Justin Cartwright Quotes

'The Cauliflower' is full of these bizarre anecdotes, some of them petty, others moving or whimsical, as its many characters try to make sense of the universe in which they live - a universe strange, febrile, and utterly unique.

Justin Cartwright

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On climate change, we are told that there will be a civilization-ending development in the form of massive sea level rise as soon as 2050. Anybody plan to be here in 2050? I think a few of us do, myself included.

Jill Stein

ChangeSeaMyselfThinkPlanRise

Americans are apt to be unduly interested in discovering what average opinion believes average opinion to be.

John Maynard Keynes

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For me, Mexploitation seemed like something that should have existed, but didn't.

Robert Rodriguez

MeSomethingLikeShouldSeemed

I had to work to eat. I couldn't even complete a basic elementary education.

Angel Cabrera

WorkEducationEatCompleteBasic

If you prosecute a CEO or other senior executive and send him or her to jail for committing a crime, the deterrent effect in my view vastly outweighs even the best compliance program you can put in place.

Jed S. Rakoff

BestViewYouPlaceJailCompliance

No genre of music is better than another, whether it's country, hip-hop, trap, classical, whatever. It's all music.

Stromae

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I read the Bible when I was 12 while studying for my bar mitzvah. I was also reading a lot of Dilbert comics at the time, and I guess the two kind of got fused in my mind. I've always imagined God as an irrational, distractible boss. It's my best explanation for our planet.

Simon Rich

GodTimeBestBossMindReading

I love that sense of discovery. You're experiencing something for the first time, and your parents aren't in on it, previous generations aren't in on it. It has a chance to belong to you and your generation in a way that nothing has. If 'Pacific Rim' is a fraction of that, I would be very proud.

Travis Beacham

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I'm sort of in for a penny, in for a pound with Star Trek, It's my life at this point. To deny it would just be foolish.

Jonathan Frakes

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The seven marvels that best represent man's achievements over the last 2,000 years will be determined by Internet vote... so look for Howard Stern's Private Parts to come in No. 1.

Jon Stewart

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The biggest musical influence on me was my mum. We were both enraptured by music.

Johnny Marr

MusicMeInfluenceBothWereMum

If I have known much trouble in my youth, I have also known much joy.

Clara Schumann

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