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The person discriminated against -- whether black or white -- is undoubtedly hurt, but there is a real difference between the institutional impact and intensity of the hurt suffered as part of an invidious pattern or racial subordination and as part of a benevolent pattern of racial equalization. As Oliver Wendell Homes once put it: "Even a dog understands the difference between being stumbled over and being kicked."-- Alan Dershowitz
No group of parents should have the right either to prevent other people's children from being educated or to require--as a quid pro quo--that they be equally exposed to the religious doctrines of Christian fundamentalism. It's bad enough that these parents may be denying their own children the educational tools necessary to cope with the diverse society into which they will be graduating. It is too much to give them a veto over the education of the rest of our children.-- Alan Dershowitz
"Self-improvement is a dangerous form of vanity."-- Alan Watts
Humility is no substitute for a good personality.-- Fran Lebowitz
Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.-- Fran Lebowitz
"When solving a kernel panic you must first ask yourself what you were doing that could possibly frighten an operating system."-- Peter van der Linden
Every time I have to pipe something into awk I get this mental picture of a big fat seagull with stdin connected at the wrong end.-- Arther van der Harg (a.s.r.)
On the internet, no one knows you're a CHICKEN! A GIANT CHICKEN!-- Denis Moskowitz
As the cheetah said to the chameleon:
You can hide, but you can't run!-- Alan Williams
We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done.-- Alan Turing
"Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what it is you want to hear."-- Alan Coren
A clean desk is a sign of a cluttered desk drawer.
"As long as the music's loud enough, we won't hear the world falling apart."-- Derek Jarman
And it came to pass that in the hands of the ignorant, the words of the Bible were used to beat plowshares into swords.-- Alan Watts
Once in a while it really hits people that they don't have to experience the world in the way they have been told to.-- Alan Keightley
The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been.-- Alan Ashley-Pitt
"I've always wanted to be Brigitte Bardot."-- Bob Dylan
"To live outside the law you must be honest."-- Bob Dylan
Whoever said women don't like porn just isn't talking to the right women. Or showing them the right porn.
I love stress because it's a whole lot better than depression.-- Drew Olbrich
Those who love you are not fooled by mistakes you have made or dark images you hold about yourself. They remember your beauty when you feel ugly; your wholeness when you are broken; your innocence when you feel guilty; and your purpose when you are confused.-- Alan Cohen
To be understood is a luxury.
"You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements."-- Norman Douglas
"Make lots of money", "enjoy the work", "operate within the law": choose 2-- Brian Anderson
I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it.-- Edgar Allan Poe