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David Bohm

David Joseph Bohm (20 December 1917 – 27 October 1992) was an American-British scientist who has been described as one of the most significant theoretical physicists of the 20th century and who contributed unorthodox ideas to quantum theory, neuropsychology and the philosophy of mind.

Bohm advanced the view that quantum physics meant that the old Cartesian model of reality – that there are two kinds of substance, the mental and the physical, that somehow interact – was too limited. To complement it, he developed a mathematical and physical theory of "implicate" and "explicate" order. He also believed that the brain, at the cellular level, works according to the mathematics of some quantum effects, and postulated that thought is distributed and non-localised just as quantum entities are. Bohm warned of the dangers of rampant reason and technology, advocating instead the need for genuine supportive dialogue, which he claimed could broaden and unify conflicting and troublesome divisions in the social world.

Quotes

 * There is no reason why an extraphysical general principle is necessarily to be avoided, since such principles could conceivably serve as useful working hypotheses. For the history of scientific research is full of examples in which it was very fruitful indeed to assume that certain objects or elements might be real, long before any procedures were known which would permit them to be observed directly.

 * Of course, we must avoid postulating a new element for each new phenomenon. But an equally serious mistake is to admit into the theory only those elements which can now be observed. For the purpose of a theory is not only to correlate the results of observations that we already know how to make, but also to suggest the need for new kinds of observations and to predict their results. In fact, the better a theory is able to suggest the need for new kinds of observations and to predict their results correctly, the more confidence we have that this theory is likely to be good representation of the actual properties of matter and not simply an empirical system especially chosen in such a way as to correlate a group of already known facts.

 * We have reversed the usual classical notion that the independent "elementary parts" of the world are the fundamental reality, and that the various systems are merely particular contingent forms and arrangements of these parts. Rather, we say that inseparable quantum interconnectedness of the whole universe is the fundamental reality, and that relatively independent behaving parts are merely particular and contingent forms within this whole.
 * "On the Intuitive Understanding of Nonlocality as Implied by Quantum Theory", Foundations of Physics Vol 5 (1975)

 * The weekend began with the expectation that there would be a series of lectures and informative discussions with emphasis on content. It gradually emerged that something more important was actually involved — the awakening of the process of dialogue itself as a free flow of meaning among all the participants. In the beginning, people were expressing fixed positions, which they were tending to defend, but later it became clear that to maintain the feeling of friendship in the group was much more important than to hold any position. Such friendship has an impersonal quality in the sense that its establishment does not depend on a close personal relationship between participants. A new kind of mind thus begins to come into being which is based on the development of a common meaning that is constantly transforming in the process of the dialogue. People are no longer primarily in opposition, nor can they be said to be interacting, rather they are participating in this pool of common meaning which is capable of constant development and change. In this development the group has no pre-established purpose, though at each moment a purpose that is free to change may reveal itself. The group thus begins to engage in a new dynamic relationship in which no speaker is excluded, and in which no particular content is excluded. Thus far we have only begun to explore the possibilities of dialogue in the sense indicated here, but going further along these lines would open up the possibility of transforming not only the relationship between people, but even more, the very nature of consciousness in which these relationships arise.
 * Unfolding Meaning: a weekend of dialogue with David Bohm (1985)

 * The point about dialectic is the ultimate identity of the universal and the individual. The individual is universal and the universal is the individual. The word "individual" means undivided, so we could say that very few individuals have ever existed. We could call them dividuals. Individuality is only possible if it unfolds from wholeness. ... Ego-centeredness is not individuality at all.
 * Dialogue with Renée Weber, first published in the journal Re-vision (1983); later published in Dialogues with Scientists and Sages : The Search for Unity (1986) by Renée Weber, p. 30

 * Deep down the consciousness of mankind is one. This is a virtual certainty because even in the vacuum matter is one; and if we don't see this, it's because we are blinding ourselves to it.
 * Statement of 1986, as quoted in Towards a Theory of Transpersonal Decision-Making in Human-Systems (2007) by Joseph Riggio, p. 66

 * Consciousness is much more of the implicate order than is matter . . . Yet at a deeper level [matter and consciousness] are actually inseparable and interwoven, just as in the computer game the player and the screen are united by participation.
 * Statement of 1987, as quoted in Towards a Theory of Transpersonal Decision-Making in Human-Systems (2007) by Joseph Riggio, p. 66

 * The ability to perceive or think differently is more important than the knowledge gained.
 * As quoted in New Scientist (February 1993), p. 42

 * During the past few decades, modern technology, with radio, TV, air travel, and satellites, has woven a network of communication which puts each part of the world in to almost instant contact with all the other parts. Yet, in spite of this world-wide system of linkages, there is, at this very moment, a general feeling that communication is breaking down everywhere, on an unparalleled scale...
 * "On Dialogue"

 * Dialogue is really aimed at going into the whole thought process and changing the way the thought process occurs collectively. We haven't really paid much attention to thought as a process. we have engaged in thoughts, but we have only paid attention to the content, not to the process. Why does thought require attention? Every thinking requires attention, really. If we ran machines withinout paying attention to them, they would break down. Our thought, too, is a process, and it requires attention, otherwise its going to go wrong.'''
 * "On Dialogue"

 * We probed into the nature of space and time, and of the universal, both with regard to external nature and with regard to mind. But then, we went on to consider the general disorder and confusion that pervades the consciousness of mankind. It is here that I encountered what I feel to be Krishnamurti's major discovery. What he was seriously proposing is that all this disorder, which is the root cause of such widespread sorrow and misery, and which prevents human beings from properly working together, has its root in the fact that we are ignorant of the general nature of our own processes of thought. Or to put it differently it may be said that we do not see what is actually happening, when we are engaged in the activity of thinking.
 * "A Brief Introduction to the Work of Krishnamurti"

 * The field of the finite is all that we can see, hear, touch, remember, and describe. This field is basically that which is manifest, or tangible. The essential quality of the infinite, by contrast, is its subtlety, its intangibility. This quality is conveyed in the word spirit, whose root meaning is "wind, or breath." This suggests an invisible but pervasive energy, to which the manifest world of the finite responds. This energy, or spirit, infuses all living beings, and without it any organism must fall apart into its constituent elements. That which is truly alive in the living being is this energy of spirit, and this is never born and never dies.
 * As quoted in [https://books.google.com/books?id=pobZMUmZbAEC&pg=PA322&dq=The+field+of+the+finite+is+all+that+we+can+see,+hear,+touch,+remember,+and+describe.+This+field+is+basically+that+which+is+manifest,+or+tangible.+The+essential+quality+of+the+infinite,+by+contrast,+is+its+subtlety,+its+intangibility.+This+quality+is+conveyed+in+the+word+spirit,+whose+root+meaning+is+%22wind,+or+breath.%22+This+suggests+an+invisible+but+pervasive+energy,+to+which+the+manifest+world+of+the+finite+responds.+This+energy,+or+spirit,+infuses+all+living+beings,+and+without+it+any+organism+must+fall+apart+into+its+constituent+elements.+That+which+is+truly+alive+in+the+living+being+is+this+energy+of+spirit,+and+this+is+never+born+and+never+dies&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjotZe8m6_TAhWs5oMKHbA4CkMQ6AEIIzAA#v=onepage&q=The%20field%20of%20the%20finite%20is%20all%20that%20we%20can%20see%2C%20hear%2C%20touch%2C%20remember%2C%20and%20describe.%20This%20field%20is%20basically%20that%20which%20is%20manifest%2C%20or%20tangible.%20The%20essential%20quality%20of%20the%20infinite%2C%20by%20contrast%2C%20is%20its%20subtlety%2C%20its%20intangibility.%20This%20quality%20is%20conveyed%20in%20the%20word%20spirit%2C%20whose%20root%20meaning%20is%20%22wind%2C%20or%20breath.%22%20This%20suggests%20an%20invisible%20but%20pervasive%20energy%2C%20to%20which%20the%20manifest%20world%20of%20the%20finite%20responds.%20This%20energy%2C%20or%20spirit%2C%20infuses%20all%20living%20beings%2C%20and%20without%20it%20any%20organism%20must%20fall%20apart%20into%20its%20constituent%20elements.%20That%20which%20is%20truly%20alive%20in%20the%20living%20being%20is%20this%20energy%20of%20spirit%2C%20and%20this%20is%20never%20born%20and%20never%20dies&f=false Infinite Potential: The Life and Times of David Bohm by F. David Peat] (1997) page 322, ISBN 0201328208.

Wholeness and the Implicate Order (1980)

 * '''I would say that in my scientific and philosophical work, my main concern has been with understanding the nature of reality in general and of consciousness in particular as a coherent whole, which is never static or complete but which is an unending process of movement and unfoldment...

 * Then there is the further question of what is the relationship of thinking to reality. As careful attention shows, thought itself is in an actual process of movement. That is to say, one can feel a sense of flow in the stream of consciousness not dissimilar to the sense of flow in the movement of matter in general. May not thought itself thus be a part of reality as a whole? But then, what could it mean for one part of reality to 'know' another, and to what extent would this be possible?

 * Man's general way of thinking of the totality, i.e. his general world view, is crucial for overall order of the human mind itself. If he thinks of the totality as constituted of independent fragments, then that is how his mind will tend to operate, but if he can include everything coherently and harmoniously in an overall whole that is undivided, unbroken and without border (for every border is a division or break) then his mind will tend to move in a similar way, and from this will flow an orderly action within the whole.

 * My suggestion is that at each state the proper order of operation of the mind requires an overall grasp of what is generally known, not only in formal logical, mathematical terms, but also intuitively, in images, feelings, poetic usage of language, etc. (Perhaps we could say that this is what is involved in harmony between the 'left brain' and the 'right brain'). This kind of overall way of thinking is not only a fertile source of new theoretical ideas: it is needed for the human mind to function in a generally harmonious way, which could in turn help to make possible an orderly and stable society.

 * The quantum theory, as it is now constituted, presents us with a very great challenge, if we are at all interested in such a venture, for in quantum physics there is no consistent notion at all of what the reality may be that underlies the universal constitution and structure of matter. Thus, if we try to use the prevailing world view based on the notions of particles, we discover that the 'particles' (such as electrons) can also manifest as waves, that they move discontinuously, that there are no laws at all that apply in detail to the actual movements of individual particles and that only statistical predictions can be made about large aggregates of such particles. If on the other hand we apply the world view in which the world is regarded as a continuous field, we find that this field must also be discontinuous, as well as particle-like, and that it is as undermined in its actual behaviour as is required in the particle view of relation as a whole.

 * In relativity, movement is continuous, causally determinate and well defined, while in quantum mechanics it is discontinuous, not causally determinate and not well defined. Each theory is committed to its own notions of essentially static and fragmentary modes of existence (relativity to that of separate events, connectable by signals, and quantum mechanics to a well-defined quantum state). One thus sees that a new kind of theory is needed which drops these basic commitments and at most recovers some essential features of the older theories as abstract forms derived from a deeper reality in which what prevails in unbroken wholeness.

 * The notion that all these fragments are separately existent is evidently an illusion, and this illusion cannot do other than lead to endless conflict and confusion. Indeed, the attempt to live according to the notion that the fragments are really separate is, in essence, what has led to the growing series of extremely urgent crises that is confronting us today. Thus, as is now well known, this way of life has brought about pollution, destruction of the balance of nature, over-population, world-wide economic and political disorder and the creation of an overall environment that is neither physically nor mentally healthy for most of the people who live in it. Individually there has developed a widespread feeling of helplessness and despair, in the face of what seems to be an overwhelming mass of disparate social forces, going beyond the control and even the comprehension of the human beings who are caught up in it.

Meaning and Information (1989)

 * In society, the basic carrier of meaning is culture, which is indeed just shared meaning.
 * ...if somebody sees a different meaning to society or to life, that will change society. Every revolution has come from somebody seeing a different meaning in human society.
 * The power of meaning is that it completely organizes being.
 * We have various ways of dealing with biological misinformation. The best way is by the immune system which recognizes it and gets rid of it, but we have no such system in society. Misinformation accumulates and society gradually decays. You see, the older the society gets, the more chance it has to accumulate all sorts of misinformation and the more it starts to fall a part. The society is blocked because misinformation is held rigidly.
 * The fear of uncertainty is our basic trouble. Uncertainty is the very nature of meaning and the very nature of being, for meaning is always context-dependent. We do not know the context that might come, and this is why we can never be certain that our meanings will be correct and give us security. So if you cannot live with this fact of uncertainty, some distortion is taking place already.

Changing Consciousness (1991)

 * Full title: Changing Consciousness: Exploring the Hidden Source of the Social, Political and Environmental Crises Facing our World.

 * For both the rich and the poor, life is dominated by an ever growing current of problems, most of which seem to have no real and lasting solution. Clearly we have not touched the deeper causes of our troubles. It is the main point of this book that the ultimate source of all these problems is in thought itself, the very thing of which our civilization is most proud, and therefore the one thing that is "hidden" because of our failure seriously to engage with its actual working in our own individual lives and in the life of society.

 * Suppose you have two religions. Thought defines religion — the thought about the nature of God and various questions like that. Such thought is very important because it is about God, who is supposed to be supreme. The thought about what is of supreme value must have the highest force. So if you disagree about that, the emotional impact can be very great, and you will then have no way to settle it. Two different beliefs about God will thus produce intense fragmentation — similarly with thoughts about the nature of society, which is also very important, or with ideologies such as communism and capitalism, or with different beliefs about your family or about your money. Whatever it is that is very important to you, fragmentation in your thought about it is going to be very powerful in its effects.

 * Difference exist because thought develops like a stream that happens to go one way here and another way there. Once it develops it produces real physical results that people are looking at, but they don't see where these results are coming from — that's one of the basic features of fragmentation. When they have produced these divisions they see that real things have happened, so they'll start with these real things as if they just suddenly got there by themselves, or evolved in nature by themselves.

 * We often find that we cannot easily give up the tendency to hold rigidly to patterns of thought built up over a long time. We are then caught up in what may be called absolute necessity. This kind of thought leaves no room at all intellectually for any other possibility, while emotionally and physically, it means we take a stance in our feelings, in our bodies, and indeed, in our whole culture, of holding back or resisting. This stance implies that under no circumstances whatsoever can we allow ourselves to give up certain things or change them.

 * If I am right in saying that thought is the ultimate origin or source, it follows that if we don't do anything about thought, we won't get anywhere. We may momentarily relieve the population problem, the ecological problem, and so on, but they will come back in another way.

 * Of course, one of the main legitimate functions of thought has always been to help provide security, guaranteeing shelter and food for instance. However, this function went wrong when the principal source of insecurity came to be the operation of thought itself.

 * Culture is shared meaning. Suppose we were able to share meanings freely without a compulsive urge to impose our view or conform to those of others and without distortion and self-deception. Would this not constitute a real revolution in culture.

Thought as a System (1992)

 * What I mean by 'thought' is the whole thing — thought, 'felt', the body, the whole society sharing thoughts — it's all one process. It is essential for me not to break that up, because it's all one process; somebody else's thought becomes my thought, and vice versa. Therefore it would be wrong and misleading to break it up into my thought, your thought, my feelings, these feelings, those feelings. I would say that thought makes what is often called in modern language a system. A system means a set of connected things or parts. But the way people commonly use the word nowadays it means something all of whose parts are mutually interdependent — not only for their mutual action, but for their meaning and for their existence. A corporation is organized as a system — it has this department, that department, that department... they don't have any meaning separately; they only can function together. And also the body is a system. Society is a system in some sense. And so on. Similarly, thought is a system. That system not only includes thought and feelings, but it includes the state of the body; it includes the whole of society — as thought is passing back and forth between people in a process by which thought evolved from ancient times. Thought has been constantly evolving and we can't say when that system began. But with the growth of civilization it has developed a great deal. It was probably very simple thought before civilization, and now it has become very complex and ramified and has much more incoherence than before. Now, I say that this system has a fault in it — a 'systematic fault'. It is not a fault here, there or here, but it is a fault that is all throughout the system. Can you picture that? It is everywhere and nowhere. You may say I see a problem here, so I will bring my thoughts to bear on this problem". But "my" thought is part of the system. It has the same fault as the fault I'm trying to look at, or a similar fault. Thought is constantly creating problems that way and then trying to solve them. But as it tries to solve them it makes it worse because it doesn’t notice that it's creating them, and the more it thinks, the more problems it creates.
 * We started out saying the trouble is that the world is in chaos, but I think we end up by saying that thought is in chaos. That's each one of us. And that is the cause of the world's being in chaos. Then the chaos of the world comes back and adds to the chaos of thought.
 * ...thought is a very subtle set of reflexes which is potentially unlimited; you can add more and more and you can modify your reflexes. Suppose like a logician you say: 'All swans are white. This bird is a wan therefore this bird is white.' But then you modify this by saying, 'I've seen that some swans may not be white.' And so on. Even the whole logical process, once it's committed to memory, becomes a set of reflexes. There may be a perception of reason beyond the reflexes, but anything perceived becomes sooner or later a set of reflexes. And what's what I want to call 'thought' – which includes the emotion, the bodily state, the physical reaction and everything else.
 * One of the most powerful thoughts people have is the thought of necessity. It is much more than a thought. The word 'necessary' means 'it cannot be otherwise', and the Latin root means 'don't yield'. It suggests the emotional-physical stance of resisting, holding. That's the other side of the reflex system: when you say 'it cannot be otherwise', in effect your'e saying: 'It has got to be this way. I have to keep it this way'. You have a hold. Something that is necessary is a very powerful force which you can't turn aside. You may say 'I have to turn it aside.' Thus we establish an order of necessity, saying 'this turns aside for that, and this for that.'
 * …when an insight is put into words, what is it that puts it into words? Is it thought or is it the insight? I want to suggest that the insight itself will be an insight into the words which express it properly.
 * ...the attempt to deal with social problems by force is incoherent, because the problems all arise in thought. And violence will never solve the problem in thought.
 * ...if you have found the words which express the way you are actually thinking, the body will be affected.
 * There's nothing more ephemeral than thoughts; and yet thoughts can hold themselves by saying 'I must remain this way forever, with absolute necessity.' The point is to have the notion of a creative being, rather than of an identified being.
 * The perception of truth is an actual act which changes things; it’s not merely that it is the truth about something which is different.
 * ...we see a rainbow, but what we have is drops of rain and light – a process. Similarly, what we 'see' is a self; but what we actually have is a whole lot of thoughts going on in consciousness. Against the backdrop of consciousness, we are projecting a self, rather than a rainbow.
 * We don't need the notion of an identity, of an all-important identity on to which we are going to hold, because that gets in the way of the need to change our reflexes. Once we identify with something, our reflexes are that way – it's very important, 'necessary'. And we will want to preserve that identity even thought it may involve ideas that are false.

On Dialogue (1996)

 * Communication can lead to the creation of something new only if people are able to freely listen to each other, without prejudice, and without trying to influence each other. Each has to be interested primarily in truth and coherence, so that he is ready to drop his old ideas and intentions, and be ready to go on to something different, when this is called for.

Collaborations with others

 * Dialogue, as we are choosing to use the word, is a way of exploring the roots of the many crises that face humanity today. It enables inquiry into, and understanding of, the sorts of processes that fragment and interfere with real communication between individuals, nations, and even different parts of the same organization. In our modern culture men and women are able to interact with one another in many ways: they can sing, dance, or play together with little difficulty, but their ability to talk together about subjects that matter deeply to them seems invariably to lead to dispute, division, and often to violence. In our view this condition points to a deep and pervasive defect in the process of human thought.
 * Dialogue: A Proposal (1991) David Bohm, Don Factor, and Peter Garrett

Science Order, and Creativity (1987)

 * Co-author with F. David Peat

 * It is proposed that a form of free dialogue may well be one of the most effective ways of investigating the crisis which faces society, and indeed the whole of human nature and consciousness today. Moreover, it may turn out that such a form of free exchange of ideas and information is of fundamental relevance for transforming culture and freeing it of destructive misinformation, so that creativity can be liberated.

 * A key difference between a dialogue and an ordinary discussion is that, within the latter people usually hold relatively fixed positions and argue in favor of their views as they try to convince others to change. At best this may produce agreement or compromise, but it does not give rise to anything creative.

 * What is essential here is the presence of the spirit of dialogue, which is in short, the ability to hold many points of view in suspension, along with a primary interest in the creation of common meaning.

Quotes of others about Bohm

 * In the early 1950s, [...] there were two important advances in the interpretation of quantum mechanics, both made by the American physicist David Bohm. Just as there were, it seems, two Bohrs, there were apparently two Bohms: a 1951 Bohm and a 1952 Bohm.
 * Jeremy Bernstein, Quantum Profiles (1991), John Stewart Bell: Quantum Engineer

 * I can tell you one thing. David Bohm knows a lot more than just a little about physics.
 * Richard Feynman, quoted in F. David Peat, Infinite Potential: The Life and Times of David Bohm (1997)

 * Dave always arrives at the right conclusions, but his mathematics is terrible. I take it home and find all sorts of errors and then have to spend the night trying to develop the correct proof. But in the end, the result is always exactly the same as the one Dave saw directly.
 * Professor Basil Hiley, a colleague at Birkbeck College, University of London.

 * According to Bohm, the ground of the cosmos is not elementary particles but pure process, a flowing movement of the whole. Within this implicate order, Bohm believed, one could resolve the Cartesian split between mind and matter, or between brain and consciousness.
 * F. David Peat, Infinite Potential: The Life and Times of David Bohm (1997)

 * The universe according to Bohm actually has two faces, or more precisely, two orders. One is the explicate order, corresponding to the physical world as we know it in day-to-day reality, the other a deeper, more fundamental order which Bohm calls the implicate order. The implicate order is the vast holomovement. We see only the surface of this movement as it presents or "explicates" itself from moment to moment in time and space. What we see in the world — the explicate order — is no more than the surface of the implicate order as it unfolds. Time and space are themselves the modes or forms of the unfolding process. They are like the screen on the video game. The displays on the screen may seem to interact directly with each other but, in fact, their interaction merely reflects what the game computer is doing. The rules which govern the operation of the computer are, of course, different from those that govern the behavior of the figures displayed on the screen. Moreover, like the implicate order of Bohm's model, the computer might be capable of many operations that in no way apparent upon examination of the game itself as it progresses on the screen.
 * Synchronicity: Science, Myth, and The Trickster (1990) by Allan Combs & Mark Holland

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Emma Watson

Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson (born 15 April 1990) is an English actress, model, and activist famous for her portrayal of Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film series.

Quotes

 * I can't wait to be able to drive, but it's hard. Good driving doesn't really run in my family genes. My mother is possibly the worst driver ever.
 * The Late Show with David Letterman (11 July 2007)

 * In Cancún, I felt like I had walked into an American teen movie.
 * Interview with Derek Blasberg

 * It was unbelievable seeing me as an action figure! In a few months, toddlers all around the country will be biting my head off!
 * Profile on [[w:BBC|BBC] website]

 * I think I'm actually in denial that I'm famous, it only sinks in when people crowd in the streets. My friends treat me like a regular person, which is what I wanted.
 * (Girl's Life Magazine 2007)

 * It just always reveals to me how many misconceptions and what a misunderstanding there is about what feminism is. Feminism is about giving women choice. Feminism is not a stick with which to beat other women with. It’s about freedom, it’s about liberation, it’s about equality. I really don’t know what my tits have to do with it. It’s very confusing.
 * "Actress Emma Watson says revealing photo does not undermine feminism", Reuters, in response to critics of her photos in Vogue magazine (March 5, 2017)

 * Empathy and the ability to use your imagination should have no limits.
 * MTV Movie and TV Awards, "Emma Rosa Parks Watson", (May 9, 2017)

 * [Feminism]'s not about us convincing you that gender equality is worth engaging in only because there might be something in it for you, or in it for your sister or your mother. The question is, what's in it for humans?
 *

 * Both men and women should feel free to be sensitive. Both men and women should feel free to be strong.
 *

 * Happier, healthier, more successful children? Being able to take proper paternity leave and see your baby? Being able to talk to someone if you're feeling shit? Actually getting to be yourself? Getting asked out by a woman? Better sex? A marriage that is a true partnership? More diverse and interesting perspectives in art, culture, business, and politics? Getting to crowdsource all the innovation and genius in the world, not just half of it? A highly increased number of safe, confident, and fulfilled people on the planet, particularly women? World peace? Seriously. World peace!
 * In 2016, she gave an interview in Esquire U.K. where she spoke more about the importance of feminism for men as well as women.

 * Here's what I think. Feminism is not here to dictate to you. It's not prescriptive, it's not dogmatic. All we are here to do is give you a choice.” “We want to empower women to do exactly what they want, to be true to themselves, to have the opportunities to develop. Women should feel free. There is no typical feminist, there is nothing anywhere that says you have to meet a certain [set of] criteria.
 * In December 2014, Watson appeared on the cover of Elle U.K. as "The Fresh Face of Feminism." In that interview, she spoke about what it means to preach feminism.

 * Women and girls have always faced hurdles. But that's never stopped us. We've sacrificed, fought, campaigned, succeeded, been knocked back, and succeeded again. In a race for justice, we've leapt over countless obstacles to win our rights.
 * In September 2016, the actress lent her voice to a short film, Hurdles, narrating over footage of female athletes.

 * Feminism can be humorous, and we all have a different way of approaching that. I often wonder what mischief I can make to spread the word in a playful way. You can't take everything in life seriously, can you?
 * As much as Watson has been lauded for her activism, she has been attacked and threatened as well. In early 2017, she told Elle that her critics haven't discouraged her, but only inspired her to fight harder—and more creatively.

 * If I asked a young boy what superhero they looked up to, I feel a lot fewer would say a female one or would ever use an example of a female one, than in reverse, which is a shame. We need to live in a culture that values and respects and looks up to and idolizes women as much as men.” “This isn't just, 'girls are better than boys, boys are better than girls.' This is just, 'everyone deserves a fair chance.

UN Speech on the HeForShe campaign (2014)

 * "Speech as UN Goodwill Ambassador at a special event for the HeForShe campaign, United Nations Headquarters, New York (20 September 2014) · YouTube video

I am reaching out to you because we need your help. We want to end gender inequality — and to do this we need everyone to be involved. This is the first campaign of its kind at the UN: we want to try and galvanize as many men and boys as possible to be advocates for change. And we don’t just want to talk about it. We want to make sure it is tangible.
 * Today we are launching a campaign called “HeForShe.”

For the record, '''feminism by definition is: “The belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities. It is the theory of the political, economic and social equality of the sexes.”'''
 * I was appointed as Goodwill Ambassador for Women six months ago and the more I have spoken about feminism, the more I have realized that fighting for women’s rights has too often become synonymous with man-hating. If there is one thing I know for certain, it is that this has to stop.

 * I started questioning gender-based assumptions a long time ago. When I was eight, I was confused at being called “bossy,” because I wanted to direct the plays that we would put on for our parents — but the boys were not.

Apparently I am among the ranks of women whose expressions are seen as too strong, too aggressive, isolating, and anti-men, unattractive even. Why has the word become such an uncomfortable one? I am from Britain and think it is right that I am paid the same as my male counterparts. I think it is right that I should be able to make decisions about my own body. I think it is right that women be involved on my behalf in the policies and the decisions that will affect my life. I think it is right that socially I am afforded the same respect as men. But sadly I can say that there is no one country in the world where all women can expect to receive these rights. No country in the world can yet say that they have achieved gender equality. These rights I consider to be human rights but I am one of the lucky ones. My life is a sheer privilege because my parents didn’t love me less because I was born a daughter. My school did not limit me because I was a girl. My mentors didn’t assume that I would go less far because I might give birth to a child one day. These influencers were the gender equality ambassadors that made who I am today. They may not know it, but they are the inadvertent feminists who are changing the world today. We need more of those. And if you still hate the word — it is not the word that is important. It's the idea and the ambition behind it. Because not all women have received the same rights that I have. In fact, statistically, very few have been.
 * I decided that I was a feminist and this seemed uncomplicated to me. But my recent research has shown me that feminism has become an unpopular word. Women are choosing not to identify as feminists.

But what stood out for me the most was that less than 30 per cent of the audience were male. '''How can we effect change in the world when only half of it is invited or feel welcome to participate in the conversation? Men — I would like to take this opportunity to extend your formal invitation. Gender equality is your issue too.'''
 * In 1997, Hillary Clinton made a famous speech in Beijing about women’s rights. Sadly many of the things she wanted to change are still true today.

If men don’t have to be aggressive in order to be accepted, women won’t feel compelled to be submissive. If men don’t have to control, women won’t have to be controlled. Both men and women should feel free to be sensitive. Both men and women should feel free to be strong… It is time that we all perceive gender on a spectrum instead of two sets of opposing ideals. '''If we stop defining each other by what we are not and start defining ourselves by who we are — we can all be freer and this is what HeForShe is about. It’s about freedom.''' I want men to take up this mantle. So that their daughters, sisters and mothers can be free from prejudice but also so that their sons have permission to be vulnerable and human too — reclaim those parts of themselves they abandoned and in doing so be a more true and complete version of themselves.
 * We don’t often talk about men being imprisoned by gender stereotypes, but I can see that that they are, and that when they are free, things will change for women as a natural consequence.

And having seen what I’ve seen — and given the chance — I feel it is my responsibility to say something.''' Statesman Edmund Burke said: “All that is needed for the forces of evil to triumph is for good men and women to do nothing.” In my nervousness for this speech and in my moments of doubt I’ve told myself firmly — if not me, who, if not now, when. If you have similar doubts when opportunities are presented to you I hope that those words might be helpful.
 * You might be thinking who is this Harry Potter girl? And what is she doing speaking at the UN. And it’s a really good question. I've been asking myself the same thing. '''All I know is that I care about this problem. And I want to make it better.
 * The "Burke quote" she uses here is a common but disputed attribution.

And for this I applaud you. We are struggling for a uniting word but the good news is that we have a uniting movement. It is called HeForShe. I am inviting you to step forward, to be seen, and to ask yourself if not me, who, if not now when.
 * If you believe in equality, you might be one of those inadvertent feminists that I spoke of earlier.

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I'm Bruce from South Africa. Please see my user page on the English Wikipedia for more information.

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Before the Rain

Before the Rain (Macedonian: Пред дождот, Pred doždot) is a 1994 film about a mysterious incident in the fabled Macedonian mountains that blows out of proportion, threatening to start a civil war, and bringing together a silent young monk, a London picture editor, and a disillusioned war photographer in a tragic tale of fated lovers.
 * Written and directed by Milcho Manchevski.

Once You Know The Faces You Will Begin To Understand The Story

Aleksander

 * With a shriek, birds flee across the black sky, people are silent, my blood aches from waiting.

Father Marko

 * Time never dies, the circle is not round.

 * I wanted to take a vow of silence, like you. But this heavenly beauty merits words.

Cast

 * Katrin Cartlidge - Anne
 * Rade Serbedzija - Aleksander
 * Grégoire Colin - Kiril
 * Labina Mitevska - Zamira
 * Jay Villiers - Nick
 * Silvija Stojanovska - Hana
 * Phyllida Law - Anne's Mother
 * Josif Josifovski - Father Marko
 * Kiro Ristevski - Father Damjan
 * Petar Mirčevski - Zdrave
 * Ljupčo Bresliski - Mitre
 * Igor Madžirov - Stojan
 * Ilko Stefanovski - Bojan
 * Suzana Kirandžiska - Neda
 * Katerina Kočevska - Kate

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Peter Steele

Petrus Thomas Ratajczyk (January 4, 1962 – April 14, 2010), known professionally as Peter Steele, was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He was best known as the lead vocalist, bassist and composer of the gothic metal band Type O Negative. Before forming Type O Negative, Steele had created the metal group Fallout and the thrash band Carnivore.

Quotes

 * This entire opus is respectfully dedicated to all those who have loved unconditionally only to have their hearts unanaesthetically ripped out: Base not your joy on the deeds of others, for what is given can be taken away. No hope = No fear.
 * Source: Bloody Kisses booklet

 * Some people say I'm a pussy. I say, you are what you eat.
 * Source: During a live performance

 * If I worked in a bank as a teller, there wouldn't be girls lined up outside of where I work when I'm done.
 * Source: Peter Steele biography "Soul on fire" by Jeff Wagner, p. 209

 * This next song is called 'Wolf Moon' [crowd starts to cheer]. Wait with cheering until you hear what the song's about. It's about a guy who turns into a werewolf when he engages in oral sex with a menstruating woman [crowd cheers even louder, and Steele spreads out his arms]. You wanna call me a pussy? You are what you eat.
 * Source: During a live performance at Train, Århus, Denmark, 22nd of june, 2003

 * I left the stage because I thought I had to shit, but then I lost the feeling.
 * Source: Symphony For The Devil DVD

 * Hello, children of the Nazis!
 * Source: Beginning of a live performance in Germany (with Carnivore)

 * It’s a funny thing, when you talk to God, you’re religious, but when he talks to you, you’re a psychopath.
 * Source: "lost" interview on rocksalt.mx http://rocksalt.mx/?p=844

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Alija Izetbegović

Alija Izetbegović (8 August 1925 – 19 October 2003) was a Bosnian activist, philosopher, and politician, president of Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1990 to 1996 and member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1996 to 2000, and author of several books, including Islam Between East and West.

Quotes

 * Islam is the best, but we Muslims are not the best. The West is neither corrupted nor degenerate.  It is strong, well-educated, and organized.  Their schools are better than ours.  Their cities are cleaner than ours.  The level of respect for human rights in the West is higher, and the care for the poor and less capable is better organized.  Westerners are usually responsible and accurate in their words.  Instead of hating the West, let us proclaim cooperation instead of confrontation.
 * As quoted in The Two Faces of Islam, by Stephen Schwartz

 * Narode, spavaj mirno, rata neće biti.
 * Sleep peacefully people, there will not be a war.
 * Quoted in Central Europe Review.

 * Bosnia should be a secular state. A non-secular Bosnia would be terror.
 * Interview in "Start BiH Magazine", questions 28 and 29

 * This may not be a just peace, but it is more just than the continuation of war.
 * Quoted on BBC News

The Islamic Declaration (1970)

 * Do we want the Muslim peoples to break out of the cycle of dependence, backwardness and poverty?... Then we can clearly show the way which leads to this goal: the generating of Islam in all areas of personal individual life, in the family and society, through the renewal of Islamic religious thought and the creation of a unified Islamic community from Morocco to Indonesia.
 * p. 5.

 * The idea of Islamic renewal, which understands Islam as capable not only of educating human beings but also of ordering the world, will always have two types of people as its opponents: conservatives who want the old forms, and modernists who want someone else's forms.
 * p. 8.

 * The briefest definition of the Islamic order defines it as a unity of religion and law, upbringing and power, ideal and interest, the spiritual community and the state, willingness and force... An Islamic society without an Islamic authority is incomplete and without power; Islamic government without Islamic society is either utopia or violence. Generally speaking, a Muslim does not exist as a sole individual. If he wishes to live and survive as a Muslim, he must create an environment, a community, a system.
 * p. 26.

 * There is no peace or coexistence between the Islamic faith and non-Islamic social and political institutions. The failure of these institutions to function and the instability of these regimes in Muslim countries, manifest in frequent changes and coups d'état, is most often the consequence of their a priori opposition to Islam, as the fundamental and foremost feeling of the people in those countries. Claiming its right to order its own world alone, Islam clearly rules out the right and the possibility of the application of any foreign ideology in its own region. there is, therefore, no lay principle, and the state ought to be a reflection of and to support the moral concepts of the religion.
 * p. 30, as quoted in

 * There are immutable Islamic principles which order relations between people, but there is no Islamic economic, social or political structure which cannot be changed... Nothing which can make the world a better place can be rejected out of hand as non-Islamic... In order to be Islamic, a solution must fulfill two conditions: it must be maximally efficient and maximally humane.
 * p. 31.

 * Islam contains the principle of the umma, i.e. a tendency towards the unification of all Muslims in a single community - religious, cultural and political. Islam is not a nationality, but it is the supranationality of this community.
 * p. 36.

 * The upbringing of the people, and particularly means of mass influence - the press, radio, television, and film - should be in the hands of people whose good Islamic moral and intellectual authority is indisputable.
 * p. 42.

 * Islam must take the initiative of recognizing motherhood as a social function. Harems must be abolished.  No one has the right to refer to Islam as a reason to keep women disenfranchised: abuse of this kind must be brought to an end. Such attitudes do not represent a Western feminism, which has displayed a tendency to impose the measures, whims and mastery of a depraved element among the female sex.  Neither is this equality in the European sense.  It is an underlining of the equal value of men and women, together with the underlining of the differences between them, which should be preserved.
 * p. 47.

 * In the struggles for the Islamic order, all means are permissible except one: crime. No one has the right to defile the good name of Islam by the uncontrolled and superfluous use of force.  The Islamic community should once more confirm that justice is one of its keystones... Formula: the aim justifies the means has become the cause of numberless crimes.  A noble aim cannot command unworthy means.
 * p. 49.

 * The Islamic order can only be established in countries where Muslims represent the majority of the population. If this is not the case, the Islamic order is reduced to mere power (as the other element - an Islamic society - is missing) and may turn to violence.  The non-Muslim minorities within an Islamic state, on condition that they are loyal, enjoy religious freedom and all protection.
 * p. 49.

 * When considering these matters, the dilemma inevitably arises - albeit only for a moment - that a shorter way to the Islamic order would be by taking power... This is mere temptation. History does not relate any true revolution which came from power.  All began with education and meant in essence a moral summons.
 * p. 53.

Quotes about Izetbegović

 * We did not always agree, but I know that he was committed to the peaceful reconstruction of a Bosnia-Herzegovina which could be part of Europe and in which all its citizens could feel at home. He was tough, scholarly and serious. He lived a simple life and he had little of the opportunistic charm or coarse joviality that are hallmarks of political operators in the Balkans and elsewhere... History will no doubt say that not all his decisions were right, but more than anybody else he was responsible for the fact that Bosnia-Herzegovina survived.
 * Paddy Ashdown, as quoted in "Alija Izetbegović" (19 October 2003), by Ian Traynor, The Guardian

 * To further weaken Pale, I proposed that the Dayton agreement include a provision moving the Bosnian Serb capital to Banja Luka. Milošević seemed interested in this proposal but, to my surprise, Izetbegović demurred. Even though he hated the leadership in Pale, he seemed to think he could work with them, especially his old associate from the Bosnian Assembly, Momčilo Krajišnik. Izetbegovic also saw value in keeping the capitals of the two entities close to each other so that Sarajevo remained the only important political center in Bosnia. He may also have feared that if the Bosnian Serb capital moved to Banja Luka, which is closer to Zagreb than Sarajevo, it would accelerate the permanent division of the country and strengthen Tuđman. Whatever Izetbegović's reasons for not wanting to close Pale, it was a mistake. The mountain town was solely a wartime capital, established by an indicted war criminal and his henchmen. It was the living symbol - and headquarter - of his organization. We should have pushed Izetbegović harder to agree to establish the Serb capital at Banja Luka. It would have made a big difference in the effort to implement the Dayton agreements.
 * Richard Holbrooke, To End a War, p. 293

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Kamelot

Kamelot is a power metal band from Tampa, Florida.

Eternity (1995)
All lyrics written by Richard Warner.

 * A life for a lyric I've traveled these war lands deep Raging the knights in shining armor Surely death awaits the weak I've sailed the viking vessels Plunging the northern seas Crossing the blue horizon No land for the eye to see For the eye to see Raise your harp my friend For the song that burns In your heart Sing of the heroes And the days that time forgot Sing of the days of the Earls And the Kings and the Knights That conquered great feats For these are the things That we all dream But only your eyes have seen
 * The Gleeman

Dominion (1997)
All songs written by Richard Warner & Thomas Youngblood, unless noted.

 * We are playing with nature Splitting the atom Confusing religions Killing the masses We are not separate from what we destroy Time has come for us to make the only choice
 * We Are Not Separate

Siége Perilous (1998)
All songs written by Thomas Youngblood and Daniel Elliot, unless noted.

 * Sail away, follow the sacred heart Chase the sun, one with the moon and stars Sail away, You'll find the promised land In your hand, there is a New Millennium
 * Millennium

 * There's a certain feeling you get at the moment you know you're the one That sets the course of your own destiny Controlled by you alone feel it rise inside your heart The winning force at hand reach for the crown Take all that you can
 * King's Eyes

 * Rhydin is rising Join us a new world is open Rhydin is rising Don't you know its a new kingdom Its all there, its all there in your mind
 * Rhydin

The Fourth Legacy (2000)
All songs written by Roy Khan and Thomas Youngblood, unless noted.

 * You will find the New Allegiance Like a beacon in the night If you're searching for salvation Reach inside There's a new world approaching A fire to be seen In following The Fourth Legacy
 * The Fourth Legacy

 * You disbelievers, little do you know.
 * The Inquisitor, written by Glenn Barry, Roy Khan and Thomas Youngblood

 * Christ is the cry of despair.
 * Glory

 * Every day is a fight to survive, every minute a shattered memory.
 * Until Kingdom Come

 * Little do I know, little do I care, little would it help if I knew and was aware.
 * Lunar Sanctum

 * Give me something to die for.
 * Lunar Sanctum

Karma (2001)
All songs written by Roy Khan and Thomas Youngblood.

 * Die with a heart that is bold.
 * Wings of Despair

 * Fly on the wings of despair No one is holding you back The call of the wild is internal Conquer the silence you fear Tomorrow will not fade to black A new day is dawning Remember No one can save you today
 * Wings of Despair

 * You and you alone are forging the path. Leave your sorrows with the past.
 * Wings of Despair

 * No one will heed if you fall.
 * Wings of Despair

 * The weak will always obey the master.
 * The Spell

 * I am damned if life itself is condemnation.
 * Across the Highlands

 * There's no place for my soul in His embrace.
 * Across the Highlands

 * She's a virgin free from sin. Drops of blood caressed me. And refined my aging skin
 * Elizabeth I - Mirror Mirror

Epica (2003)
All songs written by Roy Khan and Thomas Youngblood.

 * Don't you wonder why?
 * Center of the Universe

 * In the center of the universe, we are all alone.
 * Center of the Universe

 * A human heart demands to be admired.
 * Center of the Universe

 * Why did God make me feel there is more to be answered? Maybe God cannot remedy our souls if he tried.
 * Farewell

 * No one holds the only truth in his hand, so who am I to defy even God in quest for a reason?
 * Farewell

 * I have all the perfect alibis.
 * Descent of the Archangel

 * Vanity we celebrate, my favorite of sins.
 * A Feast for the Vain

 * Love means nothing to me, if there is a higher place to be.
 * Lost and Damned

 * Hear ye hear ye! The lady Helena has committed a sin. Now death lies on her, like an untimely frost upon the sweetest flower of all the field...
 * Interlude IV: Dawn

 * When you play with fire, you must anticipate some burns. Chasing for desire is just a different way to learn.
 * III Ways to Epica

 * Maybe God is the melody we all serenade.
 * III Ways to Epica

 * You would not feel sadness if you never tasted joy. That's the curse of humans; born impassioned, you destroy.
 * III Ways to Epica

The Black Halo (2005)
All songs written by Kamelot.

 * Human reason counters all.
 * Soul Society

 * In the dark, we're the same.
 * Soul Society

 * We strive for the flame as if death was our aim, 'cause we cannot understand.
 * Soul Society

 * There may be more than we can see.
 * Soul Society

 * Human nature has its ways with lust.
 * This Pain

 * Life fades to black from silver gray.
 * The Black Halo

 * What you've sown is what you reap. Our sins can't be undone.
 * Nothing Ever Dies

 * We're a second in time. We're the last in the line of the prey that walks the earth; good and evil combined.
 * Memento Mori

 * I am the God in my own history, the master of the game.
 * Memento Mori

 * We all have our beliefs. Pray for mercy for all.
 * Memento Mori

 * That's the price of what we learn: the more we know, the more we yearn.
 * Memento Mori

 * If once given life, we must die.
 * Serenade

 * The more we know, the less we understand; life, eternity, the savagery of man.
 * Serenade

 * What does the winter bring, if not yet another spring?
 * Serenade

 * Oh, how I long for utter silence.
 * Epilogue

Ghost Opera (2007)
All songs written by Kamelot.

 * Don't you think the human race is ceaselessly vain?
 * The Human Stain

 * So it hurts to be alive, my friend, in this masquerade where all one day must die. Don't you wish you were unborn again?
 * The Human Stain

 * This life that someone merely gave to you that's the price you pay, minute by minute. You beg for a minute more.
 * The Human Stain

 * How can there be a reason for war? For the life of a human that suffers?
 * Mourning Star

 * What's a miracle, if life itself is not?
 * Anthem

 * We all have broken hearts to mend.
 * Pendulous Fall

Poetry for the Poisoned (2010)
All songs written by Roy Khan and Thomas Youngblood, unless noted.

 * On a silent shore, I confronted fear. I spoke to God, But he wasn't there. The sun is down, And the war begun. Assemble the great pandemonium!
 * The Great Pandemonium

 * Break down!! Got to break down! Break down!!!
 * The Great Pandemonium

 * Just one...Just one more day...Just one more...war!
 * The Great Pandemonium

 * Dear Editor, This is the Zodiac speaking. I am back with you. Tell Herb Caen I am here. I have always been here. That city pig, Toschi, is good, but I am both smarter and better. He will get tired then leave me alone. I am waiting for a good movie about me. Who will play me? I am now in control of all things. Yours truly...
 * Dear Editor

 * Know that I broke her neck, A twisted china white visage. I may seem unaffected, But don't we all want to be god?
 * The Zodiac, written by Roy Khan, Thomas Youngblood and Sascha Paeth

 * You will never really know my name without reflection. A careful devil's irony in pure perfection, In pure deceit!
 * The Zodiac

 * Wake me! Revolve in my wounds. Lay down your enemy. On the altar of refined deception. Hate me! I'm all over you. Reset the harmony. Like a fire in the night.
 * Necropolis

 * The word "incubus" means "to lie on", and it was believed that any feeling in bed, such as a weight pressing down on your chest, especially accompanied by nightmares, was a sure sign that an incubus had attempted to have a nocturnal intercourse with you. Given the religious fervor of the Middle Ages, it is not altogether surprising that the idea of a demon lover was believed to account of this phenomenon.
 * Poetry for the Poisoned, Pt. I: Incubus

 * So long Your sorrow be gone Show me how it feels to be alive No more denial So long
 * Poetry for the Poisoned, Pt. II: So Long

 * I am the hole in your broken heart I am the reason we all depart What if all is over?
 * Poetry for the Poisoned, Pt. III: All Is Over

 * Those were the moments, and these were my days.
 * Poetry for the Poisoned, Pt. IV: Dissection, written by Roy Khan and Oliver Palotai

Silverthorn (2012)
All songs written by by Thomas Youngblood, Sascha Paeth, Oliver Palotai and Tommy Karevik, unless noted.

 * Sing for me angel of afterlife calming me down. Chaos inside my nebula! And make the wrong turn to right in a celestial light. Forgive my sacrimony!
 * Sacrimony (Angel of Afterlife)

 * It all becomes clear, The truth will appear, Forever I'm there for you and me.
 * Sacrimony (Angel of Afterlife)

 * And now leave me alone! Erase my memory! Don't want to hear, don't want to see! Don't want to think about the lie that follows me!!
 * Sacrimony (Angel of Afterlife)

 * Give me a sign, Sing the words of innocence, And broken pride, Make my conclusions fail. Send me a sign, Hear this broken melody, 'Cause each night i die, In hell....
 * Manus Dei and My Confession

 * Falling like the Fahrenheit. Someone will always lose. You will never see another sunrise. My cyanide in paradise. That someone's always there. And I will never see another sundown in your eyes...
 * Falling Like the Fahrenheit, written by Thomas Youngblood, Sascha Paeth, Oliver Palotai, Tommy Karevik and Bob Katsionis

 * Essence of beauty. Taken to soon. Princess of hope. Deep in our hearts you live on... Essence of goodness. Goddess of light. Give us the power. God gave us strength to live on.
 * Prodigal Son

 * How could this happen? What have we done?
 * Prodigal Son

 * Every child follows blind, On the journey we call life. Learn it every day... Given love or given name, Determines everybody's fate in life. Be careful what you give!
 * Prodigal Son

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I'm unclear if the material is from live shows or recorded material. If from published material then meets my inclusion criteria. If from live shows, then I'm not sure it does. Either way I'm not clear whether in its present form, the entry meets the new inclusion criteria due to potential copyright problems. Someone needs to look at the entry asap. FloNight♥♥♥ 19:42, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
 * At this time, the titles named in the sub-section headings under "Standup routines" are listed in his Wikipedia discography, so the quotes appear to be sourceable to published works. ~ Ningauble 14:13, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

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 * I think you hear me knocking and I think I'm coming in.
 * Various MTV promos

 * Did you ever notice they never take any fat hostages? You never see a guy coming out of Lebanon going: I was held hostage for seven months and I lost 175 pounds, I feel good and I look good and I learned self-discipline. That's the important thing.

 * I think we should take Iraq and Iran and combine them into one country and call it Irate. All the pissed off people live in one place and get it over with.

 * Jerry Lee Lewis has been married twenty times. He gets married on a Tuesday, they find his wife dead in a swimming pool on Thursday. Maybe if you married someone who's old enough to swim next time, OK Jerry?

 * Racism isn't born, folks, it's taught. I have a two-year-old son. You know what he hates? Naps! End of list.

 * The best pitch I ever heard about cocaine was back in the early eighties when a street dealer followed me down the sidewalk going: I got some great blow man. I got the stuff that killed Belushi.

 * Why hate someone for the color of their skin when there are much better reasons to hate them?

 * (to a child): Life's gonna suck when you grow up, and then you're gonna die.

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Titles are incorrectly formatted (episode number should be in roman numerals, episode name should be capitalized), dialogue is not correctly formatted (see Guide to layout), no external links section with wikipedia box and imdb link. ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 08:52, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
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Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman (born Natalie Hershlag, June 9, 1981) is an Israeli-born American actress and director.

Quotes

 * Where I live, nobody who's fourteen is having sex and doing major drugs. And I think if you see it in the movies, you may be influenced by it. I think it's so important to preserve your innocence.
 * Ingenue interview, March 1996 by Ted Demme,  Ingrid Sischy

 * I don't mean to criticize anyone in any way that I wouldn't criticize myself. I think people should have fun, and have a good time, and enjoy the luck that we have to be lazy and dwell in consumerism. But I think that it's a balance. And our job as actors is empathy. Our job is to imagine what someone else's life is like. And if you can't do that in real life, if you can't do that as a human being, then good luck as an actor.... I just think it's an important thing to engage in the world. And it's just too easy not to in our society.
 * Inside the Actor's Studio interview by James Lipton, New School University, November 21, 2004

 * It was wonderful playing a young queen with so much power. I think it will be good for young women to see a strong woman of action who is also smart and a leader.
 * Natalie Portman, quoted in The Phantom Menace "Production Notes". I wear a diaper in lucy in the sky

 * It’s weird that there are so many people at Harvard who do amazing things outside the classroom. It just so happens that people like to watch what I do.
 * As quoted by Abigail A. Baird NYTimes

 * Everyone has to find what is right for them, and it is different for everyone. Eating for me is how you proclaim your beliefs three times a day. That is why all religions have rules about eating. Three times a day, I remind myself that I value life and do not want to cause pain to or kill other living beings. That is why I eat the way I do.
 * On vegetarianism. Interview with The New Zealand Herald (5 May 2011), quoted in “Natalie Portman: 'Eating For Me Is How You Proclaim Your Beliefs'”, in ecorazzi.com.

Interview, Jewish Chronicle, 6 July 2007

 * I grew up in the classic American-Jewish suburbia, which has a whole different sense of what it means to be Jewish than anywhere else in the world.
 * You know, I get much more Jewish in Israel because I like the way that religion is done there.
 * I had a fashion designer tell me that when I wear a dress of his, it sells out across the country because Jewish girls ‘look to me,’ and Jewish girls are the ones that buy expensive dresses. It made me sad, because I want to be an influence in ways other than by a pretty dress.
 * There’s so much goodness there, and such a value placed on education, which is sort of universal among Jews around the world. I appreciate that obviously, to be a part of that.
 * My response was that more than half of Israelis are of Sephardic origin. Many of these Jews come from Arab lands and share the same physical skin color.
 * On allegations of racism in Israel
 * I’d like it if people thought I was Jewish-looking.

About

 * I’ve taught at Harvard, Dartmouth and Vassar, and I’ve had the privilege of teaching a lot of very bright kids. There are very few who are as inherently bright as Natalie is, who have as much intellectual horsepower, who work as hard as she did. She didn’t take a single thing for granted.
 * Abigail A. Baird NYTimes (1 March 2011)

 * Jerusalem-born actress Natalie Portman has only harsh words for...[Israel's] controversial “nation-state law” passed over the summer formally recognizing the country as a Jewish state despite its large population of non-Jewish Arabs. “It’s racist... It’s wrong and I disagree...”... Portman told the BBC it’s “hard to be from a place” where laws like this are in place. “It’s like your family ― you love them the most and you also feel the most critical.” ...Portman’s critique comes eight months after she backed out of a major Israeli award ceremony in Jerusalem where she was scheduled to receive a prestigious honor. The “Black Swan” actress explained in a statement that she did not want to appear to support Netanyahu... Her statement...said, “Like many Israelis and Jews around the world, I can be critical of the leadership in Israel without wanting to boycott the entire nation.”
 * Sara Boboltz in Natalie Portman Slams Israel’s Nation-State Law As ‘Racist,’ & ‘Wrong’, The Huffington Post (13 December 2018)

 * Israeli-American actress Natalie Portman again lashed at Israeli policies in an interview published in a Palestinian-owned newspaper Thursday, calling the controversial Nation-State Law "racist" and a "mistake." Portman, born Neta-Lee Hershlag in Jerusalem, also told the London-based Al- Quds Al-Arabi that law “oppressed Palestinians.”... The Nation-State Law... defines Israel as “the national home of the Jewish people.” It also drops  Arabic as an official language... it has stoked anger among critics who, like Portman, argue that it is racist. Portman said she “doesn’t agree” with the principle of the contentious law.  "It’s a mistake… I only hope that we will really love our neighbors and work together," she said.
 * Daniel Salami in Natalie Portman to Arab paper: Israel's Nation-State Law is racist, Ynetnews (13 December 2018)

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Martin Farquhar Tupper

Martin Farquhar Tupper (17 July 1810 – November 1880) was an English writer, and poet, and the author of Proverbial Philosophy.

Proverbial Philosophy (1838-1849)

In the heart of the wise and good, alike with the wicked and foolish; For there is no error so crooked, but it hath in it some lines of truth; Nor is any poison so deadly, that it serveth not some wholesome use.'''
 * '''Error is a hardy plant; it flourisheth in every soil;
 * Of Truth in Things False

And the choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.
 * There is a limit to enjoyment, though the sources of wealth be boundless
 * Of Compensation.

 * Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.
 * Of Discretion

 * A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
 * Of Reading

 * A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love, a resting place for innocence on earth, a link between angels and men.
 * Of Education

Love, a brilliant fire, to gladden or consume''': The wicked work their woe by looking upon love, and hating it: The righteous find their joys in yearning on its loveliness for ever.
 * '''God, from a beautiful necessity, is Love in all he doeth,
 * Of Immortality.

Wherefore should it cease to be, and when shall essence die?
 * Tell me, ye that strive in vain to cramp and dwarf the soul,
 * Of Immortality

It is well to lie fallow for a while, in the vacancy of sheer amusement ; But when thou prosprest in health, and thine intellect can soar untired, To seek uninstructive pleasure is to slumber on the couch of indolence.
 * If the mind is wearied by study, or the body worn with sickness,
 * Of Recreation

 * Wait, thou child of hope, for Time shall teach thee all things.
 * Of Good in Things Evil

While honest Labor, pining, hideth his sharp ribs.
 * Clamorous pauperism feasteth
 * Of Discretion

 * Who can wrestle against Sleep? — Yet is that giant very gentleness.
 * Of Beauty

Crowned by consenting nations peerless queen of gayety''': She laugheth at the wrath of Ocean, she mocketh the fury of Vesuvius, She spurneth disease, and misery, and famine, that crowd her sunny streets.
 * '''Naples sitteth by the sea, keystone of an arch of azure,
 * Of Death

Wo for thy wanton heart, wo for thy wicked hardness! Wo unto thee, that the lightsomeness of life, beneath Italian suns, Should meet the solemnity of death, in a sepulchre so foul and fearful!
 * O fair, false city, thou gay and gilded harlot!
 * Of Death

Nature's Nobleman (1844)

Where pleasure itself cannot please'''; Away with cold breeding, that faithlessly still Affects to be quite at its ease; '''For the deepest in feeling is highest in rank, The freest is first of the band, Nature's own Nobleman, friendly and frank, Is a man with his heart in his hand!'''
 * '''Away with false fashion, so calm and so chill,

He warmly can love, and can hate'''; Nor will he bow down, with his face in the dust, To Fashion's intolerant state;
 * '''Fearless in honesty, gentle yet just,

His impulse is simple and true'''; Yet temper'd by judgment, and taught by good sense, And cordial with me and with you.
 * '''His fashion is passion, sincere and intense, —

A Thousand Lines (1846)
Though threescore years and ten Have wasted away, like a tale that is told, The lives of other men: I am not old ; though friends and foes Alike have gone to their graves, And left me alone to my joys or my woes, As a rock in the midst of the waves.
 * I am not old, — I cannot be old,
 * The Song of Seventy

Though tottering, wrinkled, and gray ; Though my eyes are dim, and my marrow is cold, Call me not old to-day.
 * I am not old, — I cannot be old,
 * The Song of Seventy

A strange, sad dream, good sooth; For old as I am, and old as I seem, My heart is full of youth.
 * A dream, a dream, — it is all a dream,
 * The Song of Seventy

And ear hath not heard it sung, How buoyant and bold, though it seem to grow old, Is the heart, forever young; — Forever young, — though life's old age Hath every nerve unstrung: The heart, the heart, is a heritage That keeps the old man young!
 * Eye hath not seen, tongue hath not told,
 * The Song of Seventy

Ballads for the Times (1851)

Always to hope, than once to despair. Fling off the load of Doubt's cankering fetter, And break the dark spell of tyrannical care.'''
 * '''Never give up! it is wiser and better
 * Never Give Up!, l. 1-2

Which hope cannot scatter, and faith cannot kill; And stubborn realities never shall bind The free-spreading wings of a cheerful mind.
 * For life, good youth, hath never an ill
 * Forty, l. 29-32

Who can tell my fortune to me? For, bravest and brightest that ever was sung May be — and shall be — the lot of the young!
 * Who shall guess what I may be?
 * The Song of Sixteen, l. 1-4

The lasso at my saddle-bow, the rifle in my hand, A leash of gallant mastiffs bounding by my side, And, for a friend to love, the noble horse on which I ride! Alone, alone—yet not alone, for God is with me there, The tender hand of Providence shall guide me everywhere, While happy thoughts and holy hopes, as spirits calm and mild, Shall fan with their sweet wings the hermit-hunter of the wild!
 * How gladly would I wander through some strange and savage land,
 * Adventure, l. 1-8

His gallant journey is just begun; Over the hills his chariot is roll'd, Banner'd with glory, and burnish'd with gold,— '''Over the hills he comes sublime, Bridegroom of Earth, and brother of Time! '''
 * Open the casement, and up with the Sun!
 * Activity, l. 1-6

Over my spirit as mild as a dove; Hush,—for the angel of comfort is shedding Over my body his vial of love; Hush,—for new slumbers are over me stealing, Thus would I court them again and again, Hush,—for my heart is intoxicate,—reeling In the swift waltz of my beautiful brain!
 * Hush,—for the halo of calmness is spreading
 * Sloth, l. 25-32

Fair saint and martyr! and yet once again Faith, hope and charity, like gracious rain, Fall on thy consecrated virgin brow.
 * The dews of Hermon rest upon thee now,
 * Reconsecrated (15 May 1850), l. 1-4

Gather to your country's call, On your hearts her name is written, Rise to help her, one and all!
 * Rise! ye gallant youth of Britain,
 * Rule, Britannia!, l. 1-4

And bid me be wise and forget them; But old recollections are active to-day, And I can do nought but regret them; Though the present be pleasant, all joyous and gay, And promising well for the morrow, I love to look back on the years past away, Embalming my byegones in sorrow.
 * "Let byegones be byegones,”—they foolishly say,
 * Byegones, l. 1-8

Bubble up from the heart to the tongue, And Meekness is writhing in torment and thrall, By the hands of Ingratitude wrung, — In the heat of injustice, unwept and unfair, While the anguish is festering yet, None, none but an angel or God can declare "I now can forgive and forget."
 * When streams of unkindness, as bitter as gall,
 * Forgive and Forget, l. 1-8

title: Martin Farquhar Tupper