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Removed a quotation because I don't think Wikiquote should be about deliberately trying to discredit people we don't like. User:172.201.189.67
 * I have no clue why this particular quote bothers you, compared to the other quotes. I would have thought that the quote from Kenyon College is the worst. Also, if he said something, we should assume that he stands behind his words and proud of them, and wants them to be publicized as much as possible. Just because you personally think that a particular quote "discredits" him doesn't mean the he isn't proud of his words in that case. If he decides to retract some of his words, we could add a clarification next to the quote, in order to add context for the benefit of the reader, but still not delete the original. Anyway, wikiquote is about posting accurate quotes that are notable, the more the better. iddo999 18:46, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

What you include is only relevant when you consider what you exclude, surely? That quotation paints Hitchens as a sadistic loon - your response, and your apparent enthusiasm for Chomsky, suggests that's how you perceive him. Fine. But am i to assume you have no problem with me adding ANY sourced Christopher Hitchens quotations in the interest of, as i see it, accurate representation? User:172.201.189.67
 * The answer to your question is yes. But note that quotes should be notable in some fashion, as I said above - i.e. don't include a quote about him describing what he ate for breakfast, even if it's accurate:) I don't "exclude" anything, but it's true that I only add quotes that I find interesting. Others may add other stuff, that's how the wiki process works. iddo999 00:57, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

It's worth pointing out that the Kenyon college quote isn't properly referenced, since it goes to a restricted page. User:172.201.189.67
 * Yes, but iirc the link also wasn't available some time ago, and then it became available, and now it's gone again. Therefore I think that it's better to leave it as it is, for now. The google cache is still available, and it's mentioned in a few other places if you seach for some of the keywords. I saved a local copy, just in case. iddo999 00:57, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

This discussion between the two of you is rather timely for me, since I have a number of "fair use" quotations from two of his books (For the Sake of Argument and Unacknowledged Legislation) that I'd like to add to the mix. Just about everything on the Hitchens page so far has been written or said in the shadow of 9/11. It would be worthwhile and stimulating, I think, to have a sample of him from those earlier times as well. InvisibleSun 02:32, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
 * The more quotes, the better. That should be obvious. Be bold. But it's true that each quote should be considered individually, to decide whether it's inaccurate, or lacking context that should be added, or not notable. It's just that the reason that 172.201.189.67 gave for deleting a specific quote is dubious, i.e. I see no reason to think that Hitchens isn't proud of that quote, and even if he isn't, there's still no reason to delete it, though perhaps it'd be good to add the new context as discussed above. iddo999 06:54, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

None of the quotations labelled as Scotland Live are properly sourced. If you search for the quotations on google, this is the only site that they come up on. User:172.201.189.67
 * Right. I'll remove the link. Click on my signature for more info. iddo999 16:35, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

"Since Hitchens evidently dosen't take himself seriously, there's no reason for anyone to". And since Chomsky is an old, blubbering fool who dosen't take anyone seriously, there's no reason for anyone to take him too. Please, stop putting this insulting and crude quote, or I will continue to erase it.

 * The quotation you have been removing is a notable comment by a notable person about the subject of the page. It is standard practice to permit diverse views here about all subjects, and to not exclude any particular viewpoints merely because they are unpopular with various political or social factions. Removing sourced quotes merely because they do not accord with one's own viewpoints is considered vandalism, and can result in IPs or user names being blocked. ~ ♞☮♌Kalki·†·⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 00:29, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Source citations
I don't have the time to go through all of them, but many of the citations here are missing some fundamental elements (like titles, names of publications, and so on). I suspect that all of this can be found through the Web links for most of them, so it would not be a difficult project to update all of them to use cite news or a similar presentation with the full information—just tedious. 121a0012 02:09, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I've worked on supplying the missing info. Those who post on this and other Wikiquote pages should keep in mind that merely providing links to quotes is not enough information. Links may not last forever.  Unless titles of articles, names of publications or broadcasts, dates, etc. are provided as sources, the loss of a link means that we will no longer know where quotes came from. - InvisibleSun 09:40, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Self-contradictions
Neutral_point_of_view/Draft. It is exceedingly easy to take selected quotes from ANY public figure and arrange them out of context in a seemingly contradictory way. That is not what Wikipedia or Wikiquotes is about. 24.15.39.102 22:20, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Please read the policy. It says "Quotations included in Wikiquote do not need to conform to NPOV, as they are reflections of the point-of-view of the quoted individual; however, all non-quote text on Wikiquote (excluding userpages and with limitations in the Wikiquote namespace) should conform to NPOV. This includes intro text on quote pages, templates intended for the main namespace (they should not express preference for or against any view, etc.), and where relevant, the contents of the Wikiquote namespace."  There is nothing about the arrangement of quotations.--Cato 11:11, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

 * I agree the particular quotes should not have been removed, but would note that the whole page needs a cleanup and the quotes and sections should be arranged chronologically, by the date of the sources, and not by "subject" to minimize the intrusion of imbalanced POVs. ~ Kalki 18:14, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

 * 24.15.39.102, please give (here) an example of a quote that you consider to be out of context, along with the extra context that is missing (in your opinion). iddo999 18:43, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I'd like to direct readers of this discussion to a relevant discussion of this issue in the Village Pump. I have not forgotten my wish to reformat the Hitchens page, although other projects had distracted me from working on it. The best thing to do for now, I think, is to delete the tendentious title "Self-Contradictions" per the consensus here and in the Village Pump discussion. The quotes from that section will be dispersed throughout the article, in chronological order, pending the creation of sections for Hitchens' magazine columns (Slate,  The Atlantic Monthly, etc.)  Per the previous discussion, Hitchens' columns will be treated as subsections, with links for each column where available.  Some of the quotes may need expansion. I am volunteering to do this within the week. - InvisibleSun 21:37, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Why are you indenting this as a response to my request of 24.15.39.102? And what's the "consensus here"? I don't care for the "Self-Contradictions" section title, but those quotes make better sense in pairs. ~ iddo999 23:16, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I hadn't thought about the implications of indenting my post. It should have been posted without indentation.  As for consensus: it may have involved only a few people, but that's as good as most Wikiquote discussions get.  As for pairing the quotes to "make better sense," does this mean that you wish, by the arrangement of quotes, to guide readers in their interpretations?  I would argue that this is not our practice.  We arrange quotes chronologically, subdividing by works, and let readers do the rest.  Hasn't this been our way of doing things?  And hasn't there been a consensus that arrangement by topics is tendentious, i.e., an attempt to channel the reader's understanding?   Perhaps, to resolve the matter more definitively, it should be brought up as a general policy question.  The result would then become a part of Guide to layout.  - InvisibleSun 23:51, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
 * So again, what's the consensus of the few people here? I'm not all that interested in this particular page, so you can divide as you wish from my perspective (and you should be commended for doing the cleanup, as opposed to someone like me who just doesn't care enough about this yoyo to bother cleaning up his page). But in general I think that dividing into subjects, when there are many quotes, is actually a very significant and positive service to the average readers. A random reader who comes across a wikiquote page shouldn't be expected to research the page in order to find (among many quotes) stuff that he's interested in, so imho division into sections (along with the table of contents) is helpful for readers on average. Regarding the self-contradictions, I didn't create that section, but maybe if the title is renamed to a neutral term (e.g. something like "comparisons", or a better term that other editors might suggest) and each subsection of it would contain all relevant quotes arranged chronologically, then it'd be inviting the readers to make their own interpretations (and perhaps contribute more context if they find any), as opposed to guiding readers in their interpretations. But if other editors think that the only alternative for this section is separate everything into the wilderness among one big 'sourced' section, so be it:) iddo999 20:58, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

I strongly agree with Iddo and have changed self-contradictions to comparisons (unless anyone has a better suggestion).--Cato 22:35, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

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 * Now just wait a minute, a second ago you mentioned character assassination. Be careful that your character doesn't commit suicide in front of everyone in this room!
 * Debate with Rabbi Schmuley Boteach, 92nd Street Y (2008)

 * Name me an ethical statement made or an action performed by a believer that could not have been made or performed by a non-believer.

(Private discussion between Hitchens, Dawkins, Dennet, Harris on the 30th of September 2007, 'The Four Horseman' (source: 33:45min /n7IHU28aR2E on a well-known video platform)
 * Public opinion is often wrong, mob opinion is almost always wrong, [and] religious opinion is wrong by definition.

 * On Jerry Falwell: No, and I think it’s a pity there isn’t a hell for him to go to...  The empty life of this ugly little charlatan proves only one thing: that you can get away with the most extraordinary offenses to morality and to truth in this country if you’ll just get yourself called Reverend.  Who would, even at your network, have invited on such a little toad to tell us that the attacks of September 11th were the result of our sinfulness and were God’s punishment if  they hadn’t got some kind of clerical qualification.  People like that should be out in the street, shouting and hollering with a cardboard sign and selling pencils from a cup.  The whole consideration of this horrible little person is offensive to very, very many of us who have some regard for truth and for morality and who think that ethics do not require that lies be told to children by evil old men, that we’re not told that people who believe like Falwell will be snatched up into heaven - I’m glad to see he skipped the rapture and was found on the floor of his office – while the rest of us go to hell.  How dare they talk to children like this, how dare they raise money from credulous people on their huckster-like Elmer Gantry radio stations and fly around in private jets as he did, giggling and snickering all the time at what he was getting away with?…How dare he say, for example, that the Antichrist is already present amongst us and is an adult male Jew, while all the time fawning on the worst elements in Israel, with his other hand pumping anti-Semitic innuendos into American politics along with his friends Robertson and Graham, encouraging the most extreme theocratic fanatics and maniacs on the West Bank and in Gaza not to give an inch of what he thought of as holy land to the people who already lived there, undercutting and ruining every democrat and secularist in the Jewish state in the name of God?  He’s done us an enormous, enormous disservice by this sort of demagoguery…the fact is that the country suffers to a considerable extent from paying too much by way of compliment to anyone who can describe themselves as a person of faith – Jimmy Swaggart, Ted Haggard: Chaucerian frauds, people who are simply pickpockets and frauds who prey on the gullible…He woke up every morning, as I say, pinching his chubby little flanks and thinking “I’ve got away with it again!”…I think he was a conscious charlatan and bully and fraud and I think if he read the Bible at all – and I would doubt whether he could actually read any long book at all – that he did so only in the most hucksterish, as we say, Bible-pounding way.  I’m gonna repeat what I said before about the Israeli question.  It’s very important.  Jerry Falwell kept saying to his own crowd “Yeah you gotta like the Jews cos they can make more money in ten minutes than you can make in a lifetime.”  He was also full, as his friends Robertson and Graham are and were, of anti-Semitic innuendo, yet, in the most base and hypocritical way, he encouraged the worst elements among Jewry.  He got Menachim Begin to give him the Jabotinsky Medal, celebrating an alliance between Christian fundamentalism and Jewish fanaticism that has ruined the chances for peace in the Middle East.  Lots of people are going to die and are already leading miserable lives because of the nonsense preached by this man.
 * Anderson Cooper 360, CNN, (/umVp2L82nPY on a popular video site)

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 * What makes the Israel-Palestine two-state solution ungettable? Because there’s a chunk of people on both sides who say they have God in their corner and God gave only their group the land, and they can negate the votes of everybody else including the whole of the international community, by the way, just because of their faith.

 * Atheists have always argued that this world is all that we have, and that our duty is to one another to make the very most and best of it.
 * The Portable Atheist, page xvi

 * Religion ends and philosophy begins, just as alchemy ends and chemistry begins and astrology ends, and astronomy begins.
 * Interview with Lou Dobbs

 * And not scorning the three delightful children who result — who are everything to me and who are my only chance of even a glimpse of a second life, let alone an immortal one, and I’ll tell you something: if I was told to sacrifice them to prove my devotion to God, if I was told to do what all monotheists are told to do and admire the man who said, “Yes, I’ll gut my kid to show my love of God,” I’d say, “No. Fuck you."
 * Debate

 * On Jerry Falwell: If you gave Falwell an enema, he could be buried in a matchbox.
 * "Hannity and Colmes" Fox News

 * Religious exhortation and telling people, telling children, that if they don’t do the right thing, they’ll go to terrifying punishments or unbelievable rewards, that’s making a living out of lying to children. That’s what the priesthood do.  And if all they did was lie to the children, it would be bad enough.  But they rape them and torture them and then hope we’ll call it ‘abuse’.

 * People are frightened of death, and the central lie of all religion is that there’s a cure for this and an exception we’ve made in your own case: an eternal life offered if you make the right propitiations and the right abjections. Well, I’m sorry. I think that it's the height of immorality to lie to people like that. That’s why [religion] survives.”

 * [Religious belief] is a totalitarian belief. It is the wish to be a slave. It is the desire that there be an unalterable, unchallengeable, tyrannical authority who can convict you of thought crime while you are asleep, who can subject you - who must, indeed, subject you - to total surveillance around the clock every waking and sleeping minute of your life - I say, of your life - before you're born and, even worse and where the real fun begins, after you're dead.  A celestial North Korea.  Who wants this to be true?  Who but a slave desires such a ghastly fate?  I've been to North Korea.  It has a dead man as its president,  Kim Jong-Il is only head of the party and head of the army.  He's not head of the state.  That office belongs to his deceased father, Kim Il-Sung.  It's a necrocracy, a thanatocracy.  It's one short of a trinity I might add.  The son is the reincarnation of the father.  It is the most revolting and utter and absolute and heartless tyranny the human species has ever evolved.  But at least you can fucking die and leave North Korea!

 * Religion is not provided to us by revelation, it doesn't come from the heavens, it doesn't come from the beyond, it doesn't come from the divine. It's man-made. And it shows. It shows very well - that religion is created, invented, imposed by a species half a chromosome away from the chimpanzee.

 * It will happen to all of us, that at some point you get tapped on the shoulder and told, not just that the party's over, but slightly worse: the party's going on — but you have to leave. And it's going on without you. That's the reflection that I think most upsets people about their demise. All right, then, because it might make us feel better, let's pretend the opposite. Instead, you'll get tapped on the shoulder and told, Great news: this party's going on forever – and you can't leave. You've got to stay; the boss says so. And he also insists that you have a good time.

 * There is no Big Brother in the sky. It is a horrible idea that there is somebody who owns us, who makes us, who supervises us waking and sleeping, who knows our thoughts, who can convict us of thought crime, thought crime - just for what we think, who can judge us while we sleep for things that might occur to us in our dreams, who can create us sick (as apparently we are) and then order us on pain of eternal torture to be well again. To demand this, to wish this to be true, is to wish to live as an abject slave. It is a wonderful thing, in my submission, that we now have enough information, enough intelligence, and - I hope - enough intellectual and moral courage to say that this ghastly proposition is founded on a lie, and to celebrate that fact, and I invite you to join me in doing so.
 * "There is not a single world religion which doesn't hold women in contempt. Even Buddha was apparently born from a slit in his mother's side, anything but the filth and disgust of having to contemplate the female reproductive system. Yet again, anything but the vagina. Disgust for females, contempt for females, revulsion from menstrual blood and the female reproductive system. What could be more obviously man made than this, and made in a barbaric period even in the history of the male sex?"
 * The crucial thing for most of the left now, is what goes under the name of "anti-globalization". A sort of primitive, I would say non-Marxist form of anti-capitalism. If that is your main concern then by definition the United States is the main enemy. Which with only a little displacement means that any enemy of the United States is at least a potential friend. I have certainly read articles and heard speeches from quite prominent leftists that give the strong impression that jihadism may have it's drawbacks but it is better than no "anti-globalization" at all.
 * Interview with Victor Davis Hanson

 * But Portugal had broken the mainspring for me, because it had caused me to understand that I thought democracy and pluralism were good things in themselves, and ends in themselves at that, rather than means to another end.
 * Hitch 22, p.186

 * [I am persuaded by] the materialist conception of history.

 * A theory that seems to explain everything is just as good at explaining nothing.

 * I mean, for me, it’s enough to be at war. The crucial thing is to be at war.

 * And if I didn’t know better, I’d say they [the U.S. marines] were doing God’s work. Let them fear us. That’s the thing -- let them fear us.

 * I’m too old to shoulder a rifle in any meaningful sense myself.
 * Hitchens' response to the suggestion that those who preach war should consider fighting it themselves.

 * To be involved in this [the Iraq War], frankly, just makes me happy.

 * You only said did I regret the targets I did pick. There are some I regret not picking. I was much too soft on Mugabe. I say it in my memoir. I claim to have had good reasons for it, and I was very keen to see the end of white supremacist dictatorship in Southern Africa and I was probably soft-pedalling what I knew about some of ZANU-PF. But having a good enough motive is not a good enough reason for doing something that was a betrayal, really, of principles. Anyway, hoping to see the end of these and others is a good reason for KBO.

Unsourced quotes about Christopher Hitchens

 * It pains me to hear that. He's gone back to nineteenth-century gunboat diplomacy -- go hit the wogs.
 * Edward Said, September 2002

 * The man had more wit and style and substance than a few civilizations I could name.
 * Sam Harris,

 * Christopher Hitchens is the most extraordinary writer. I would say the premier living essayist in the English language. He can write on an amazing array of subjects with extraordinary knowledge. Nobody has his range or his eloquence.
 * Dexter Filkins,

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 * Making a piece of quote bold makes it enthusiastic and supportive. Wiki is always just.

Islamophobic?
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 * This is very urgent business, ladies and gentlemen, I beseech you: resist it while you still can and before the right to complain is taken away from you, which will be the next thing. You will be told, you can’t complain – because you’re Islamophobic. The term is already being introduced into the culture, as if it’s an accusation of race hatred for example or bigotry, whereas it’s only the objection to the preachings of a very extreme and absolutist religion.
 * Christopher Hitchens quoted at Christopher Hitchens Resisting Islam

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Vasco Rossi (born 1952) is an Italian rockstar.

Song lyrics

 * ''"Songs are like flowers / they come up spontaneously / they are like dreams / and we only have to / write them quickly / because then they fade away / and we will not remember them"'
 * (from Una canzone per te, 1983)

 * "Take God here / I have to talk to him / I want to tell him / about a life I have lived / and which I haven't understood / what it has been worth living / what has changed / or better / what have I earned?"
 * from Portatemi Dio, 1983)

 * "What I wouldn't give / to live a fable!" (from Vivere una favola, 1988)

 * "Better to die because of you, rather than dying still!" (from Domani si adesso no, 1985)

 * "Imagine that it is always Sunday / you always free / and your mother less nevrotic" (from T'immagini, 1988)

 * "I don't sit here / I want to live above / I want to live just once!" (from Brava Giulia, 1987)

 * "Life is a shiver that flies away / it's all a balance on madness" (from Sally, 1996)

 * "And every time evening comes back..." (from Ogni volta, 1982)

 * "Look what nice surprise life is / that someday you wake up and it's over / and it will never come back again" (from Ci Credi, 1993)

 * "But if armies turn / an heroes disappear / if it's us now / who start making war / don't smile, the shoots above / are for you!" (from Gli Spari Sopra, 1993)

 * "Stars in the sky / and dreams are few / the ones who come true" (from Ridere di te, 1987)

 * "And... / If you need me / and can't find me / search for me in a dream" (from E..., 2004)

Siamo solo noi (1981)

 * ''"It's only us... / Generation of upset people / Without Saints or Heroes... / It's only us...
 * (from Siamo solo noi, 1981)

 * "Yeah, it's me / three different men / one it's not me / the other ones are lost..." (from Senorita, 2004)

 * "And life goes on / even without us / who are far by now" (da Anima Fragile, 1980)

 * "When you reach the bottom / you'll go up / you'll come up / or you won't come anymore" (from Che cosa c'è, 1985)

 * "Thank Heaven who gave us the woman!" (concert in Florence, june 2005)

 * "And now that I've arrived here thanks to my dreams / what should I do with reality? / And now that I don't even have my illusions / I don't even care about truth". (from E adesso tocca a me, 2008)

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Silent Hill

 * For the 2006 film, see Silent Hill (film). For the 2012 film, see Silent Hill: Revelation.

Silent Hill is a horror-survival video game series, centred around the dark and mysterious fictional town of Silent Hill. Each game follows a character who is somehow connected to Silent Hill (Heather), or searching for someone or something located within the town (Harry, James).

Silent Hill 1

 * Opening: The fear of the blood tends to create fear for the flesh.

Silent Hill 2

 * Mary: In my restless dreams, I see that town... Silent Hill. You promised you'd take me there again some day... but you never did. Well, I'm alone there now, in our special place... waiting for you.

 * Eddie: “You fat, disgusting piece of shit! You make me sick! Fat-ass, yer nothin' but a waste of skin! You're so ugly, even your mama don't love you!" Well maybe he was right. Maybe I am nothing but a fat disgusting piece of shit. But ya know what? It doesn't matter if you're smart, dumb, ugly, pretty... it's all the same once yer dead... and a corpse can't laugh. From now on, if anyone makes fun of me... I'll kill 'em. Just like that.

 * Eddie: Do you know what it does to you, James? When you're hated, picked on, spit on, just cause of the way you look? After you've been laughed at your whole friggin' life?

 * Angela: No ! Don't pity me ! I'm not worth it... Or maybe... you think you can save me. Will you love me ? Take care of me ? Heal all my pain ? Hmph... That's what I thought.

Silent Hill 3

 * Woman: A group of pagans, blinded by earthly desires, spit in the very face of God. They tried to use the seal of Metatron to prevent God's awakening. But God drove the unbelievers away and threw them into the Abyss. But due to their wickedness, God was unable to be born properly. And so she has slumbered ever since, in the womb of the Holy Mother. Until the time of the Awakening...

 * Vincent: I know about the pleasures of this world. And I want to find my happiness while I'm still here. You hated your father, didn't you? I saw the way he hit you, kicked you, and made you cry. The memory of his cruelty is forever burned into my mind.

 * Vincent: What you call ‘faith’ is nothing more than a child crying out for love. That's why you're all alone.

 * Vincent: Monsters? They look like monsters to you?

Silent Hill 4

 * Henry Townshend: [considering his room] Five days ago... that's when I first had the nightmare. I haven't been able to get out of my room since then. The phone doesn't work... the TV doesn't work... I can't even get anybody to hear me when I yell... My whole world has suddenly turned insane. My door's chained up, the windows are sealed shut... And on top of that, someone chained the door from the inside. How am I going to get out of here?

 * Walter Sullivan: Henry... You're it... the last of the 21 Sacraments... The "Final Sign"... The "Receiver of Wisdom".

 * Walter Sullivan: [regarding the shabby doll] I got this from Miss Galvin a long, long time ago... She was younger than me back then... She looked so happy holding her mother's hand... Here, I'll give it to you...

Silent Hill: Origins

 * [In the Joke ending, Travis stares up at the moon]
 * Travis Grady: The lonely moon... You've always been there for me, haven't you?
 * [a UFO descends from the sky and an alien and Mira the dog debark]
 * Mira the Dog: Ruff! Ruff!
 * Friendly Alien': Greetings, Travis!
 * Travis Grady: You seen my truck? I have to find my truck.
 * Mira the Dog: [to the alien] Ruff, ruff!
 * Friendly Alien: Your truck is on our planet. Come with us.
 * Travis Grady: Can I drive?
 * Friendly Alien: You drive stick?
 * [Travis, the alien and Mira board the UFO and it flies away]

 * [On a CB radio, late at night]
 * Travis Grady: Who'd I just pass there? That you, Good Buddy?
 * Good Buddy: Treetop tall and wall-to-wall. Travis, you messed up sonofabitch. What you doing on my road?
 * Travis Grady: Late on a gig, bud. I'm taking the shortcut past Silent Hill. Stopping for coffee as soon as I hit Brahms. I'm beat.
 * Good Buddy: Bad dreams still keeping you awake? I told you man, a girl or two would go a long way. Sleep like a baby with a chick in your cab.
 * Travis Grady: Guess I just don't meet the right girls, Bud.
 * Good Buddy: Maybe if you weren't always blabbering about
 * [radio static]
 * Travis Grady: Hey chill. You don't see me bringing up your issues.
 * Good Buddy: No need. My old lady keeps me fully informed of my failings. The girl keeps notes.
 * Travis Grady: You mean she hasn't left you yet?
 * Good Buddy: Any day now. See you 'round, Travis. Take it easy.
 * Travis Grady: 10-4. Catch you later, Buddy.

Silent Hill: Homecoming

 * Elle Holloway: The town seems empty. All the stores are closed or boarded up. What's going on?
 * Judge Holloway: It's complicated, Alex. A lot of things have happened since you left.

 * Alex Shepherd: I noticed a banner out front that said something about an anniversary.
 * Judge Holloway: Yes, the town's 150 year anniversary.
 * Alex Shepherd: But wasn't that celebration, like, years ago? I thought I remembered being here for it.
 * Judge Holloway: You're right. Things tend to stay in one place around here. I guess it's time we took that down, huh?

 * Alex Shepherd: You've got a lot of clock parts in this place. There a reason?
 * Curtis Ackers: Yeah, there's a reason. For fixing clocks! Haven't you noticed that every single clock in this town has stopped at exactly 2:06?
 * Alex Shepherd: No, I hadn't.
 * Curtis Ackers: Well, take a look around, son.
 * Alex Shepherd: Why do you think that is?
 * Curtis Ackers: Hell if I know. I just try to fix 'em. But it's no use. They won't start running again. It's like something's not letting us move on.

Silent Hill: Downpour

 * J.P. Sater: We're the ones who decide if we can live with what we've done.

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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (musical)

Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a musical by Stephen Sondheim about an English barber named Sweeney Todd who kills his customers and gives their bodies to his partner, Mrs. Lovett, who then bakes them into meat pies. It has been subject to many film adaptions, most recent in 2007 directed by Tim Burton starring Johnny Depp.

Musical Lyrics

 * Swing your razor wide, Sweeney! Hold it to the skies! Freely flows the blood of those Who moralize!
 * Ensemble (The Ballad of Sweeney Todd)

 * There was a barber and his wife And she was beautiful A foolish barber and his wife She was his reason and his life And she was beautiful And she was virtuous And he was... naïve

 * Mrs. Lovett: Seems a downright shame
 * Mr. Todd: Shame?
 * Mrs. Lovett: Seems an awful waste; such a nice plump frame whats-his-name has... had... has, nor it can't be traced. Business needs a lift, debts to be erased, think of it as thrift, as a gift, if you get my drift. Seems an awful waste. I mean, with the price of meat what it is when you get it, if you get it...
 * Mr. Todd: Ahhh!
 * Mrs. Lovett: Good, you got it! Take for instance Mrs. Mooney and her pie shop. Business never better using only pussy cats and toast. Now a pussy's good for maybe 6 or 7 at the most, and I'm sure they can't compare as far as taste!
 * Mr. Todd: Mrs. Lovett, what a charming notion! Eminently practical and yet...
 * Mrs. Lovett: Well, it does seem a waste.
 * Mr. Todd: ...appropriate as always. Mrs. Lovett, how I did without you all these years I'll never know.  How delectable, also undetectable, how choice, how rare
 * Mrs. Lovett: Think about it. Lots of other gentleman will soon be coming for a shave, won't they? Think of all them pies!
 * Mr. Todd: For what's the sound of the world out there?
 * Mrs. Lovett: What, Mr. Todd? What, Mr. Todd? What is that sound?
 * Mr. Todd: Those crunching noises pervading the air!
 * Mrs. Lovett: Yes, Mr. Todd, yes, Mr. Todd, yes, all around!
 * Mr. Todd: It's man devouring man, my dear!
 * Both: And who are we to deny it in here?

 * Mr. Todd: These are desperate times Mrs. Lovett, and desperate measures are called for.
 * Mrs. Lovett: Here we are hot out of the oven!
 * Mr. Todd: What is that?
 * Mrs. Lovett: It's Priest. Have a little Priest .
 * Mr. Todd: Is it really good?
 * Mrs. Lovett: Sir, it's too good, at least. Then again, they don't commit sins of the flesh, so it's pretty fresh.
 * Mr. Todd: Awful lot of fat.
 * Mrs. Lovett: Only where it sat.
 * Mr. Todd: Haven't you got Poet, or something like that?
 * Mrs. Lovett: No, you see the trouble with Poet is how do you know it's deceased? Try the Priest. Lawyer's rather nice.
 * Mr. Todd: If it's for a price.
 * Mrs. Lovett: Order something else, though, to follow, since no one should swallow it twice.
 * Mr. Todd: Anything that's lean?
 * Mrs. Lovett: Well then if you're British and loyal, you might enjoy Royal Marine. Anyway it's clean, though of course it tastes of wherever it's been!
 * Mr. Todd: Is that Squire on the fire?
 * Mrs. Lovett: Mercy no, sir! Look closer, you'll notice it's Grocer.
 * Mr. Todd: Much thicker, more like Vicar.
 * Mrs. Lovett: No, it has to be Grocer; it's green!

 * Mr. Todd: The history of the world, my love,
 * Mrs. Lovett: Save a lot of graves; do a lot of relatives favours.
 * Mr. Todd: Is those below serving those up above.
 * Mrs. Lovett: Everybody shaves, so there should be plenty of flavours.
 * Mr. Todd: How gratifying for once to know
 * Both: That those above will serve those down below.

 * Mr. Todd: What is that?
 * Mrs. Lovett: It's Fop, finest in the shop. Or we have some Shepherd's pie peppered with actual Shepherd on top.  And I've just begun.  Here's the Politician so oily it's served with a doily, have one!
 * Mr. Todd: Put it on a bun, but you never know if it's going to run.
 * Mrs. Lovett: Try the Friar; fried it's drier.
 * Mr. Todd: No, the clergy is really too coarse and too mealy.
 * Mrs. Lovett: Then Actor; it's compacter.
 * Mr. Todd: Ah, but always arrives overdone! I'll come again when you have JUDGE on the menu.

 * Mr. Todd: Have charity towards the world, my pet.
 * Mrs. Lovett: Yes, yes, I know, my love.
 * Mr. Todd: We'll take the customers that we can get
 * Mrs. Lovett: High born and low, my love.
 * Mr. Todd & Both: We'll not discriminate great from small, no we'll serve anyone, meaning anyone, and to anyone at all!

 * Mrs. Lovett: We've got tinker...
 * Todd: No, no, something pinker.
 * Mrs. Lovett: Tailor?
 * Todd: Paler.
 * Mrs. Lovett: Butler?
 * Todd: Subtler.
 * Mrs. Lovett: Potter?
 * Todd: Hotter.
 * Mrs. Lovett: Locksmith? (Silence)

(A Little Priest)

 * Tobias: Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention, please, are your nostrils a-quiver and tingling as well, at that delicate, luscious ambrosial smell, Yes they are, I can tell! Well, ladies and gentlemen, that aroma enriching the breeze Is like nothing compared to its succulent source, as the gourmets among you will tell you, of course! Well Ladies and gentlemen you can't imagine the rapture in store Just inside of this door!"
 * Tobias: There you'll sample Mrs. Lovett's meat pies, savoury and sweet pies as you'll see. You who eat pies, Mrs. Lovett's meat pies conjure up the treat pies used to be.
 * Man: Over here, boy, how about some ale?
 * Men: Let me have another, laddie!
 * Women: Tell me, are they flavorsome? They are
 * Tobias: Right away
 * Women: Could we have some service over here, boy?
 * Men: Could we have some service, waiter?
 * Women: God that's good!
 * Man: What about that pie, boy?
 * Women: Tell me, are they tender?
 * Tobias: Thruppence
 * Men: Yes, what about the pie, boy?
 * Women: Thruppence for a meat pie?
 * Men: Where's the ale I asked you for boy?
 * Tobias: Ladies and gentlemen!

 * Mrs. Lovett: Toby!
 * Tobias: Coming! Excuse me.
 * Mrs. Lovett: Ale there!
 * Tobias: Right, Ma'am!
 * Mrs. Lovett: Quick now!
 * Company: God, that's good!
 * Mrs. Lovett: Nice to see you deary, how have you been keeping, cor me bones is weary, Toby, one for the gentleman, hear the birdies cheeping, helps to keep it cheery, Toby, THROW THE OLD WOMAN OUT!
 * Company: God, that's good!

 * Mrs. Lovett: What's my secret, frankly dear forgive my candor, family secret all to do with herbs, things like being careful with your coriander, that's what makes the graver grander.
 * Company: More hot pies! More hot! More pies!

 * Company: More hot pies! More hot! More pies! More! Hot! Pies!
 * Both: Eat them slow and feel the crust how thin I rolled it, eat them slow cause every one's a prize, eat them slow and that's the lot and now we've sold it, come again tomorrow
 * Mrs. Lovett: Hold it!
 * Company: More hot pies!
 * Mrs. Lovett: Bless my eyes!
 * Todd: Right this way, sir.
 * Mrs. Lovett: Fresh supplies...
 * Mrs. Lovett: How about it, dearie? Be here in a twinkling. Just confirms my theory. Toby, God watches over us. Didn't have an inkling? Positively eerie.
 * Tobias: Is that a pie fit for a king a wonderous sweet and most delectable thing? You see, Mum, why, there is no meat pie---
 * Mrs. Lovett: Toby, THROW THE OLD WOMAN OUT!
 * Company: God, that's good! That is de-, have you -licious, ever tasted, smell such, Oh my God, what perfect, more, that's pies, such flavor God, that's good!

(God, that's Good!)

 * Mrs Lovett: A Customer! Wait! What's your rush where's your hurry, You gave me such a fright, I thought you was a ghost, half a minute, Can't you sit, sit you down, SIT, All I meant is that I haven't seen a customer for weeks, Did you come here for a pie sir, Do forgive me if me heads a little vague (what is that?) But you'd think we had the plague, from the way that people keep avoiding (no you don't!) Heaven knows I try sir, but there's no one comes in even to inhale, right you are sir would you like a drop of ale Mind you I can hardly blame them, these are probably the worst pies in London I know why nobody cares to take 'em, I should know, I make 'em, but good? No! The worst pies in London. Even that's polite, the worst pies in London, if you doubt it take a bite! Is that just disgusting? You have to concede it, it's nothing but crusting, here drink this, you'll need it, the worst pies in London And no wonder with the price of meat what it is when you get it, never thought I'd live to see the day, many'd think it was a treat Finding poor animals what are dying in the street Mrs. Mooney has a pie shop, does her business but I notice something weird! Lately all her neighbors' cats have disappeared Have to hand it to her, wot I calls enterprise, popping pussies into pies! Wouldn't do in my shop, just the thought of it's enough to make you sick, and I'm telling ya them pussy cats is quick, No denying times is hard, sir, even harder than the worst pies in London, Only lard and nothing more Is that just revolting? All greasy and gritty It looks like it's molting, and tastes like... Well, pity a woman alone, with limited wind, and the worst pies in London. Ah Sir, times is hard, times is hard.

 * 'Mrs. Lovett: Ah, dearie, it's gonna take a lot more than that ale to wash the taste out. Come, we'll get you a cup o' gin.

 * Tobias: Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention please, Do you wake every morning with shame and despair, to discover your pillow is covered with hair, what ought not to be there, Well Ladies and Gentlemen, from now on you can waken at ease, You need never again have a worry or care, I will show you a miracle marvelous rare, Gentleman you are about to see something what rose from the dead... On the top of my head. Scarcely a month ago, gentlemen, I was suddenly struck with a horrible dermatologic disease. Though the finest physicians in London were called I awakened one morning amazed and appalled to discover with dread that my 'ead was as bald as a novice's knees. I was dying of shame, till a gentleman came An illustrious barber, Pirelli by name He give me a liquid as precious as gold I rubbed it in daily like wot I was told And behold! Only thirty days old!

 * Tobias: Twas Pirelli's Miracle Elixir, that's what did the trick Sir, true Sir true, Was it quick Sir, did it in a tick Sir, just like an Elixir ought to do. How 'bout a bottle Mister, only costs a penny guaranteed.
 * First Man: Penny buys a bottle, I don't know...
 * Tobias: Go ahead and tug, sir.
 * Second Man: You don't need---
 * Tobias: Go ahead, sir, harder...
 * First Man: Ah, let's go.
 * Tobias: Does Pirelli's stimulate the growth Sir, you can have my oath Sir 'tis unique, Rub a minute, stimulating in' it, soon you'll have to thin it once a week. Penny buys a bottle, guaranteed.
 * First Man: Penny buys a bottle, might as well...
 * Tobias: How about a sample?
 * Third Man: Wotcher think?
 * Second Woman: Go ahead and try it, wot the hell...
 * Tobias: Have you ever smelled a cleaner smell?
 * First Woman: Isn't it a crime they let these urchins clog the pavement?
 * Fourth Man: Penny buys a bottle, does it?
 * Tobias: That's enough, sir, ample Gently dab it, gets to be a habit Soon there'll be enough, sir Somebody can grab it See this chap hair like Shelley's? You can tell he's used Pirelli's
 * First Man: Let me have that bottle
 * Second Man: Make that two!
 * Todd: Pardon me Ma'am what's that awful stench, Must be standing near an open trench
 * Mrs. Lovett: Are we standing near an open trench, Pardon me Sir what's that awful stench
 * First Woman: Then again I could get some for Harry.
 * Second Man: How about a beer?
 * Second Woman: Nothing works on Harry, dear. Bye, bye.
 * First Man: You know a pub?
 * Third Woman: I'm just passing by.
 * First Man: There's one close by.
 * Third Man: Pass it by.
 * Tobias: Buy Pirelli's Miracle Elixir, anything what's slick sir, soon sprouts curls, try Pirelli's, when they see how thick Sir, you can have your pick sir of the girls.
 * Tobias: Wanna buy a bottle, Mister?
 * Todd: What is this?
 * First Man: Propagates the hair, sir.
 * Mrs. Lovett: What is this?
 * Fourth Man: I'll take one!
 * Tobias: Penny for a bottle...
 * Todd: Smells like piss
 * Third Man: What was that?
 * Tobias: Have you ever smelled a cleaner smell?
 * Mrs. Lovett: Smells like...Ugh.
 * Second Man: He says it smells like piss.
 * Fifth Man & Second Woman: Says it smells like piss or something.
 * Todd: Looks like piss
 * Mrs. Lovett: Wouldn't touch it if I was you dear
 * Tobias: How about a sample?
 * Second Man: Wotcher think?
 * Todd: This is piss, piss with ink
 * Tobias: How about a sample, mister?
 * Men & Women: Let me smell that bottle I don't want no ink piss! What is this?
 * Mrs. Lovett: What does that smell like to you, sir?
 * Tobias: Never mind that madman, mister.
 * Women: Gives back our money!
 * Men: What does that smell like to you, ma'am?
 * Mrs. Lovett: Give 'em back their money!
 * Tobias: Never mind the madman!
 * Todd: Where is this Pirelli?
 * Crowd: Yeah, where is this Pirelli?
 * Tobias: Let Pirelli's activate your roots Sir
 * Todd: Keep it off your boots, Sir, eats right through
 * Crowd: Go and get Pirelli!
 * Tobias: Yes get Pirelli's, use a bottle of it, Ladies seem to love it
 * Mrs. Lovett: Flies do too.
 * Crowd: Hand the bloody money over! Hand the bloody money over!
 * Tobias: See Pirelli's Miracle Elixir grow a little wick, sir Then some fuzz The Pirelli's soon'll make it thick, sir Like a good elixir always does! Trust Pirelli's if your hair is sick, sir Fix it in the nick, sir Don't look grim Just Pirelli's Miracle Elixir That'll do the trick, sir—
 * First Man: What about the money?
 * Tobias: If you've got it a kick, sir---
 * Crowd: What about the money? Where is this Pirelli? Go and get Pirelli! What about our money?
 * Tobias: Tell it to the mixer of the Miracle Elixir if you've got a kick, sir—!
 * Crowd: Go and get Pirelli! What about it? Where is this Pirelli?
 * Tobias: Talk to him!
 * Mr. Pirelli: I am Adolfo Pirelli, the King of the Barbers, the Barber of Kings. E buon giorno, good day, I blow you a kiss. And I...the so famous Pirelli a wish-a to know-a who has-a the nerve-a to say...my elixir is piss, who says this?

(Pirelli's Miracle Elixir)

 * "Do they think that walls can hide you even when I'm at your window I am in the dark beside you buried sweetly in your yellow hair."
 * Anthony Hope (Johanna)

 * "The Blood of Jesus Christ His Son Cleanseth Us from All Sins." - Inscription

 * "At last! My right arm is complete again!"
 * Sweeney Todd (My Friends)

 * "I want you bleeders."
 * Sweeney Todd (Epiphany)

Non Musical Quotes

 * No! Not Barker. That man is dead. It's Todd now. Sweeney Todd. And he will have his revenge.
 * Sweeney Todd/Benjamin Barker

Conversation
[first lines]
 * Anthony Hope: I have sailed the world, beheld its wonders, from the Dardanelles to the mountains of Peru. But there's no place like London. I feel home again. I could hear the city bells ring whatever I would do, no, there's no place---
 * Sweeney Todd: No, there's no place like London.
 * Anthony Hope: [spoken] Mr. Todd?
 * Sweeney Todd: You are young. Life has been kind to you. You will learn.

 * Mrs. Lovett: Mr. T, you didn't!

[looks into the chest, sees Pirelli's dead body and gasps. Shuts it]
 * Mrs. Lovett: You're barking mad! Killing a man what done ya no harm!
 * Sweeney Todd: [polishing his razor] He recognized me from the old days. Tried to blackmail me. Half me earnings.
 * Mrs. Lovett: [relieved] Oh, well that's a different matter then. For a moment there I thought you lost your marbles.

[opens the chest again and stares]
 * Mrs. Lovett: Ugh! All that blood. Poor bugger. Oh well!

[looks through Pirelli's jacket before removing his money pouch and examining its contents]
 * Mrs. Lovett: Well, waste not, want not!

[tucks it into her bodice]

 * Beadle: [after the judge has sentenced a boy to death by hanging] Thank you, your honor, just the sentence we wanted.
 * Judge Turpin: Was he guilty?
 * Beadle: Well, if not, he'd certainly done something to warrant a hanging.
 * Judge Turpin: What man has not?

 * Anthony Hope: You wait for him here. I'll return with a coach in less than half an hour. Don't worry no one'll recognize you. You're safe now.
 * Johanna: Safe? So we run away and then all our dreams come true?
 * Anthony Hope: I hope so.
 * Johanna: I've never had dreams. Only nightmares.
 * Anthony Hope: Johanna... when we're free of this place, all the ghosts will go away.
 * Johanna: No, Anthony. They never go away.

 * Mrs. Lovett: Mr. T, are you listening to me?
 * Sweeney: Of course...
 * Mrs. Lovett: Then what did I just say?
 * Sweeney: There must be a way to get the judge...
 * Mrs. Lovett: Judge... Always harping on that bloody old judge...

 * Adolfo Pirelli: [singing] I am Adolfo Pirelli, da king of da barbers, da barber of kings, e buon giorno, good day. I blow you a kiss! And I, the so famous Pirelli, I wish-a to know who has-a da nerve-a to say my Elixir is piss! Who says this?
 * Sweeney Todd: I do. I'm Mr. Sweeney Todd from Fleet Street. I have opened a bottle of Pirelli's Elixir and I say to you, it is nothing but an arrant fraud, concocted from piss and ink. And furthermore, "Signor", I have serviced no kings, yet I wager that I can shave a cheek with ten times more dexterity than any street mountebank.

 * Adolfo Pirelli: Mr. Todd.
 * Sweeney: Signor Pirelli.
 * Adolfo Pirelli: Call me Davy. Davy Collins' the name when it is not professional. I would like me five quid back if you don't mind.
 * Sweeney: Why?
 * Adolfo Pirelli: Because you entered into our little wager under false pretenses, my friend. So, you might remember to be a bit more forthright in the future. I'll be taking half your profits from herewith. Share and share alike... Mr. Benjamin Barker.
 * Adolfo Pirelli: [looks around the room] This will do nicely. You don't remember me, do you? Why should you? I was just a little nip that you hired for a couple of weeks sweeping up hair, [toying with one of Sweeney's distinctive silver-inlaid razors] but I remember these. And how could I ever forget about you, Mr. Barker? I used to sit - right here - quietly dreaming of the day when I could be a proper barber myself. You might say that you was... inspiration to me. So, is we got a deal? Or should I run down the street to my old pal, Beadle Bamford? What do you say to that now, [Italian accent] Meestair Sweeney Todd? [laughs sinisterly]
 * [Sweeney beats Pirelli senseless with a teapot]
 * [Sweeney beats Pirelli senseless with a teapot]

 * Sweeney: NOOOOOOO!! Would no one have mercy on her?
 * Mrs. Lovett: So it is you. Benjamin Barker.
 * Sweeney: Where is Lucy? Where is my wife?
 * Mrs. Lovett: She poisoned herself. Arsenic. From the apothecary around the corner. I tried to stop her, but she didn't listen to me.

 * Judge Turpin: [about Johanna] Where is she?
 * Sweeney: Below, your honor, with my neighbor. Thank heavens, the sailor did not molest. Thank heavens, too, she has seen the error of her ways.
 * Judge Turpin: She has?
 * Sweeney: Oh, yes, your lesson was well learned. She speaks only of you, longing for forgiveness.
 * Judge Turpin: Then she shall have it. She'll be here soon, would she?
 * Sweeney: Yes.
 * Judge Turpin: Excellent, my friend.
 * Sweeney: How about a shave? Sit, sir. Sit!

 * Sweeney: What's the sound of the world out there?
 * Mrs. Lovett: What, Mr. Todd? What, Mr. Todd? What is that sound?
 * Sweeney: Those crunching noises pervading the air!
 * Mrs. Lovett: Yes, Mr. Todd. Yes, Mr. Todd. Yes, all around.
 * Sweeney: It's man devouring man, my dear!
 * Sweeney and Mrs. Lovett: Then who are we to deny it in here?
 * Little Priest

 * [Johanna is being hauled off to the asylum]
 * Anthony Hope: Where are you taking her? Tell me or I swear I'll...
 * Judge Turpin: You'll kill me, boy? Here I stand!

 * Judge Turpin: How seldom it is one meets a fellow spirit.
 * Sweeney Todd: With fellow tastes... in women at least.
 * Judge Turpin: What's that?
 * Sweeney Todd: The years, no doubt, have changed me, sir. But then I suppose the face of a barber, the face of a prisoner in the dock, is not particularly memorable.
 * Judge Turpin: Benjamin... Barker...?
 * Sweeney Todd: BENJAMIN BARKER!!
 * [slashes Turpin's throat]

 * Sweeney: [after finding out the Beggar Woman is his wife, Lucy] "Don't I know you?" she said. You knew she lived. From the moment I walked into your shop, you knew my Lucy lived!
 * Mrs. Lovett: I was only thinking of you!
 * Sweeney: You lied to me.


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Clor

Clor is a futuristic pop band from London, UK.

Sourced

 * Each of us is special In our own unique way.
 * Outlines

 * Eyes like yours, always looking for outlines, Eyes like mine, always looking for yours.
 * Outlines

 * And like a falcon spying a dove I swoop down on you death from above And like a panther out in the wood I sneak up on you so light of foot.
 * Tight spot

 * Tendencies like these have been reported But no direct link has yet been proven This is how you join two humans.
 * Garden of love

 * Imagine you’re driving On pristine new roads Let’s climb down from trees Emerge from the river Let’s vacate the beaches Of far distant shores Emerge from the blackness Into the blue, blue, blue, blue day.
 * Dangerzone

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New Jack City

New Jack City is a 1991 action-thriller film about a crime lord who ascends to power and becomes megamanical while a maverick police detective vows to stop him.
 * Directed by Mario Van Peebles. Written by Thomas Lee Wright and Barry Michael Cooper.

They're a new breed of gangster. The new public enemy. The new family of crime.Taglines

Nino Brown

 * That fucking skeezer- you think I give a fuck about her? Fuck that ho bitch! I don't give a fuck about her!
 * I know damn well ain't nobody sucked your shriveled-up dick.
 * A million dollar a week business reduced to fucking rubble!
 * Sit your five-dollar ass down before I make change!
 * Am I my brother's keeper? Yes, I am.
 * Money talks and bullshit runs a marathon. So, see ya and I wouldn't want to be ya.
 * Yo baby, we talkin' about combinating and consolidating, that's what's up!
 * You gotta rob to get rich in the Reagan era.
 * [testifying in court] I'm not guilty. You're the one that's guilty. The lawmakers, the politicians, the Colombian drug lords, all you who lobby against making drugs legal. Just like you did with alcohol during Prohibition. You're the one who's guilty. I mean, c'mon, let's kick the ballistics here: ain't no Uzi's made in Harlem. Not one of us in here owns a poppy field. This thing is bigger than Nino Brown. This is big business. This is the American way.
 * Cancel dat bitch! I'll buy another one!
 * Yeah, we takin' over the Carter. We gon' bum rush the whole damn thing. Now if the tenants cooperate, oh, it'll be lovely; they'll be loyal customers. If they don't, fuck it, it's like Beirut- they'll become live-in hostages.
 * I never liked you anyway, pretty motherfucka!

Nick Peretti

 * This whole drug shit: it's not a black thing, it's not a white thing. It's a death thing. Death don't give a shit about color.

Gee Money

 * Look man, I don't know about all that "Change the World" shit, but what I do know, is that they be going crazy over this, man! I'm tellin' you! And the bitches? Oh, Lord! The bitches! Yo! They do anything for this, man! Yo, I had my jimmy waxed every day last week, ya understand?! Several times a day!
 * (talking to Uniqua) I knew I should've treated you like a hooker, you ain't nothing but a high-priced ho! Put Nino on the phone, bitch!
 * (talking to Duh Duh Man)...UNADULTERATED! Would you please shut the fuck up before you have a seizure!!

Scotty Appleton

 * This ain't business, bitch- this is personal!
 * I wanna shoot you so bad, my dick's hard!
 * I should have killed you myself, bitch!
 * Oh shit, that's the kid I shot!
 * Man, a drug dealer is the worst kind of brother. I mean, he won't sell it to his sister, he won't sell it to his mother- but he'll sell it to one of his boys on the street.
 * I don't know about you, man, but I'm ready to kill Nino Brown.
 * Yeah, yeah, yeah- a mind is a terrible thing to waste. Now, back to the titties— what's goin' on in this drug store?

Pookie

 * They got that shit hooked up like Mission Impossible, man!
 * (sobbing) I tried to kick... but that shit just be callin' me man, it be callin' me, man... I just got to go to it!
 * (Pooky describing a room used for freebasing) They call it the "Enterprise Room", man, because it's for people who wanna be beamed up to Scotty.
 * [as Pooky peers into camera in despair] Scottie, help me - I'm gonna die!

Old Man

 * (last lines) Idolator! Your soul is required in Hell! [shoots and kills Nino]

Epilogue
"Although this is a fictional story, there are Nino Browns in every major city in America. If we don't confront the problem realistically—without empty slogans and promises—then drugs will continue to destroy our country."

Taglines

 * They're a new breed of gangster. The new public enemy. The new family of crime.
 * Where survival depends on friends, trust and power... An organized crime family out to run this city is up against cops who knows its streets.

Cast

 * Wesley Snipes - Nino Brown
 * Ice T - Scotty Appleton
 * Allen Payne - Gee Money
 * Chris Rock - Pookie
 * Judd Nelson - Nick Peretti
 * Mario Van Peebles - Stone
 * Michael Michele - Selina
 * Bill Nunn - Duh Duh Man
 * Russell Wong - Park
 * Bill Cobbs - Old man
 * Christopher Williams - Kareem Akbar
 * Vanessa Williams - Keisha
 * Tracy Camilla Johns - Uniqua
 * Anthony DeSando - Frankie Needles
 * John Aprea - Don Armeteo
 * Fab Five Freddy - Master of Ceremonies
 * Flavor Flav - D.J.

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Langston Hughes (1 February 1902 – 22 May 1967) was an American poet, novelist, playwright, social activist and newspaper columnist.

Quotes
I am the darker brother.''' They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong.
 * '''I, too, sing America.
 * "I, Too", in the magazine Survey Graphic (March 1925); reprinted in Selected Poems (1959); it is also often referred to as "I, Too, Sing America"

And be ashamed — I, too, am America.
 * They'll see how beautiful I am
 * "I, Too", in the magazine Survey Graphic (March 1925); reprinted in Selected Poems (1959)

So are the faces of my people.
 * The night is beautiful,
 * "My People", in the magazine Poems in Crisis (October 1923); reprinted in The Weary Blues (1926)

I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins. My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
 * I've known rivers:
 * "The Negro Speaks of Rivers", written in 1920, published in The Weary Blues (1926)

Ancient, dusky rivers. My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
 * I've known rivers:
 * "The Negro Speaks of Rivers", The Weary Blues (1926)

The singer stopped playing and went to bed While the Weary Blues echoed through his head. He slept like a rock or a man that's dead.
 * The stars went out and so did the moon.
 * "The Weary Blues ", in The Weary Blues (1926)

(Break the heart of me) They hung my black young lover To a cross roads tree.
 * Way Down South in Dixie
 * "Song for a Dark Girl" (l. 1-4), from Fine Clothes to the Jew (1927)

On a gnarled and naked tree.
 * Love is a naked shadow
 * "Song for a Dark Girl" (l. 11-12), from Fine Clothes to the Jew (1927)

These words are gently spoken: Serve — and hate will die unborn. Love — and chains are broken.
 * While over Alabama earth
 * "Alabama Earth (at Booker Washington's grave)," from the anthology Golden Slippers: An Anthology of Negro Poetry for Young Readers (1941), ed. Arna Bontemps

For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly.'''
 * '''Hold fast to dreams
 * "Dreams," from the anthology Golden Slippers: An Anthology of Negro Poetry for Young Readers, ed. Arna Bontemps (1941)

Didn't hardly know my mind. So sick last night I Didn't know my mind. I drunk some bad licker that Almost made me blind.
 * I was so sick last night I
 * "Morning After," (l. 1-6), from Shakespeare in Harlem (1942)

I still can't see Why Democracy means Everybody but me.
 * I swear to the Lord
 * "The Black Man Speaks," from Jim Crow's Last Stand (1943)

 * Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it.
 * "A Note on Humor", from The Book of Negro Humor, p. vii (1966)

 * If I were marooned on a desert island...I would miss...Jackie Ormes's cute drawings
 * Goldstein, Nancy, Jackie Ormes: The First African American Woman Cartoonist (2008)

"Let America Be America Again" (1935)

 * Written in 1935; first published in Esquire (1936); also in A New Song (1938) · Full text online · "Let America Be America Again" full recitation at YouTube

Let it be the dream it used to be.'''
 * '''Let America be America again.

Let it be that great strong land of love Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme That any man be crushed by one above.'''
 * '''Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed —

Is crowned with no false patriotic wreath, But opportunity is real, and life is free, Equality is in the air we breathe.
 * O, let my land be a land where Liberty

I am the Negro bearing slavery's scars. I am the red man driven from the land, I am the immigrant clutching the hope I seek — And finding only the same old stupid plan Of dog eat dog, of mighty crush the weak.'''
 * '''I am the poor white, fooled and pushed apart,

And all the songs we've sung And all the hopes we've held And all the flags we've hung, The millions who have nothing for our pay — Except the dream that's almost dead today.
 * For all the dreams we've dreamed

The land that never has been yet — And yet must be — the land where every man is free.'''
 * '''O, let America be America again —

'''The steel of freedom does not stain. From those who live like leeches on the people's lives, We must take back our land again, America!'''
 * Sure, call me any ugly name you choose —

I say it plain, America never was America to me, And yet I swear this oath —  America will be!
 * O, yes,

The rape and rot of graft, and stealth, and lies, We, the people, must redeem The land, the mines, the plants, the rivers, The mountains and the endless plain — All, all the stretch of these great green states — And make America again!'''
 * '''Out of the rack and ruin of our gangster death,

The Big Sea (1940)

 * You see, unfortunately, I am not black. There are lots of different kinds of blood in our family. But here in the United States, the word “Negro” is used to mean anyone who has any Negro blood at all in his veins. In Africa, the word is more pure. It means all Negro, therefore black. I am brown. My father was a darker brown. My mother an olive-yellow.
 * The Collected Works of Langston Hughes, V. 13, The Big Sea (2002), p. 36

 * For poems are like rainbows; they escape you quickly.

Montage of a Dream Deferred (1951)

As I live and learn, is: Dig And Be Dug In Return.'''
 * '''My motto,
 * "Motto"

And you run into yourself Then you know that you have turned All the corners that are left.
 * When you turn the corner
 * "Final Curve"

I know you’ve heard The boogie-woogie rumble Of a dream deferred
 * Good evening, daddy
 * "Boogie: 1 a.m."

Why should it be my song, Why should it be my dream deferred overlong?
 * Why should it be my loneliness,
 * "Tell Me"

to a dream deferred? Daddy, ain’t you heard?
 * What happens
 * "Good Morning"

like a raisin in the sun?''' Or fester like a sore — And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over — like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode?
 * What happens to a dream deferred? '''Does it dry up
 * "Harlem"

amount of traveling in a dream deferred.''
 * ''There’s a certain
 * "Same in Blues"

of nothing in a dream deferred.''
 * ''A certain amount
 * "Same in Blues"

All I want is you. You can have me, baby — but my lovin’ days is through. ''A certain amount of impotence in a dream deferred.''
 * Daddy, daddy, daddy,
 * "Same in Blues"

don’t kick dreams around downtown.
 * You talk like they
 * "Comment on Curb"

Today, this year Nor ever Through compromise and fear.
 * Democracy will not come
 * "Democracy"

''Let things take their course. Tomorrow is another day.'' '''I do not need my freedom when I’m dead. I cannot live on tomorrow’s bread.''' Is a strong seed Planted In a great need. I live here, too.'''
 * I tire so of hearing people say,
 * '''Freedom
 * "Democracy"

Our dream deferred. Good morning, daddy! Ain’t you heard?
 * Dream within a dream,
 * "Island"

a page tonight. And let that page come out of you — Then, it will be true.
 * The instructor said, Go home and write

 * "Theme from English B"

at twenty-two, my age. But I guess I’m what I feel and see and hear, Harlem, I hear you.
 * It’s not easy to know what is true for you or me
 * "Theme from English B"

I like to work, read, learn, and understand life. I like a pipe for a Christmas present, or records — Bessie, bop, or Bach. I guess being colored doesn’t make me not like the same things other folks like who are other races.
 * Well, I like to eat, sleep, drink, and be in love.
 * "Theme from English B"

yet a part of me, as I am a part of you.''' That’s American. Sometimes perhaps you don’t want to be a part of me. Nor do I often want to be a part of you. But we are, that’s true! As I learn from you, I guess you learn from me — although you’re older — and white — and somewhat more free.
 * '''You are white —

 * "Theme from English B"

Quotes about Langston Hughes

 * Langston Hughes' poem, "I've Known Rivers," became the rallying cry for black Americans to take pride in their color, the reverberations of that attitude reached the Africans in the then French and British colonies.
 * Maya Angelou Letter to My Daughter (2009) p. 156

 * [T]here have not been that many black artists that visible for black youth. There was Langston Hughes, but he was the only one and that was thirty-five to forty years ago. And men of the Negro Renaissance were not given to get outside of Harlem, really.
 * From a 1977 interview in Conversations with Maya Angelou (1989)

 * I was always interested in fair play, probably from reading the works of Paul Dunbar, Langston Hughes, and Charles Dickens as a child. I was always concerned about justice and injustice. To the extent that I could understand the issues, I was always on the side of the underdog. I'm on the same side today.
 * From a 1977 interview in Conversations with Maya Angelou (1989)

 * Every time I read Langston Hughes I am amazed all over again by his genuine gifts-and depressed that he has done so little with them…Hughes, in his sermons, blues and prayers, has working for him the power and the beat of Negro speech and Negro music. Negro speech is vivid largely because it is private. It is a kind of emotional shorthand-or sleight-of-hand-by means of which Negroes express, not only their relationship to each other, but their judgment of the white world. And, as the white world takes over this vocabulary-without the faintest notion of what it really means the vocabulary is forced to change. The same thing is true of Negro music, which has had to become more and more complex in order to continue to express any of the private or collective experience. Hughes knows the bitter truth behind these hieroglyphics: what they are designed to protect, what they are designed to convey. But he has not forced them into the realm of art where their meaning would become clear and overwhelming. "Hey, pop!/Re-bop!/Mop!" conveys much more on Lenox Avenue than it does in this book, which is not the way it ought to be. Hughes is an American Negro poet and has no choice but to be acutely aware of it. He is not the first American Negro to find the war between his social and artistic responsibilities all but irreconcilable.
 * James Baldwin, "Sermons and Blues" book review (1959)

 * I did not read any Langston Hughes until I was an adult, but I remember being carried away by him and Gwendolyn Brooks.
 * From a 1996 interview in Conversations with Octavia Butler (2009)

 * (Strictly from the African American experience, in your opinion what language would be our mother tongue?) TCB: The language of Langston Hughes, the language of Grandma, the language of "mama say." Mama say don't let cha mouth get you into what, etc. etc.
 * From a 1980 interview in Thabiti Lewis (ed.) Conversations with Toni Cade Bambara (2017)

 * (At National Black Theater performance) I was in awe of the words I witnessed that day. It was the first time that I heard the works of writers like Gwendolyn Brooks, Nikki Giovanni, Langston Hughes, Amiri Baraka. I heard poetry that was about me, that was very immediate. I connected to it in a visceral way. That experience moved me so profoundly that I went home and that night I wrote my first batch of poems. It was like the floodgates opened. That reading empowered me with a voice and gave me permission to express everything that had been festering in me for years. So I just started experimenting with language and writing all kinds of things.
 * Sandra María Esteves interview (2001) in Bruce Allen Dick A Poet's Truth

 * About the time I was 17 and graduated from high school, I like to say that I ran away from home. I went to Harlem, and that was a most beautiful place where, fortunately for me, I came into, or rather, ran into, the hands of some wonderful people; people who formed an important part of the so-called Black Renaissance. They were people like Langston Hughes, [[w:Wallace Thurman|Wally Thurmond, Bud Fisher, all really wonderful writers.
 * Ollie Harrington, Why I Left America and Other Stories (1994)

 * My cartoon character Bootsie has been a part of that struggle for 39 years and I believe, as Langston Hughes did, that satire and humor can often make dents where sawed-off billiard sticks can't.
 * Ollie Harrington, Why I Left America and Other Stories (1994)

 * [T]he colored folks rolled in the aisles, laughin' and laughin'. And Brother Bootsie was right in there laughin' and gigglin' too... but he could never figure out why. And one night in the Harlem Moon over a few gins with gingerales Langston Hughes told Bootsie it was very simple. He was just laughin' to keep from cryin'.
 * Ollie Harrington, Why I Left America and Other Stories (1994)

 * He came after me. At the time, I was not published at all, in '61, '62. I was not a popular Black poet, because some of the things I said ran very counter to a line that was the line in Black poetry at the time. And there was a lot of sexism involved too in those days-not that there isn't now, but it was particularly then...I wasn't aware of it at the time, but I think it had a lot to do with it, that he was closeted.
 * From an interview in Conversations with Audre Lorde (2004)

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Quote Marks
I've removed the quote marks in the Kenneth Tynan page per the Wikiquote layout guidelines:

Since all of the quotations are either by Tynan himself (in the Sourced section) or alleged to be by him (in the Attributed section), quote marks wouldn't be applicable.

-Best wishes, InvisibleSun 04:29, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

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Suggestions for addition
I'm not sure what the best way to phrase them would be, but I think it would be worthwhile to add something like "Wikiquote is not a dumping ground from Wikipedia" and "Wikiquote is not a complete record of everything someone says."

For the first case, it seems that a lot of people from WP just take quotes from pages there, where the consensus was to get rid of or trim down the amount of quotes, and so they just stick them here, without regard for the system (e.g., character quotes usually go with the film/show/game, the proper format, etc.).

For the second, some pages seem like they're cataloging damn near everything that someone says. For example, take a look at some of the versions of Jack Thompson (attorney) before I took out a considerable number of full letters. I've also noticed this behavior with certain video game articles, like the ten million individual character pages for the "King of Fighters" series and the Command and Conquer page. Nothing in the current WQ:NOT or this draft really addresses that, or the more general issue that Wikiquote is generally only for notable quotes. —LrdChaos 14:58, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

 * On the first point, I'm afraid Wikiquote is a dumping ground for quotes from Wikipedia, just as Wikipedia is a dumping ground for encyc articles from Wikiquote. A more charitable way to put it might be that, through the transwiki process, one project's editors correctly decide that the material more suited for another project should be put there so people familiar with that project can decide whether it's worth keeping or should just be deleted. Many times such material never makes the transition because originating-project editors recognize it'll just get deleted here (as often happens with encyc material in WQ articles), but we should be open to receive incoming material, just as we are for anything else someone might create.

 * The mass-cataloging problem shows a current weakness in WQ:NOT, whose purpose is to describe what should go to other projects and what doesn't belong in any Wikimedia project. That's looking at the situation from the end point-of-view, not the starting POV, which is where the editors are. I'm not sure what to do about this. We typically use a two-pronged attack on inane mass-copying: if it's copyrighted, it's a likely violation (easy to justify for video games, as they don't have nearly as much material as a book or film); if not copyrighted, transcriptions belong in Wikisource (WMF's "dumping ground" for transcriptions). A sly aspect of this process is that by putting the onus on the editor to explain which it is, which they almost never do, we can justify deleting it as something of so little interest to the community that even the creator can't be bothered with putting it in the correct place. (It's true, too. If someone really cares, they can always transwiki the material. No one ever does.) Some other specific approaches: For reasonable articles with too much material (e.g., Jack Handey), any editor can cut them down to modest levels at any time; slap a warning on the talk page if you anticipate problems, as Jimbo did there. For VG characters, I would suggest either slapping merge tags on them or VFD-nominating them if they're simply excerpting the video-game articles. Just my 2¢. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 16:20, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

 * I think that part of the problem (other than my general annoyance that people feel they don't have to bother understanding anything about this place before they start adding stuff) is that often, articles are created here from WP material without going through the formal transwiki process; an editor just dumps the WP content into a new page here in the main namespace, without bothering to format it, cull it, or source any of it. That's why I used the term "dumping ground;" while it's certainly part of the point of WQ to absborb non-encyclopedic quote material from WP, it often feels as though many of those editors moving stuff to here are just dumping it on us, without any understanding that there are suggested guidelines, formats, and styles here, too. I could go off on a whole rant about it, but one of the biggest strengths of the Wiki* projects (that anyone can edit them) is also one of its biggest weaknesses, because there's absolutely no quality control for pages until (and if) someone experienced and knowledgable looks at them, and even then, the typical response is just to slap the cleanup template on, and the page waits for a cleanup that will likely never come (though this is a problem at WP too). Strictly unscientifically, it seems to me that there are proportionally more anon users making low-quality contributions that there are at WP. But now I'm starting to rant, so I'll step off the soapbox. —LrdChaos 17:21, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

 * I have the same concerns about "midnight" transwikis (completely ignoring the process and just transferring material) and poorly composed articles. As you say, these problems also occur on Wikipedia, but I can think of two reasons offhand that make the problem worse for us. First, the percentage of active-to-total editors here (the active ones being the ones who not only are most familiar with policies and practices, but are most likely to care enough to fix problems) is incredibly small compared to WP. Second, the MediaWiki software was designed for use with encyclopedic content, with few nods toward quotes. (The current policy at WP is to use HTML blockquote tags, for heaven's sake!) This has forced wikians to develop some complex innovative use of wiki markup to accomodate the range of quote styles exhibited at Wikiquote, which puts a much greater burden on editors, one which, like any other complexity, can be expected to be ignored by infrequent editors. I'm afraid I have no answer to these problems, either. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 19:35, 30 May 2006 (UTC)


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Wikiquote:User page

Wikiquote provides users' pages to facilitate communication among participants in the project. If your username is Example:
 * Your user page is the page at Special:MyPage
 * Your user talk page is the page at Special:MyTalk
 * Your user subpages are pages of the form Special:MyPage/Subpage or Special:MyTalk/Subpage.
 * Your user space is the collection of all the above.

Details about yourself generally shouldn't go in the main namespace, which is reserved for quotations.

What can I have on my user page?
Whatever you like, within some reasonable boundaries.

A good start is to add a little information about yourself, possibly including contact information (email, instant messaging, etc), a photograph, your real name, your location, information about your areas of expertise and interest, likes and dislikes, other homepages, and so forth. Obviously, this will depend on how comfortable you are with respect to privacy.

You can also use your user page to help you use Wikiquote more effectively: so you can use it to list "to-do" information, work in progress, reminders, useful links, and so forth. It's also good for experimenting with markup (a personal sandbox).

Another use is to let people know about your activities and opinions on Wikiquote. So you might include current plans, a journal of recent activities on Wikiquote, and your opinions on how certain Wikiquote articles or policies should be changed. If you won't be editing Wikiquote for a while, drop a note on your user page to that effect.

You might want to add quotes that you like, or a picture, or some of your favorite Wikiquote articles or images, or something like that. Also, someone may choose to award you a barnstar. In the unlikely event that your editing privileges on Wikiquote are revoked, a notice of this may be placed on your user page.

If you want to dual-license your contributions under an additional license or declare them all, put a notice to this effect on your user page. Because of the large templates and long category names, some editors move the license templates to a subpage (see below).

In general, avoid substantially editing another's user page without their permission, but feel free to correct typos and other mistakes. Some users are fine with their user pages being edited, and may even have a note to that effect. Other users may object and ask you not to edit their user pages, and it is probably sensible to respect their requests. The best option is to draw their attention to the matter on their talk page and let them edit their user page themselves if they agree on a need to do so.

Generally, you should avoid substantial content on your user page that is unrelated to Wikiquote. Wikiquote is not a general hosting service, so your user page is not a personal homepage. Your page is about you as a Wikiquotian.

Do not include non-free images on your user page or on any subpage thereof. Non-free images (images uploaded to Wikiquote without the permission of the copyright owner, or under licenses that do not permit commercial use) are permitted on Wikiquote in articles only where their inclusion is permissible as "fair use" under copyright law. However, this argument does not apply to user pages. Non-free images found on a user page (including a user talk pages) may be removed from that page without warning (and, if not used anywhere else on Wikiquote, deleted entirely).

You may include one or more Wikiquotian categories. Wikiquotian categories are intended to help Wikiquotians with similar broad interests to congregate and converse. They have some similarity to WikiProjects, but are much less formal. Wikiquotain categories should not overlap with article categories. It is important to include the word "Wikiquotian" in such category names. Also, they should be categories with the general Wikiquotian category.

Note that the user pages are often reached through user signatures on talk pages.

What about user subpages?
If you need more pages, you can create subpages. More or less, you can have anything here that you might have on your user or user talk page. Subpages are created by adding a slash (/) and the name of the subpage after your username. For example, Special:MyPage/Subpage.

Examples:
 * a work in progress, until it is ready to be released
 * archives of user talk:
 * tests; for testing a template, make it a separate subpage.

What should I avoid?
Generally, you should avoid any substantial content that is unrelated to Wikiquote. Examples include:

 * A weblog relating your non-Wikiquote activities
 * Extensive discussion not related to Wikiquote
 * Excessive personal information (more than a couple of pages)
 * Opinion pieces not related to Wikiquote.
 * Games, roleplaying sessions, and other things that fall into "entertainment", particularly if they involve people who are not active participants in the project.
 * Communications with people uninvolved with the project

 * See also: What Wikiquote is not

Free and low-cost web hosting, email, and weblog services are widely available, and are a good alternative for content unrelated to Wikiquote. You might also want to consider Fandom for wiki-style community collaboration.

The Wikiquote community is fairly tolerant and offers fairly wide latitude in applying these guidelines to regular participants. Particularly, community-building activities that are not strictly "on topic", may be allowed, especially when initiated by committed Wikiquotians with good edit histories. At their best, such activities help us to build the community, and this helps to build the project.

Redirecting your userpage to another page (other than your talk page or a subpage of your user page) is frowned on by some people. Doing so makes it difficult to follow links to your userpage and thus to leave you messages or to look at your contributions. The exception, of course, is if you redirect the userpage for an older account of yours to the userpage of your current account.

Ownership and editing of pages in the user space
As a tradition, Wikiquote offers wide latitude to users to manage their user space as they see fit. However, pages in user space still do belong to the community:
 * Contributions must be licensed under the CC BY-SA and the GFDL licenses, just as articles are.
 * Other users may edit pages in your user space, although by convention your user page will usually not be edited by others.
 * Community policies, including no personal attacks, apply to your user space just as they do elsewhere.
 * In some cases, material that does not somehow further the goals of the project may be removed (see below).

In general, if you have material that you do not wish for others to edit, or that is otherwise inappropriate for Wikiquote, it should be placed on a personal web site. Many free and low-cost web hosting services are available to serve such needs.

Use of page protection for user pages
As with article pages, user pages are occasionally the targets of vandalism, or, more rarely, edit wars. When edit wars or vandalism persist, the affected page should be protected from editing. Protected pages in user space should be listed at Protected page along with the rationale for protection.

Most user page vandalism occurs in retaliation for an administrator's efforts to deal with vandalism. Administrators may protect their own user pages when appropriate, and are permitted to edit protected pages in user space. In rare cases a non-administrator's user page may be the target of vandalism. Such pages should be listed at Vandalism in progress and may then be protected by an administrator.

Vandalism of talk pages is less common. Usually such vandalism should merely be reverted. Blocks should be used for repeat vandalism of talk pages, where policy permits. In rare cases, protection may be used but is considered a last resort given the importance of talk page discussions to the project.

Protected pages in user space should be unprotected as soon as practical.

Removal
If the community lets you know that they'd rather you deleted some or other content from your user space, you should probably do so, at least for now - such content is only permitted with the consent of the community. After you've been here for a year or so, and written lots of great articles, the community may be more inclined to let you get away with it. Alternatively, you could move the content to another site, and link to it.

If you do not co-operate, we will eventually simply remove inappropriate content, either by editing the page (if only part of it is inappropriate), or by redirecting it to your main user page (if it is entirely inappropriate).

In excessive cases, your user subpage may be deleted, following a listing on Votes for deletion, subject to deletion policy. Please do not recreate content deleted in this way: doing so is grounds for immediate re-deletion (see candidates for speedy deletion). Instead, please respect our judgement about what is and is not appropriate.

How do I delete my user subpages?
You can easily get any of your user subpages deleted by adding delete to the page.

Alternatively, you might consider simply making the page redirect to your user page. This is normally sufficient for most people's needs.

Only tag for deletion your own personal pages, and only if you have a genuine reason for requesting a personal subpage of yours be deleted.

Pages which have formerly been in a different namespace and moved to a subpage of the user namespace may not be deleted in this way. These must be listed at Votes for deletion.

How do I delete my user and user talk pages?
Where there is no significant abuse, and no administrative need to retain the personal information, you can request that your own user page or talk page be deleted. Most frequently, this occurs when a longterm contributor decides to leave.

To request deletion of your user page, add to the page, optionally explaining why you want the page deleted. Provided that the page does not contain evidence of policy violations that may need to be kept, such pages are almost always deleted. If a user page and user talk page were deleted because a contributor left, it may be restored by a sysop if the contributor returns, particularly if the history contains evidence of policy violations.

As a matter of practice user talk pages are generally not deleted; however, exceptions to this can be and are made on occasion for good reason.

What other information is accessible to others from my user page?
In addition to the usual information accessible from an article page such as page history, "Discuss this page" and the like, other users at Wikiquote can also, at the bottom of the page (or in the sidebar), click "User contributions" to see what contributions you have made at Wikiquote over time. See MediaWiki User's Guide: User contributions page for more.

Visitors to your user page can also click "E-mail this user" if you have opted in to be able to send and receive email.

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User:Susanbamboozlin~enwikiquote

i just didnt want to be a red link any more :)

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// This will add an [edit top] link at the top of all pages except preview pages // by User:Pile0nades

setTimeout("editTopLink", 0) // this is equivalent of onload function editTopLink { // if this is preview page or generated page, stop if(document.getElementById("wikiPreview") || window.location.href.indexOf("w/index.php?title=Special:") != -1) return;

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User talk:JoanneB~enwikiquote

Welcome! (We can't say that loud/big enough!)

Here are a few links you might find helpful:

 * Be Bold!
 * Don't let grumpy users scare you off.
 * Meet other new users
 * Learn from others
 * Play nice with others
 * Contribute, Contribute, Contribute!
 * Tell us about you

You can sign your name on talk pages and votes by typing ~ ; our software automatically converts it to your username and the date.

If you have any questions or problems, no matter what they are, leave me a message on my talk page.

We're so glad you're here! -- Essjay ·   Talk 12:08, 8 January 2006 (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 JoanneB. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name JoanneB~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.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:27, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 05:50, 19 April 2015 (UTC)

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