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American consumers have no problem with carcinogens, but they will not purchase any product, including floor wax, that has fat in it. ↗

— Dave Barry

#american consumers #any #consumers #fat #floor

Snowboarding is an activity that is very popular with people who do not feel that regular skiing is lethal enough. ↗

— Dave Barry

#enough #feel #lethal #people #popular

Love is an exploding cigar we willingly smoke. ↗

— Lynda Barry

#exploding #love #love is #smoke #willingly

Everyone’s talking about the death and disappearance of the book as a format and an object. I don’t think that will happen. I think whatever happens, we have to figure out a way to protect our imaginations. Stories and poetry do that. You need a language in this world. People want words, they want to hear their situation in language, and find a way to talk about it. It allows you to find a language to talk about your own pain. If you give kids a language, they can use it. I think that’s what these educators fear. If you really educate these kids, they aren’t going to punch you in the face, they are going to challenge you with your own language. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#literacy #online-interview #power-of-reading #reading #death

Reading should be a repeat performance. ↗

— John Barton

#reading #repeat #should

There is no such thing as several Romanias, but only politicians who divide Romania depending on the interests of their parties and their clout. ↗

— Traian Basescu

#depending #divide #interests #only #parties

I was not extremely patriotic about Mother Russia. I played their game, pretending. You have to deal with, you know, party people, KGB. Horrifying. ↗

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

#deal #extremely #game #horrifying #i

Running a company is pretty demanding. ↗