's text to the talk page, below. ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 19:17, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

Bot flag

 * 1) The bot flag is only granted by consensus. Requests for bot flag is where requests for bot flags are
 * Details: the operators request for bot flag at section in this page. Their requests will be examined at least two weeks. Before those requests, one week operation witout bot flag is recommended to provide the community with knowledge what they do.

Among them, #1, 2, 3 and 5 are assumedly accepted by the community. On the other hand, 4 and 6 are still necessary to be discussed, particularly how the community will be making concensus. Currently, due to lack of policy, every bot operator is recommended to run their bot without bot flag.

Also your participation in discussion on WQ:VP will be strongly appreciated.

02:53, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
 * modified by Aphaia 20:50, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

I modified the proposal above and add how community will build the consensus about granting bot flag. Since no objection or approval have arrived, I presume there might have been no strong opposition and hence I am going to brush it up. Any your comment will be welcome.

If no one comments within a week, I would like to think there is a consensus to accept the above as a tentative policy. And then I would like to start a discussion if we grant some bot operators the flag, one of them have been waiting since last month. --Aphaia 20:50, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Okay, no opposition has come. So here we go.

Bot block
WQ:BP says nothing about bots currently. But it would make a sense, if a bot goes wrong, a sysop may block it from editing. So we are better to modify those two documents and note "if a bot goes wrong, a sysop may block it from editing." --Aphaia 21:28, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

 * I believe this is instruction creep. Sysops are already expected to block "disruptive editors", and a bot going out of control is disruptive. Of course, in those cause, sysop discretion could be used to unblock the IP so that the bot owner can let us know when he fixed the problem. ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 10:32, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

Intent to undraft
Nobody commented on the policy or wanted to change it, which I take as a sign of community approval. I am going to slap a policy-tag on it and move it out of draft status soon, unless anyone has any objection (so please state them if you do!) ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 18:36, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

 * Done, as promised. ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 11:52, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

 * I'm tagging it for WikiProject Policy Revision as Category:Policies needing revision but only so it will be included in the category to be reviewed. -- Essjay ·   Talk 18:56, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Need Bot
Hallo, I'm Administrator of Georgian wikiquote. I need any Interwiki bot to use for copying Georgian interwiki Links. I have no Experience how to work with bots. please help me. sorry for my English :) Please contact to my on my Georgian tolk page. thanks--Trulala 20:45, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Bot approval and blocking policy
We currently have a number of sysops here (myself included) who are probably not familiar with the practices and problems of bot operation as happen at Wikipedia. Therefore, we need to make our policy about when to approve and when to block explicit.

We should also set clear expectations for bot operators about how things might run a little differently here, given that the folks monitoring edits (including bot changes) may not be as familiar with bot operation, and may take actions that appear drastic but that we might consider ordinary and non-prejudicial to the operators. (I'm thinking of last year's fiasco where I stopped Essjay's bot in a way that implied to him that I thought he was harming the project needlessly.)

Finally, we also need to make clear to all sysops how to block bots safely; i.e., to avoid inadvertent blocking of the underlying IP address, as it may cause cross-project problems (which is what apparently happened with my EssjayBot block; I'm worried that the common "emergency shutoff button" may inappropriately do the IP block, too). Until we make these changes, I'm concerned that the sysop community here is not prepared for safe and effective monitoring of bot operation. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 17:55, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

 * I suggest we create a "Bot approvals group" like on the English Wikipedia with all administrators included by default. I run a bot (in the process of being approved) on the English Wikipedia currently, so I am quite familar if you need anything.  Cbrown1023  talk  21:24, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Modifications
I propose to revise the current rule in several points. Thoughts? --Aphaia 15:44, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Requests for bot flag
I propose for extending the default term of review to two weeks, instead of the current one week.

Reason: Now it says The discussion lasts for a week, unless an extension is requested. But no past review hasn't finished in a week but were extended to two weeks or even more. I think it fitting to our community size and low level of activity. On the other hand, for people who request for bot flags, I am afraid it would somehow discourage them. So I propose to reset the review in two weeks as default and give sysops/bureaucrats the right to extend/diminish the term. So my proposing rule is alike: normally 2 weeks, but can be shortened or expanded at someone's discressetion. --Aphaia 15:44, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Support I support this proposal. If for some reason, it would be closed early we could have an admin/bureaurcrat post "Propose speedy close" and then another sysop/crat will support it and close the request early.  Cbrown1023  talk  16:03, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Mandatory Email reachability
Addition of the third requirement to the bot account-related communication is my second proposal. Or a clarification of the first clause "The bot's operator must be reachable. It is best if the bot's operator has his own user, where he can be reached. An acceptable, but less recommended, alternative is pointing to the operator's page in some other wikimedia project." We could make it mandatory for each bot account to have an authentificated email address so we can reach them by wikimail.--Aphaia 15:44, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Agree I agree with that, I do the same for all my bot accounts and user accounts by default. It makes everything easier.  Cbrown1023  talk  16:01, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

I put them to the document. I will greatly appreciate your review. --Aphaia 07:25, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Bot policy
Hello. To facilitate steward granting of bot access, I suggest implementing the standard bot policy on this wiki. In particular, this policy allows stewards to automatically flag known interlanguage linking bots (if this page says that is acceptable), which form the vast majority of such requests. The policy also enables global bots on this wiki (if this page says that is acceptable), which are trusted bots that will be given bot access on every wiki that allows global bots. This policy makes bot access requesting much easier for local users, operators, and stewards. To implement it we only need to create a redirect to this page from Project:Bot policy, and add a line at the top noting that it is used here. Please read the text at Bot policy before commenting. If you object, please say so; I hope to implement in two weeks if there is no objection, since it is particularly written to streamline bot requests on wikis with little or no community interested in bot access requests. Carsrac 23:50, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

 * I oppose adopting the generic bot policy at Meta. Unlike the local English Wikiquote policy, the Meta policy permits granting the bot flag without regard for being conversant with the local language of the affected wiki. This is very important because even the best bot operators can make mistakes and even the best scripts can run awry: just because it's automatic doesn't mean it's right. I have had occasion to work with bot operators on resolving problems, and had they lacked English proficiency I should have blocked them. Bear in mind also that there are two distinct activities covered by the bot policy: running a bot (i.e. automation assisted editing), and flagging bot edits (i.e. suppressing them from the Recent Changes list). Some projects, such as English Wikipedia, require community approval for both activities. Our policy, like the generic policy at Meta, only requires approval for flagging bot edits. Very few bots have ever made such high-volume edits here that flagging the edits was necessary to avoid flooding Recent Changes. I note that your bot was blocked based on what appears to be a misinterpretation of policy. It might be better to appeal the action rather than to call for replacing the policy. I do recognize there is a problem with the slowness of Bureaucrat response to requests for the bot flag, but I don't think Steward intervention is needed to resolve the situation. ~ Ningauble 15:26, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

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Talk:Roberto Bolaño

Bolaño should be under "Poets" though to my opinion!

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Arnold M. Ludwig

Arnold M. Ludwig, M.D., Psychiatrist, Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University (2006-present), Past Chairman and Professor of Psychiatry, University of Kentucky, College of Medicine (1970-1979). 1970 Lester B. Hofheimer Prize Annual Award given by American Psychiatric Association for Outstanding Research on Alcoholism and LSD. 1973 Roy M. Dorcus Award, outstanding research on multiple personality. 1990 Outstanding Book Prize (Understanding the Alcoholic's Mind), by British Journal of Addiction.

Quotes

 * While mental disturbances may provide individuals with an underlying sense of unease that seems necessary for sustained creative activity, these disturbances are not the only source for inner tension... chronic physical ailments may give someone a heightened sense of urgency to leave a mark on the world and achieve immortality through creative greatness.
 * The Price of Greatness: Resolving the Creativity and Madness Controversy (1995)

 * There was no future and no past. The present was eternity.
 * Statement about perceptions he experienced in early clinical experiments with LSD. How Do We Know Who We Are? : A Biography of the Self (1997)

King of the Mountain: The Nature of Political Leadership (2002)

 * University Press of Kentucky

 * People may choose to ignore their animal heritage by interpreting their behavior as divinely inspired, socially purposeful, or even self-serving, all of which they attribute to being human, but they masticate, fornicate, and procreate, much as chimps and do, so they should have little cause to get upset if they learn that they act like other primates when they politically agitate, debate, abdicate, placate, and administrate, too.

 * Although humans and baboons may fight among themselves, dominate others, and keep harems, only humans have the ability to give pious excuses for what they do.

 * Paranoia is naturally common among all kinds of rulers, especially tyrants and visionaries.

 * There not only should be far higher percentages of women in power, but they should be well represented at every level: crucial cabinet posts, ambassadorships, and the highest military ranks. I believe that countries then might not be so confrontational.

Quotes of others about Ludwig

 * Ludwig’s penetrating observations, though presented in a lighthearted and entertaining way, offer important insight into why humans have engaged in war throughout recorded history as well as suggesting how they might live together in peace.
 * Booknotes (C-SPAN) review of King of the Mountain (2002)

 * This is an excellent research report that should, once and for all, resolve senseless controversies about the correlation of creativity with psychopathology.
 * John Gedo, M.D. in a review of The Price of Greatness, in The Review of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy

 * Ludwig's book is outstanding. It pulls together a mound of pertinent data, much of it new, into coherent patterns...Throughout the book the reader is offered a wealth of insights and serious questions...Ludwig's development of a Creative Achievement Scale [is] a valued contribution in its own right, allowing researchers a comprehensive objective tool for scoring subjects' degree of achievement... Ludwig has cleared up much of the confusion and opinionated muddleheadedness... that has been attached to the topic and the thinking regarding a relationship between psychopathology and creativity.
 * Imagination, Cognition and Personality, review of The Price of Greatness.

 * Ludwig also provides a brief, quite brilliant exposition and critique of the concept of an "authentic" self, noting that it is rooted in a male Victorian ethos and that it has been overshadowed by the more contemporary American notion of self-invention. Ludwig's beautifully written and intellectually provocative book is one of those rare works that offer fresh, profound insights, moving the reader to think probingly about his or her own life and self.
 * Kirkus Reviews on How Do We Know Who We Are?: A Biography of the Self (1997)

 * An outstanding effort filled with important information for those who treat alcoholics, live with alcoholics, or who are alcoholics.... A significant contribution to the field, and all who deal with alcoholics would benefit from reading it.
 * Science Books and Films, review of "Understanding the Alcoholic's Mind.''

 * A thoroughly readable and rich introduction to...the process of recovery from alcoholism.
 * New England Journal of Medicine, review of Understanding the Alcoholic's Mind.

 * Ludwig offers a unique integrative perspective which encompasses the clinical wisdom accrued through twenty-five years of experience as an alcoholism researcher and therapist....The book serves as an excellent primer for clinicians and recovering persons on a practical and multiperspective approach to alcoholism treatment.
 * Contemporary Psychology, review of Understanding the Alcoholic's Mind.

 * An excellent little book — highly informative, full of challenging and stimulating ideas, and teeming with shrewd clinical insights.
 * British Journal of Psychiatry, review of Understanding the Alcoholic's Mind.

 * Useful for physicians who wish to understand alcoholism and the recovery process, and to gain anecdotal evidence of this process, which is presented by using the words of recovering alcoholics....Can be of great value to those many physicians faced with individual patients who are drinking too much.
 * New York State Journal of Medicine, review of Understanding the Alcoholic's Mind.

 * An arresting book that casts political science out the window and explains leadership through comparisons with chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans.
 * Washington Post Book World, review of King of the Mountain.

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Sanity

Sanity denotes one's mind being in a healthy condition; not deranged; acting rationally.

Quotes

 * Without laughter life on our planet would be intolerable. So important is laughter to us that humanity highly rewards members of one of the most unusual professions on earth, those who make a living by inducing laughter in others. This is very strange if you stop to think of it: that otherwise sane and responsible citizens should devote their professional energies to causing others to make sharp, explosive barking-like exhalations.
 * Steve Allen, Funny People (1981).

 * The only people who have an official confirmation that they are sane are those who have been released from psychiatric hospitals.
 * Uri Avnery, Talking Zionism, 28 July 2012.

 * Love, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage...
 * Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary.

 * Racism is not something that is designated as an illness that can be treated by mental health professionals.
 * Renee Binder, doctor and Chairwoman of the American Psychiatric Association's Council on Psychiatry and Law, as quoted in "They Hate. They Kill. Are They Insane?", Alvin F. Poussaint, The New York Times, (1999).

 * It is the fully sane person who feels isolated in the insane society
 * Erich Fromm, The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness (1973)

 * Insanity is repeating the same mistakes and expecting different results
 * 1981 text from Narcotics Anonymous

 * I believed all along, one day everyone would go mad just to see me sane.
 * Suman Pokhrel, Before Making Decision

 * In the Puranas it was predicted that toward the end of Kali Yuga humanity would be driven to acts of madness. It is very dangerous that people do not recognize this state, for while it is possible to cure a patient who does not resist treatment, if he struggles against it the beneficial effects of the medicine will be diminished. But how do you explain to people that their leaders and their teachers are insane? ...such mental confusion fully corresponds with the end of Kali Yuga... Most people hate the messenger who brings knowledge... let them at least remember the warning that humanity is acting insanely.  The Thinker warned, “Do not fall into madness.”
 * Helena Roerich, Supermundane, 285 (1938).

 * Sanity is madness put to good uses; waking life is a dream controlled.
 * George Santayana, Interpretations of Poetry and Religion (1900).

 * Humans are a dangerously insane and very sick species. That's not a judgment. It's a fact. It is also a fact that the sanity is there underneath the madness. Healing and redemption are available right now.
 * Eckhart Tolle in The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment (1997)  p.55

 * To complain is always non-acceptance of what is. It invariably carries an unconscious negative charge. When you complain, you make yourself into a victim. When you speak out, you are in your power. So change the situation by taking action or by speaking out if necessary or possible; leave the situation or accept it. All else is madness.
 * Eckhart Tolle in The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment (1997) p.56

 * Most humans are still in the grip of the egoic mode of consciousness: identified with their mind and run by their mind. If they do not free themselves from their mind in time, they will be destroyed by it. They will experience increasing confusion, conflict, violence, illness, despair, madness. Egoic mind has become like a sinking ship. If you don't get off, you will go down with it. The collective egoic mind is the most dangerously insane and destructive entity ever to inhabit this planet.
 * Eckhart Tolle in The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment (1997) p.67

 * Until now, human intelligence, which is no more than a minute aspect of universal intelligence, has been distorted and misused by the ego. I call that “intelligence in the service of madness.” Splitting the atom requires great intelligence. Using that intelligence for building and stockpiling atom bombs is insane or at best extremely unintelligent. Stupidity is relatively harmless, but intelligent stupidity is highly dangerous. This intelligent stupidity, for which one could find countless obvious examples, is threatening our survival as a species.
 * Eckhart Tolle in A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose,  (2005)

 * I must confess that I lost faith in the sanity of the world.
 * H.G. Wells, The Island of Dr. Moreau.

 * Many of the smartest people and most creative talents are working for the brainwashers, using dazzling images, sex and violence to rob us of our sanity.
 * Matt Wuerker interview in Attitude) (2002), edited by Ted Rall

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Talk:The Hurricane (1999 film)

Copyrights and NPOV
I've rewritten the introductory paragraph of this article for two critical reasons: I acknowledge complete ignorance about this topic, so I certainly invite others to improve what I wrote. But the two basic WikiMedia principles of avoiding copyright infringement and keeping a neutral point of view must be observed. In the latter regard, since Wikiquote is not an appropriate forum to discuss the merits of the case, I highly recommend that we try to base any brief introduction on the information in Wikipedia's article. (If folks feel there is more to be said, it should be taken up there. Given the article's current neutrality-dispute tag, it's obviously far from a concluded debate.) Thank you for your assistance. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 05:46, 27 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) It appears to have been lifted wholesale from IMDb. This is a copyright violation.
 * 2) Based on the information currently available at Rubin Carter, the boxer's guilt or innocence remains a controversy, so we cannot say that he was "wrongly imprisoned" (regardless of what IMDb says).

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User talk:68.124.128.178

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User talk:211.157.127.235

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User talk:Xanadu~enwikiquote

FROM OLD SECTION
~ Jeff Q (talk) 11:17, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

Absolutely Fabulous
I saw your note in the Absolutely Fabulous edit history about "getting better at your format". You definitely are picking up the customs, which have only recently been written up (mostly). You can find the most complete version of them currently at Firefly (TV series)/Format, but we're expecting to move them to a more generic place, since they're in use in most of the substantial TV show articles now.

I would say that four variances remain, the first two of which are especially important:
 * 1) Context lines (the bracketed comments introducing some dialog segments) should be complete sentences and should include punctuation, especially periods. Your context lines tend to be incomplete clauses and rarely end in periods, even when they're complete sentences. Note that this does not apply to what I call "stage directions", which are the similar-looking bracketed comments inside quoted text. Those should be as brief as possible (usually only a word or two), and should never be sentences. The intent there is to distract as little as possible from the actual spoken words. (In fact, inconveniently long stage directions were why we came up with context lines — to summarize information critical for understanding the quote and get it out of the way of the dialog.)
 * 2) I also recommend checking spelling and punctuation in the quoted text, especially trailing periods.
 * 3) A controversial issue is the use of quotation marks. "American" style is "double" quotes, whereas 'British' style is 'single' quotes. Wikipedia (and, by inference, Wikiquote) style adopts a punctuation compromise between the two: always use American-style double quotes, but use British-style punctuation placement outside of quotes unless the punctuation is part of the quoted text. (There are technical reasons besides the general spirit of cooperation that make this sensible, but I won't go into them unless you're interested.) Since both sides routinely violate this accord, I've used British-style quotes in Brit shows like AbFab and Blackadder in the past, but I've been switching to the official doctrine because of another good reason: the complicated apostrophe-based markup of dialog is easily confused with single quotes. Double quotes avoid this problem. (Well, except for the problem with some fonts, where double quotes look identical to two single quotes, but nothing's perfect.)
 * 4) There's no actual requirement, but it's not a bad idea to use the Unicode characters like ellipsis (…) and em-dash (—), available by clickable links on any edit page (below the save button), instead of three periods (...) and two dashes (--), to prevent possible line-splitting between characters and to save a bit of space. (The latter isn't really a problem for this article yet, but is for some huge articles like Buffy the Vampire Slayer.)

I commend your restructuring the article to divide the regular episodes and the specials, which is much tidier than the previous structure. I see, too, that you took advantage of expanding one quote to eliminate a no-longer-necessary context line, which is always a good idea. I also wanted to thank you for correcting my egregious error about who plays Patsy. I've liked Joanna Lumley since I first saw her in The New Avengers (however silly the show itself was), and I'm mortified that I stuck Dawn French's name in her place.

By the way, I highly recommend you create a user name for yourself, so that you can be properly credited with your contributions. It only takes a moment, and it actually enhances privacy (which some people are concerned about), because (A) you don't need to identify yourself by name, (B) you can but don't need to include your email address, and (C) IP addresses often reveal unnecessary information about their users, like who their providers are or what companies they work for. Also, even relatively fixed addresses aren't assured to remain that way. You can find yourself splitting your edit history if you have to switch providers or if your ISP restructures its IP scheme (which has already happened to me once). It's not required to register, but it helps the community feel a bit more comfortable about you and possibly take you more seriously on any issues that you might get involved in. (Okay, end of sales pitch. ☺) Thank you for your contributions! ~ Jeff Q (talk) 11:23, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

Origin of name; IP talk page
I see from your user page that "Xanadu" comes from directly from Samuel Taylor Coleridge and not by way of Olivia Newton-John's film. I have to admit that my guilty enjoyment of this not-so-classic movie has surpassed that of Coleridge's timeless work. I'm sure I'm a disappointment to my mother, an English Lit major. ☺

By the way, you might want to copy over here the talk page material from User talk:70.65.179.198. When I went to comment on your username, I was a bit confused because I didn't see the discussion I was sure I had with you, until I remembered that you'd originally contributed as an anonymous user. It's probably a good idea to gather all these things in this more appropriate place. (After all, even when one has static IPs from an ISP or one's employer, such numbers change over time with network architecture changes.)

Anyway, I hope you enjoy your experiences here, and I look forward to your ongoing contributions. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 09:14, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

Reply
Well, I'll attempt to copy that talk stuff over in a moment. But ya, I've never heard of the film Xanadu... Actually, I got it originally from Citizen Kane, the poem is quoted at the beggining of the newsreel segment, as well as Mr. Kane's estate is named Xanadu.

In other things, I am attepting to do my best. Although I can't see at the moment too too many places to contribute, I shall do my best. Xanadu 06:06, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Allow me to recommend the movie. A lot. I've always thought about it as "80s at their best", with roller-skates, innocent love and over-the-top extravagance. Also, Olivian Newton John :) ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 07:03, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Your account will be renamed
Hello,

The developer team at Wikimedia is making some changes to how accounts work, as part of our on-going efforts to provide new and better tools for our users like cross-wiki notifications. These changes will mean you have the same account name everywhere. This will let us give you new features that will help you edit and discuss better, and allow more flexible user permissions for tools. One of the side-effects of this is that user accounts will now have to be unique across all 900 Wikimedia wikis. See the announcement for more information.

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Xanadu. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Xanadu~enwikiquote that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name.

Your account will still work as before, and you will be credited for all your edits made so far, but you will have to use the new account name when you log in.

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Talk:James Burke (science historian)

Dead Link
The link to the one hour lecture on the bottom is dead. Can a replacement be found? --91.106.44.117 20:04, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Requests
I remember a quote from Mr. Burke: "My shirt is plastic". I think it was in one of the original Connection series, maybe espisode I, where he's talking about all the things made of plastic. Can someone find it? Thanks! 202.142.210.190 11:01, 27 September 2005 (UTC) Connections, Episode 8, "Eat, Drink and be Merry" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-bz7nYGxgo

"Electronic community"
Was he the first one to name the "electronic community" (now more popularly virtual community) in 1985? Sbwoodside 01:36, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Knighthood?
I don't know what criteria the Queen uses for bestowing Knighthood on her subjects, but to me James Burke (science historian) shall always be "Sir" James Burke. This person has impacted my life in such a profound way and I feel sure so many other folks' lives as well, that I feel he deserves an elevated status. Does anyone know if this situation has been considered or discussed?

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User talk:193.63.62.129

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Talk:Emily Brontë

What is your favourite QUOTE from Wuthering Heights? It must fall into one (or more) of these categories:

1)Landscape/Setting 2)Characterisation 3)Theme 4)Symbolism 5)Other

This is a chance for those of you who admire Bronte's work and want your own personal opinions expressed. Please remember to leave a message explaining why this is your favourite (or 1 of 1 of your favourites) and what you think it really means. Happy Quoting!!

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Francis Turner Palgrave

Francis Turner Palgrave (September 28, 1824 – October 24, 1897) was a British critic and poet, most famous for his anthology, the Golden Treasury of English Songs and Lyrics.

Quotes

 * This little Collection differs, it is believed, from others in the attempt made to include in it all the best original lyrical pieces and songs in our language, by writers not living, and none besides the best. The Editor will regard as his fittest readers those who love poetry so well, that he can offer them nothing not already known and valued.
 * Golden Treasury of English Songs and Lyrics (1861) Preface.

 * When once the mind has raised itself to grasp and to delight in excellence, those who love most will be found to love most wisely.
 * Golden Treasury of English Songs and Lyrics (1861) Summary of Book Fourth.

 * The azure lake is argent now Beneath the pale moonshine: I seek a sign of hope in heaven: Fair Polestar! thou are mine. A thousand other beacons blaze; I follow thee alone...
 * "Midnight At Geneva".

 * In the season of white wild roses We two went hand in hand: But now in the ruddy autumn Together already we stand.
 * "A Song of Spring and Autumn".

 * Time's corrosive dewdrop eats The giant warrior to a crust Of earth in earth and rust in rust.
 * "A Danish Barrow".

 * Let the children play And sit like flowers upon thy grave And crown with flowers,—that hardly have A briefer blooming-tide than they.
 * "A Danish Barrow".

Past and Present

 * Sleep puts out silent fingers, And leads me back to the roar Of the dead salt sea that vomits Wrecks of the past ashore.

 * I see the lost Love in beauty Go gliding over the main: I feel the ancient sweetness, The worm and the wormwood again.

 * Earth all one tomb lies round me, Domed with an iron sky: And God Himself in His power, God cannot save me! I cry.

 * With the cry I wake;—and around me The mother and child at her feet Breathe peace in even whispers; And the night falls heavy and sweet.

The Golden Land

 * In the hollow Silver voices ripple and cry Follow, O follow!

 * Follow, O follow!—and we follow

 * The Sun whispers, O remember! You have but thirty days to run, O sweet September!

 * Kiss and cling to them, kiss and leave them, Bright and beguiling:— Bright and beguiling, as She who glances Along the shore and the meadows along, And sings for heart's delight, and dances Crowned with apples, and ruddy, and strong:— Can we see thee, and not remember Thy sun-brown cheek and hair sun-golden, O sweet September?

Eutopia

 * There is a garden where lilies And roses are side by side; And all day between them in silence The silken butterflies glide.

 * I may not enter the garden, Though I know the road thereto; And morn by morn to the gateway I see the children go.

 * They bring back light on their faces; But they cannot bring back to me What the lilies say to the roses, Or the songs of the butterflies be.

The Ancient And Modern Muses

 * The monument outlasting bronze was promised well by bards of old.

 * Our hope is less to last through Art than deeper searching of the heart, than broader range of uttered truth.

 * Shakespeare's stage must hold the glass to every age.

 * A thousand forms and passions glow Upon the world-wide canvas. So With larger scope our art we ply; And if the crown be harder won, Diviner rays around it run, With strains of fuller harmony.

Quotes about Palgrave

 * I thought that the poets in the anthologies were the only real poets, that their being in the anthologies was proof of this, though some were classified as "great" and others as "minor." I owed much to those anthologies: Silver Pennies; the constant outflow of volumes edited by Louis Untermeyer; The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children; Palgrave's Golden Treasury; the Oxford Book of English Verse. But I had no idea that they reflected the taste of a particular time or of particular kinds of people.
 * Adrienne Rich Arts of the Possible (2001)

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