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# Gary Soto

Gary Anthony Soto (April 12, 1952) is an American poet, novelist, and memoirist.

## Quotes

* It means handling words and images in an interesting way. All of us use words daily, unless of course we are the silent type. Everyday we say simple things like, "Gee, look at this tan of mine." Or: "I feel sort of sad." But say you wrote something like: "Our faces were the color of pennies," and "Our souls are broken like jars." The language becomes interesting and perks up our spirits and imagination. This is what poetry means—language that surprises and keeps us on our toes.
** On writing poetry for children in “In-depth Written Interview with Gary Soto” in Teaching Books (2007 Aug 29)
* Poems written in rhyme and meter can be easily memorized, even longish poems. However, because I write in free verse, my lines are probably more difficult to take in, to absorb, to memorize. But I'm not seeking any students to memorize my poetry—heck, I don't even know my poems. I'm hoping for a sentiment that will linger in the reader's mind. Sentiment, or feeling, is so important to the reader…
** On his preferred poetry style in “In-depth Written Interview with Gary Soto” in Teaching Books (2007 Aug 29)
* Often my characters—a Jesus, a Hector, a Gloria—will be bilingual, or if not bilingual at least know enough Spanish to throw words and phrases into conversation. As a writer, I'm trying to capture the voice of my characters, who sometimes will speak in Spanglish…
** On his characters being bilingual in “In-depth Written Interview with Gary Soto” in Teaching Books (2007 Aug 29)
* Mine is literary, and mine has a story to tell about a little boy with gaps in his education who became a writer. I’m hoping that the visitor will be curious, not unlike when someone goes to another person’s house for the first time—you look around and learn something about that person. We’re curious creatures, right?
** On the Gary Soto Literary Museum in Fresno, California in “Jo Ellen Misakian Interviews Author Gary Soto on His New Books, Writing & the Gary Soto Literary Museum” (Cynthia Leitich Smith site)

## Quotes about

* I remember loving Chato’s Kitchen by Gary Soto and Susan Guevara; I couldn’t believe that there was a book in the library about people from el barrio (actually cats, mice, and dogs), dressed, speaking, cooking, and having a family life that resembled mine. These books—and countless others—are the reason why I started making my own books...
** Yuyi Morales Interview (2018)
# Gary W. Janak

Gary Wayne Janak (March 22, 1962–) is an American priest of the Catholic Church who was appointed as auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of San Antonio.

## Quotes

* The church has always been the center of our our life for our family, it's our spiritual home and I thinks it's kept us balanced and helped us get through some tough times, I don't know where I'd be without my faith.
** SBSL Original - Father Gary Janak (April 11, 2019)
# Gary Steiner

Gary Steiner (born August 22 1956) is an American moral philosopher, and Professor of Philosophy at Bucknell University. Steiner's particular focus is animal rights, Descartes, and continental philosophy.

## Quotes

* Paradigm shifts in human thought always depend on iconoclasts who are not afraid to challenge conventional wisdom. Although our thinking in the past generation about the moral status of animals has advanced in certain respects, its fundamental presuppositions have suffered from a debilitating stagnation. … The fact that we humans tend to be comfortable with a regime of animal exploitation dating back thousands of years is not a justification for our continued subjugation of animals. It is an obstacle that we urgently need to overcome. To this end, what we need more than anything else is thinkers with the courage and the determination to break the images in the temple.
** Foreword to Animals as Persons: Essays on the Abolition of Animal Exploitation by Gary L. Francione, Columbia University Press, 2009.
# Environment of India

The environment of India comprises some of the world's most biodiverse ecozones. The Deccan Traps, Gangetic Plains and the Himalayas are the major geographical features. The country faces different forms of pollution as its major environmental issue and is more vulnerable to the effects of climate change being a developing nation. India has laws protecting the environment and is one of the countries that signed the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) treaty. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and each particular state forest departments plan and implement environmental policies throughout the country.

## Quotes

* Nature seems to have taken pleasure in embellishing and enriching the favoured country of Hindostan with every choicest gift. Under a pure sky and brilliant sun the soil produces the most exquisite fruits, and the most abundant harvests; the rocks are rich in gems, the mountains teem with gold, and the fleecy pod of the cotton furnishes in profusion the light garment fitted to the climate. In travelling in the interior, your eyes will often be enchanted with the most delicious landscapes. Amidst stupendous forests you will not unfrequently be charmed with a cultivated spot, where, if ever, you might realize the dreams of the poets, and indulge in that impassioned indolence which is the parent of poetry and of the fine arts.
** Maria Graham, quoted in Jain, S., & Jain, M. (2011). The India they saw: Foreign accounts. New Delhi: Ocean Books. vol 4.
* In the country of Hindustan there are four defences,... The second defence consists of woods and forests and trees, which, interweaving stem with stem and branch with branch, render it very difficult to penetrate into that country.
** Timur, in his (disputed) autobiography Malfuzat-i Timuri . in The history of India : as told by its own historians. The Muhammadan period" also in Lal, K. S. (1995). Growth of scheduled tribes and castes in medieval India.
* My upbringing does not allow me to take a life... When we go against nature then everything becomes dangerous; human beings too become dangerous. On the other hand, if we co-operate with nature, then she also co-operates with us.
** Narendra Modi, Quoted in Bear Grylls impressed with Modi’s 'humility'; says PM calm during crisis, agreed to sit in homemade raft Bear Grylls
# Envy (film)

Envy is a 2004 American comedy film directed by Barry Levinson. It stars Ben Stiller and Jack Black.

## J-Man

* Don't hassle me about crumbs, man. Because I am on the edge of the edge.

## Bosco

* And when you see the J-Man, you tell him, "Bosco says we're even." And up your ass with Mobil Gas.

## Dialogue

    Bosco: Tim?
    Tim: Yeah?
    Bosco: Tim?
    Tim: Yeah?
    Bosco: You're Tim?
    Tim: Yeah, I'm Tim.
    Michael: [as Tim has put him to bed] Daddy, why can't we have a flan?

## External links

* Encyclopedic article on Envy (2004 film) on Wikipedia
# Enzo Ferrari

Enzo Anselmo Giuseppe Maria Ferrari, (Italian: [ˈɛntso anˈsɛlmo ferˈraːri]; 20 February 1898 – 14 August 1988) was an Italian motor racing driver and entrepreneur, the founder of the Scuderia Ferrari Grand Prix motor racing team, and subsequently of the Ferrari automobile marque. He was widely known as "il Commendatore" or "il Drake". In his final years he was often referred to as "l'Ingegnere" (the Engineer) or "il Grande Vecchio (the Great Old Man)".

## Quotes

* They are cars which the sporting client can use on the road during the week and race on Sundays.
** As quoted by Quentin Wilson, Great Car (New York: Dorling Kindersley Publishing, 2001), 1st American edition, p. 232
* His death has deprived us of a great champion - one that I loved very much. My past is scarred with grief; parents, brother, son. My life is full of sad memories. I look back and see the faces of my loved ones, and among them I see him.
** Ferrari's response to the death of famed racing driver Gilles Villeneueve in 1982, as quoted by Gerald Donaldson in Gilles Villeneuve: The Life of the Legendary Racing Driver (1989), p. 322

## Quotes about Ferrari

* One day in Modena I was entering a restaurant when I recognized Ferrari sitting at one of the tables. As I passed I tried to greet him, but he turned his head away and pretended to be talking to the person next to him. He was ignoring me! I used to have contact with Adolfo and Omer Orsi of Maserati, Renzo Rivolta of ISO, even Alejandro de Tomaso. But Ferrari never spoke to me again. He was a great man, I admit, but it was so very easy to upset him.
** Ferruccio Lamborghini, one of Ferrari's most prominent rivals in the sports car business. "Interview with Ferruccio Lamborghini", Thoroughbred & Classic Cars, 1 January 1991
# Enumerative geometry

In mathematics, enumerative geometry is the branch of algebraic geometry concerned with counting numbers of solutions to geometric questions, mainly by means of intersection theory.

## Quotes

* Enumerative geometry is an old subject that has been revisited extensively over the past 150 years. Enumerative geometry was an active field in the 19th century. … Unfortunately, many fundamental enumerative problems eluded the best mathematicians for most of the 20th century. Progress came from a seemingly unlikely source: string theory in physics.
** Sheldon Katz (2006). Enumerative Geometry and String Theory. American Mathematical Society. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-8218-3687-3.
# Hugh Grant

Hugh John Mungo Grant (born 9 September 1960) is an English actor. His awards include a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, and an Honorary César. As of 2018, his films have grossed a total of nearly US$3 billion worldwide from 29 theatrical releases

## Quotes

* In the last couple of weeks I have seen the ads for the Wonder Bra. Is that really a problem in this country? Men not paying enough attention to women’s breasts?
* Margaret Thatcher used to say: "I can't win an election and survive politically without bending over to the power of the press." Well, look what's happening now: the "leave" Brexit campaign has been a media maniac affair. Media is an occult power in our so-called civilized, enlightened society.
* Politics is stressful, it's scary, tiresome. Acting is like a breath of fresh air. They're both fictional kind of creativity: politicians are bad actors.
* It was the same approach as the first one, which was just to make sure that it was as crap as we wanted it to be. The key is to stop the stunt coordinator from coming in to make it look like a film fight. We just wanted it to be two pathetic Englishmen scared of each other, throwing their handbags at each other, basically. (on his screen fight with Colin Firth in Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004))

## External links

* Hugh Grant on IMDb
# Hugh Jackman

Hugh Michael Jackman (born October 12, 1968) is an British-American-Australian actor, singer, and producer.

## Quotes

* I was there for three weeks before I shot a single thing. And that first day of shooting... I was so nervous, man. Everyone was sort of going "Who's this guy?" You know, there was a lot of that, and... You know, "Is he gonna deliver?", and that-- You can feel all that kinda pressure.
** Interview for X-Men (film), included as part of the ending montage in Deadpool & Wolverine
* It's always the suit's fault. Never the actor.
** Blooper for X-Men (film), included as part of the ending montage in Deadpool & Wolverine
* I think every male at some point thinks about playing James Bond so it was not right then, but it may be right if it comes back. I think you've got to be scared as an actor and keep taking risks. It doesn't always work out but it's a healthy place to be.
** "Jackman 'would consider' Bond role" – via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk. (October 15 2011).
* This is pretty much one of those roles that had me pinching myself all the way through the shoot. I got to shoot a big-budget, shamelessly old-fashioned romantic epic set against one of the most turbulent times in my native country's history, while, at the same time, celebrating that country's natural beauty, its people, its cultures... I'll die a happy man knowing I've got this film on my CV.
** "Big Down Under". Evening Herald. (11 December 2008).
* Nothing has ever opened my eyes like transcendental meditation has. It makes me calm and happy, and, well, it gives me some peace and quiet in what’s a pretty chaotic life!
** "'Meditation Has Changed My Life,' Says Hugh Jackman". Huffington Post. (1 July 2013).
* The Broadway thing is full-on—we were nine months in, six days a week. When you get a week off, there’s something so miraculous about it and freeing. I was sitting on a beach, not a care in the world, and for some reason, the thought came into my head: What do you want to do? And the first two things had nothing to do with work—then literally, I thought: Deadpool-Wolverine. I want to do that movie. That’s what I want.
** Deadpool & Wolverine: Inside the Superhero Movie That Plays Rough. Vanity Fair. (24 June 2024)
# Hugh Downs

Hugh Downs (born February 14, 1921, in Akron, Ohio) is a long-time American broadcaster, television host, news anchor, TV producer, author, game show host, and music composer.

## Quotes

* Such close observations of apes and birds and dolphins remind us that humanity is part of a great animal kingdom. All species within this kingdom differ from one another in significant ways, to be sure, but the kingdom does not seem to be organized on the superior/inferior hierarchy. Species are merely different from one another; they are not better than, nor more or less advanced than, each other. The core experience of all animal life is strikingly similar.
** "ABC Radio Perspective on ABC News 20/20 on May 29, 1994"
* This country is a one-party country. Half of it is called Republican and half is called Democrat. It doesn't make any difference. All the really good ideas belong to the Libertarians.
** (1997)
* In today's anti-drug climate, people don't want to hear about the commercial potential of marijuana. The reason is that the flowering top of a female hemp plant contains a drug. But from 1842 through the 1890s a powerful concentrated extract of marijuana was the second most prescribed drug in the United States. In all that time the medical literature didn't list any of the ill effects claimed by today's drug warriors.
** "Hugh Downs commentary on hemp, for ABC News, NY, 11/90"
* If hemp could supply the energy needs of the United States, its value would be inestimable. Now that the drug czar is in final retreat, America has an opportunity to, once and for all, say farewell to the Exxon Valdez, Saddam Hussein and a prohibitively expensive brinkmanship in the desert sands of Saudi Arabia.
** "Hugh Downs commentary on hemp, for ABC News, NY, 11/90"

## Attributed

* A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
* I've always thought that the stereotype of the dirty old man is really the creation of a dirty young man who wants the field to himself.
* I have no ego investment in being on the air. I don't knock others for whom that kind of attention is like oxygen, but I don't miss anything about it.
* To have a facility like this really adds a world-class potential (to the area), … I'm sure I'll be out here to see some shows.

## External links

* ABCNEWS.com : ABCNEWS' Hugh Downs (not currently active- please usethe archive at web.archive.org)
* Arizona State University Hugh Downs School of Communication
* Hugh Downs' entry at IMDB.com
* Transcript of Hugh Downs commentary on hemp, for ABC News, NY, 11/90
# John VI Kantakouzenos

John VI Kantakouzenos or Cantacuzene (c. 1292 – 15 June 1383) was a Byzantine Greek nobleman, statesman, and general. He served as grand domestic under Andronikos III Palaiologos and regent for John V Palaiologos before reigning as Byzantine emperor in his own right from 1347 to 1354. Deposed by his former ward, he was forced to retire to a monastery under the name Joasaph Christodoulos and spent the remainder of his life as a monk and historian, who later wrote a history of the empire for the period 1320–1356.

## Quotes

* There is nothing more conducive to the destruction of a nation, whether it be republic or monarchy, than the lack of men of wisdom or intellect.
** Letter to the ambassadors of Anne of Savoy, quoted in Norwich, J.J. (1995). Byzantium: The Decline and Fall. London: Viking. p. 293. ISBN 978-0-670-82377-2.
# John Vance Cheney

John Vance Cheney (29 December 1848 – 1 May 1922) was an American poet.

## Quotes
### Tears (1892)

* Not in the time of pleasure Hope doth set her bow; But in the sky of sorrow, Over the vale of woe. Through gloom and shadow look we On beyond the years! The soul would have no rainbow Had the eyes no tears.
** The Century Vol. 44, Issue 4 (August 1892)

### The Happiest Heart

* Who drives the horses of the sun Shall lord it but a day; Better the lowly deed were done, And kept the humble way.
* The rust will find the sword of fame, The dust will hide the crown; Ay, none shall nail so high his name Time will not tear it down.
* The happiest heart that ever beat Was in some quiet breast That found the common daylight sweet, And left to Heaven the rest.
# John Vaughan (chief justice)

Sir John Vaughan SL (14 September 1603 – 10 December 1674), of Trawsgoed, was a justice in the Kingdom of England.

## Quotes

* Le impress de authority done par le Roy doit silencer inquiry al discretion dun Judge *; le Roy sole est le proper Judge del ability de ses Ministers et les Chef Justices sont deins le Statute de Scand.
** Translation: The stamp of authority given by the King ought to silence any inquiry into the discretion of a Judge; the King alone is the proper Judge of the ability of his ministers, and the Chief Justices are within the Statute of Scandal.
** Bushel's Case (1670), Jones's (Sir Thos.) Rep. 15.
* Pur dishonest Judgm't Judges povent estre punv. Mirror de Justices report que 44 fueront pendus pur cest cause.
** Translation: For dishonest judgment Judges may be punished. Mirror of Justices reports that 44 were hanged for this cause.
** Bushel's Case (1670), Jones's (Sir Thos.) Rep. 15.
* Sans fact conus, est impossible de seier la ley sur cest fact.
** Translation: Without a known fact, it is impossible to know the law on that fact.
** Bushel's Case (1670), Jones's (Sir Thos.) Rep. 16.
* La ley est un egal dispenser de Justice, et ne relinque aucun sans remedy sur son droit, sans son propre laches.
** Translation: The law is an equal dispenser of Justice, and leaves none without a remedy, for his right, without his own laches.
** Tustian v. Roper (1670), Jones's (Sir Thos.) Rep. 32.
* Jeo concede que est le opinion Seigniour Coke, mes salva reverentia al ey grand sage et pere del ley.
** Translation: I grant that it is the opinion of Lord Coke, but salva reverentia to so great a sage and father of the law.
** Tustian v. Roper (1670), Jones's (Sir Thos.) Rep. 35.
* Comparative necessairement suppose un positive, et que riens est un mere privative.
** Translation: A comparative necessarily supposes a positive, and nothing is a meer privative.
** Tustian v. Roper (1670), Jones's (Sir Thos.) Rep. 37.
# John Vanbrugh

Sir John Vanbrugh (January 24, 1664? – March 26, 1726) was an English architect and dramatist, perhaps best known as the designer of Blenheim Palace.

## Quotes

* Once a woman has given you her heart you can never get rid of the rest of her.
** The Relapse, Act II, sc. i (1697)
* Thinking is to me the greatest fatigue in the world.
** The Relapse, Act II, sc. 1 (1697)
* No man worth having is true to his wife, or can be true to his wife, or ever was, or ever will be so.
** The Relapse, Act III, sc. ii (1697)
* Belinda: Ay, but you know we must return good for evil. Lady Brute: That may be a mistake in the translation.
** The Provoked Wife, Act I, sc. i (1698)
* When debtors once have borrowed all we have to lend, they are very apt to grow shy of their creditors' company.
** The Provoked Wife (1698)
* He laughs best who laughs last.
** The Country House, Act II, sc. v (1706)
* Much of a muchness.
** The Provoked Husband. Act I, sc. i (1728)
** Completed by Colley Cibber
* The want of a thing is perplexing enough, but the possession of it is intolerable.
** The Confederacy, Act I, sc ii.
* As if a woman of education bought things because she wanted 'em.
** The Confederacy, Act II, sc. i.

## External links

* Vanbrugh, The Provoked Wife. Use with caution, this is an abridged and bowdlerised text.
# John Venn

John Venn FRS (4 August 1834 – 4 April 1923) was a British logician and philosopher.

## Quotes

* We endeavour to employ only symmetrical figures, such as should not only be an aid to reasoning, through the sense of sight, but should also be to some extent elegant in themselves.
** Symbolic Logic (1881)
# John Vianney

Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney (8 May 1786 – 4 August 1859) was a French Catholic priest who is venerated in the Catholic Church as a saint and as the patron saint of parish priests.

## Quotes

* God has filled our hearts with desires so vast and so magnificent that nothing in creation is capable of satisfying them. Thus it is that in the hope of finding some pleasure, we attach ourselves to created objects and that we have no sooner possessed and sampled that which we have so ardently desired than we turn to something else, hoping to find what we wanted. We are, then, through our own experience, constrained to admit that it is but useless for us to want to derive our happiness here below from transient things. If we hope to have any consolation in this world, it will only be by despising the things which are passing and which have no lasting value and in striving towards the noble and happy end for which God has created us. Do you want to be happy, my friends? Fix your eyes on Heaven; it is there that your hearts will find that which will satisfy them completely.
** Do You Want to Be Happy?
# John Vorhaus

John Vorhaus is an American novelist and author of nonfiction books about comedy writing and poker.

## Quotes
### Poker Night (2004)

    full title: Poker Night: Winning at Home, at the Casino, and Beyond
* There's a deeper reason, though, for not striving for excellence, ... and it has to do with how we view ourselves and our endeavors in this world. Many of us recognize that not trying is a reasonable excuse for not succeeding. That is, if we don't give something our best effort, we can always point to that fact as the basis for poor results. If, on the other hand, we give... everything we've got and still don't win, well, that's a fairly bitter pill to swallow.... I don't buy this defeatist attitude.
** Introduction
* The controlling idea... in so many facets of human interaction is: If you can't be right, be loud; if you're loud enough long enough, you will appear to be right.
** Introduction
* [That] is the essence of poker: making tricky decisions based on incomplete information.
** Introduction

### Replace, Wince, Repeat (2007)

    full title: Replace, Wince, Repeat: How I cast off my bum right hip, then did it again
* The universe... doesn't owe us anything but an education, and it gives us lessons every day.
** U.S. News & World Report, July 15, 2007

### Under the Gun (2008)

* To an asshole, the whole world looks dark.
** Chapter 21

### The Albuquerque Turkey (2011)

* Go off in all directions at once; you're bound to get somewhere somehow.
** Chapter 15
* I've lost myself in my work many times. If you love what you do, this can be a Zen thing, where past and future recede to a vanishing point and leave nothing but the perfect vexing, challenging, beguiling now.
** Chapter 17