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# CrossGen

CrossGen was a short-lived American comic book publisher that published a number of series between 1998 and 2004. Most of their series centered on a single metaplot, which culminated in the crossover title Negation War. Unfortunately, that title was never completed, due to the company's bankruptcy, and so this grand metaplot remains unfinished.

## General or Repeated Quotes

    This conversation was a two-page spread at the beginning of Crossgen's first four series. It takes place between two mysterious and unnamed characters, dubbed Creator and Sidekick by the fanbase.
Creator: This place grows colder, my friend. Its energy wanes. I am seeking a solution, and eager welcome your thoughts. Sidekick: It is not like you to be so troubled. Creator: So long ago, when it was all set in motion, it was so... fascinating in its complexity. It surprised even me. Now things are static, worlds grow cold, and what were once glorious fields of battle lay still and barren. The problem is not simply lazy warriors. The vital energies on which we all depend are fading away... it shouldn't happen like this... Yet it is! It is dying and the First do nothing to prevent it! Sidekick: Because the First don't understand. They have no idea of the connection between their actions and the whole. Creator: Yes. They need... motivation. They must be forced to reignite the cycle... Yet... they know nothing of my existence. To do so would change them... Sidekick: Why look only to the First? There are many worlds open to you. So many people... If you were to step in quietly - walk among them. Then a gentle touch, to add just a small mark of your passage - a sign. Your sign. Imagine... each world, one soul, marked with the sigil, opened to the power. Creator: Why just one? Sidekick: I was thinking in terms of efficiency. The number is unimportant. A small number makes for a clear burden on each. Too many, and they let someone else do the work. Creator: As we have already seen with the First. Still... Sidekick: Come...

## Meridian
### Issue 03

Caption (Narration Box): In Meridian, when people die, we light a pyre and gather... remembering their lives in thought or story until we're ready to let them go. Then we send their spirit to the stars as we scatter their ashes to the wind. Sephie: I have no ashes, Papa, so this isn't a proper farewell...
# Cross Country Detours

Cross Country Detours is a 1940 Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Tex Avery.

## Dialogue

    [first lines]
    Narrator: Animal life and scenic wonders of our country. First, in California, we find one of the most beautiful of national parks: Yosemite, known to many a traveler. Tourists are often tempted to feed the tame bears in the park.
    [Bear hits a tourist over the head and shows him a sign that says, "Please do not feed the bears"]
    Bear: Listen, stupid! Can't you read?
    Narrator: Traveling southward back into the states, we were fortunate in photographing this tense drama of animal life: a ferocious bobcat about to pounce upon and devour this poor helpless little weakling, a baby quail. With muscles tense and ready to spring, the marauding killer comes closer and closer to this tiny, shivering little creature, so defenseless, so harmless. Only a baby! Poor little...
    Bobcat: [roars and gets ready to pounce, but then falls to the ground in tears] I can't do it! I can't! I can't go through with it! I can't! I can't!
    Narrator: There's something fascinating about the sound of a frog.
    [Frog comes out of the water to a lily pad]
    Narrator: Here we show you close up of a frog croaking.
    [frog uses his gun to commit suicide kills himself and splashes into the river the card shows: "PATRONS NOTICE - We are not responsible in any way for the puns used in this cartoon. The Management".]
    [last lines]
    Husky: Hello? What's this? Trees! Trees! Thousands and thousands of trees! And they're mine! All mine! (laughing) Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Trees, trees!

## Cast

* Mel Blanc as Bear / Scoutmaster / Polar Bear / Bobcat / Grand Canyon Tourist / Gila Monster / Husky (uncredited)
* Bea Benaderet as Deer / Little Girl / Phone Operator (uncredited)
* Sara Berner as Various (uncredited)
* Karlton Kadell as Narrator (uncredited)
# Croupier (film)

Croupier is a 1998 film about an aspiring writer who is hired as a croupier at a casino, where he realizes that his new job would make a great novel.
    Directed by Mike Hodges. Written by Paul Mayersberg.

## Jack Manfred

* [self reflection] Now he had become the still center of that spinning wheel of misfortune. The world turned 'round him leaving him miraculously untouched. The croupier had reached his goal. He no longer heard the sound of the ball.
* Hang on tightly, let go lightly.
* [voiceover] Chapter 3. His existence was forming an interesting pattern of betrayals. Sometimes he was unsure whether he was the betrayer or the betrayed.
* [voiceover] The world breaks everyone, and afterwards many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break, it kills - it kills the very good, and the very gentle, and the very brave, impartially. If you are none of these, you can be sure it will kill you, too, but there will be no special hurry.
* [voiceover] Welcome back Jack, to the house of addiction.
* I'm not an enigma, just a contradiction.
* [voiceover] A wave of elation came over him; he was hooked again... watching people lose.
* [voiceover] Chapter 13. It's all numbers, the croupier thought. Spin of the wheel, turn of the card, time of your life, date of your birth, year of your death. In the book of Numbers the Lord said, "Thou shall count thy steps."

## Others

* Jani de Villiers: I understand if you don't, but I hope that you do.
* Marion Nell: Most men'll fuck a lamppost.

## Dialogue

    Jani de Villiers: Do you believe in astrology?
    Jack: Absolutely not! But then, I'm a Gemini, and Geminis don't believe in astrology.
    Jack: Gambling's not about money... Gambling's about not facing reality, ignoring the odds.
    Marion: I must be a fool - I never think about the odds.
    Manicurist: So, what line of work are you in then?
    Jack: I'm an undertaker.
    David Reynolds: He's a good customer.
    Jack: A good customer is a consistent loser... but is that what he meant?
    Jack: "The world breaks everyone, and afterwards, some are strong at the broken places" - Ernest Hemingway.
    Matt: Wasn't he the one who shot himself?
    Lucy: You've been avoiding me.
    Jack: Have I? What's your name?
    Lucy: Lucy.
    Jack: So, what do you do, Lucy?
    Lucy: I'm a white witch!
    Jack: Are you gonna put a spell on me?
    Lucy: I might!
    Bella: How do I look?
    Jack: [to himself] Like trouble. [out loud] You look fine.
    Ross: You didn't recognize the man who attacked you did you?
    Jack: Of course I fucking recognized him.
    Ross: You did?
    Jack: I know a cheat when I see one... the man was a cheat.

## Taglines

* Life's a Gamble.
* Hang On Tightly... Let Go Lightly

## Cast

* Clive Owen - Jack Manfred
* Kate Hardie - Bella
* Alex Kingston - Jani de Villiers
* Gina McKee - Marion Nell
* Nicholas Ball - Jack Sr.
* Alexander Morton - David Reynolds
* Nick Reding - Giles Cremorne
* Paul Reynolds - Matt
* Barnaby Kay - Car Dealer

## External links

* Croupier quotes at the Internet Movie Database
# Crossroads (1986 film)

Crossroads is a 1986 cult film starring Ralph Macchio and inspired by the legend of Robert Johnson.
    Directed by Walter Hill. Written by John Fusco.

## Willie Brown

* Where I come from, you don't blow no harp, you don't get no pussy.
* Blues ain't nothing but a good man feeling bad, thinking about the woman he once was with.
* Lots of towns … lots of songs … lots of women … good times, bad times … the only thing I wanted anyone to say is … "He could really play … he was good."

## Others

* Scratch's Assistant: See you in hell, blind boy.
* Scratch's Assistant: Well, well, well. Who sent you here? Can't talk, little man? [laughs] Bet ya can't play none, either!

## Dialogue

    Willie Brown: Mileage. You can't get that living home with your momma wiping your butt.
    Eugene Martone: No, I don't live at home.
    Willie Brown: Where you live?
    Eugene Martone: It's a school dormitory.
    Willie Brown: [sarcastically] Oh, school dormitory. Oh, times is hard. Times is hard!
    Willie Brown: You got your mind made up about how everything works, don't you? How you gonna learn anything new when you know everything already?
    [He picks up Eugene's old, scratched acoustic guitar]
    Willie Brown: Look at this old guitar you been squeaking on. I bet you saw this thing in a music store and bought it just because you thought it was beat up. Well, you got it all wrong. Muddy Waters invented electricity!
    Scratch: You looking for me, Willie Brown? Been a long time, hasn't it, Willie? You about 17 last time we saw each other. One night on this old crossroad, wasn't it?
    Willie Brown: I come to see you, tell you the deal is off. Now, you slipped up on your end of things. I didn't end up where I wanted. I didn't end up with nothing, didn't get nothing!
    Scratch: You got what you was supposed to get, bluesman! Ain't nothing ever as good as we want it to be! But that ain't no reason to break a deal.
# Douglas Bader

Group Captain Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader CBE, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar, FRAeS, DL (21 February 1910 – 5 September 1982) was a Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter ace during the Second World War.

## Quotes

Bader attributed his success to the belief in the three basic rules, shared by the German ace-of-aces Erich Hartmann:
* If you had the height, you controlled the battle.
** Mackenzie 2008 p. 39.
** Lucas 1981, p. 95.
* If you came out of the sun, the enemy could not see you.
** Mackenzie 2008 p. 39.
** Lucas 1981, p. 95.
* If you held your fire until you were very close, you seldom missed.
** Mackenzie 2008 p. 39.
** Lucas 1981, p. 95.
* Don't listen to anyone who tells you that you can't do this or that. That's nonsense. Make up your mind, you'll never use crutches or a stick, then have a go at everything. Go to school, join in all the games you can. Go anywhere you want to. But never, never let them persuade you that things are too difficult or impossible.
* Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools.
** Brickhill 1954, p. 44. Note: (also quoted as "...for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.") In Reach for the Sky, this quote is attributed to Harry Day, the Royal Flying Corps First World War fighter ace.
* I am not one of those who see war as a cricket match where you first give anything to defeat the opponent and then shake hands
** Lucas 1981, p. 95.
* If you come out of the sun, the German will never see you coming.

## References
### Bibliography

* Brickhill, Paul. Reach for the Sky: The Story of Douglas Bader DSO, DFC. London: Odhams Press Ltd., 1954. ISBN 1-55750-222-6.
* Lucas, Laddie. Flying Colours: The Epic Story of Douglas Bader. London: Hutchinson Publishing Group, 1981. ISBN 0-09-146470-6
# Douglas Casey

Douglas Robert Casey (born May 5, 1946) is an American-born free market economist, best-selling financial author, and international investor and entrepreneur.

## Quotes

* That's where all the foreign aid (which might be defined as a transfer from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries) went as well. The U.S. government still squanders about $20 billion a year this way, and European governments spend proportionally even more; it's all gone straight down a giant rathole.
** Opportunity in Mozambique (1996)
# Douglas Davies

Douglas James Davies, FBA, FAcSS, FSLW (born 11 February 1947) is a Welsh Anglican theologian, anthropologist, and academic, specialising in the history, theology, and sociology of death. He is Professor in the Study of Religion at the University of Durham. His fields of expertise also include anthropology, the study of religion, the rituals and beliefs surrounding funerary rites and cremation around the globe, and Mormonism. His research interests cover identity and belief, and Anglican leadership.

## Quotes
### A Brief History of Death (2005)

* At the heart of death’s history lie not only the emotion of grief and the breaking of bonds between each other and our place in this world but also the hope of answering the queries and resolving the injustices of a lifetime.
** Ch. 1 : Journey Beyond.
# Douglas Crockford

Douglas Crockford (born 1955) is an American computer programmer and entrepreneur who is best known for his ongoing involvement in the development of the JavaScript language, for having popularized the data format JSON (JavaScript Object Notation), and for developing various JavaScript related tools such as JSLint and JSMin. He is currently a senior JavaScript architect at PayPal, and is also a writer and speaker on JavaScript, JSON, and related web technologies.

## Quotes

* The good thing about reinventing the wheel is that you can get a round one.
** In response to David Winer
* Progress comes from finding better ways to do things. Don’t be afraid of innovation. Don’t be afraid of ideas that are not your own.
** In response to David Winer
* JavaScript is built on some very good ideas and a few very bad ones. The very good ideas include functions, loose typing, dynamic objects, and an expressive object literal notation. The bad ideas include a programming model based on global variables.
** JavaScript: The Good Parts, 1.2. Analyzing JavaScript.
# Douglas Abbott Macgregor

Douglas Abbott Macgregor (born January 4, 1947) is a retired U.S. Army Colonel and government official, and an author, consultant, and television commentator.

## Quotes

* Well, at this point, I think, we have to conclude that there is a universal opposition to any peace arrangement that involves a recognition of any Russian success. In fact, if anything, it looks more and more as though Ukrainians are almost incidental to the operation, in the sense that they are there to impale themselves on the Russian army and die in great numbers. Because the real goal of this entire thing is the destruction of the Russian state and Vladimir Putin. And no one is prepared to stop anything as long as there is the slightest hope that something terrible will happen to Russia and to Putin. Of course, I don't see much evidence that that's going to be the case, but it doesn’t really matter here. Everyone has universally signed on for the Russian hate campaign, or hatred for Russia campaign, and that seems to go on regardless of what is reported. And frankly, the absence of much truth and reporting and a lot of wishful thinking in its place is hard to overestimate or exaggerate. It’s terrible.
** Former top Pentagon advisor Col. Doug Macgregor on Russia-Ukraine war, interview by Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate, The Grayzone (March 18, 2022)
* The issue for the Russians from the very beginning has been, "How do we proceed without killing large numbers of civilians and inflicting a lot of property damage?" And Putin gave very strict orders from the outset that they were to avoid these things. The problem with avoiding it is that it has slowed the progress of the operation to the point where it has given false hope both to the Ukrainians, but I think has been seized on by people in the West to try and convince the world that a defeat is in progress when, in fact, the opposite is the case. So, the war itself at this stage of the game could be decided very, very rapidly—permanently if Putin were to give the order and allow the forces to disregard the concern for civilians and property damage. But he hasn't done that. He has continued to negotiate even though he recognizes that the people sitting across from him really are not in a position to deliver very much. They’re being told what to do, and it's very obvious that Washington wants this to continue as long as possible in the hopes that Russia will be desperately harmed. I just don’t see that happening.
** Former top Pentagon advisor Col. Doug Macgregor on Russia-Ukraine war, interview by Max Blumenthal and Aaron Maté, The Grayzone (March 18, 2022).
* I really think the president and his supporting advisers believe that somehow or another, they're going to arrive at a negotiating table in the future where they will be able to dictate terms to Moscow. And that's not going to happen.
** Col. Macgregor: Biden wrongly conveying state of Ukraine, warns how western half could become 'firing range', By Charles Creitz, Fox News (April 21, 2022).

## External links

* Douglas Macgregor's webpage
# Douglas Applegate

Earl Douglas Applegate Jr. (March 27, 1928 – August 7, 2021) was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from Ohio's 18th congressional district from 1977 to 1995, as a member of the Democratic Party. Prior to his tenure in the United States House of Representatives he served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1961 to 1968, and in the Ohio Senate from 1969 to 1974.

## Quotes

* I am in receipt of your resolution in which you condemned the pay raise. Letters such as this could have proven invaluable to me had they been sent before the fact rather than after.
** As quoted in The Salem News (April 8, 1977)
*** Stated in response to a resolution by the Salem Democratic Central Committee condemning his vote in favor of a Congressional pay raise.
* If Mr. Tyler were truly serious about this subject, I would suggest that he visit a local VA cemetery in Chicago during the Memorial Day weekend and comprehend the fluttering of small flags which adorn the grave markers.
** As quoted in Mansfield News Journal (April 4, 1989)
*** Stated in response to an art piece by Dread Scott
* What in God's name is going on? This is an outrage. What will they allow next? Allow fornication in Times Square at high noon?
** As quoted in Los Angeles Times (June 23, 1989)
*** Stated in response to the ruling in Texas v. Johnson
* What next are the political arsonists going to burn? The Jefferson Memorial? The Lincoln Memorial? Or how about chipping away at the tombstones in Arlington Cemetery? Or how about the Justice Department building where the justices are saying that it is allowed to burn whatever one wants as long as they have a political message?
** As quoted in Lancaster Eagle-Gazette (June 17, 1990)
* I don't think Hussein is worth the loss of American lives or the $50 billion to $100 billion this is going to cost us.
** As quoted in Mansfield News-Journal (January 18, 1991)

## Quotes about Applegate

* He hasn't done a damn thing since he's been in there. I don't think he should stay there indefinitely if he doesn't shape up. He's become more of a right winger than Reagan.
** Wayne Hays in the The Star Press (August 13, 1980)
* All he does is send out a lot of press releases quoting a spokesman.
** Wayne Hays in the Zanesville Times Recorder (August 25, 1980)
# Douglas Den Uyl

Douglas J. Den Uyl (born 1950) is Vice President of Educational Programs at Liberty Fund.

## Quotes

* Roark, … like Socrates before him, appears quite willing to martyr himself. … The leading characters in Atlas Shrugged, however, have chosen voluntary exile—reminiscent of Aristotle’s response to Athens when he was charged with the same “crimes” as Socrates.
** Douglas J. Den Uyl, The Fountainhead: An American Novel (New York: 1999), p. 106
# Armitage III

Armitage III is a 1994 anime film series.
Some of the episodes of this series include:
* Volume 1: Electro Blood (50 minutes)
* Volume 2: Flesh & Stone (30 minutes)
* Volume 3: Heart Core (30 minutes)
* Volume 4: Bit of Love (30 minutes)
Please note that the series is Armitage the Third (a 3rd generation of Android) and not the 3rd movie in a series - there is no Armitage I or II.

## Vol.1: Electro Blood

    Armitage: If humans don't want me, then why did they create me?!

## Vol.2: Flesh & Stone

    [The elevator stops suddenly.]
    Armitage: What's wrong? Why did the elevator stop?
    Ross: I don't know. (elevator moves fastest) It won't stop!

## Vol.3: Heart Core

    [Ross drives around]
    Ross: Services here.
    Worker: Where have you been, the lieutenant's pissed off.
    [Julian suddenly fall down]]
    Julian: Dammit, someone just discovered me.
    Armitage: We are logging out, now! (pulls plug) Hey!
    Julian: Okay, someone is in me! Please help me! (evil voice, laughing) Well, it isn't Naomi Armitage, you think you found trouble, you can't stop me from killing, my dear! (evades by Armitage) Shoot me, I don't mind. I dare you! (laughing)
    Armitage: So you are not a man. Are you a Third Type?
    Julian: You wouldn't find my name for the clubs for failures.
    Armitage: What do you mean?
    Julian: You make me wench! Pretending to be humans, you could be one thing! All Thirds should be annihilated! (laughing)
    Armitage: I'll kill you! (shoots at the boards)
    Julian: (falls down) Oohh.
    Armitage: Julian, no!
    Julian: That bastard is not that original.
    Armitage: Oh, no! What's wrong?
    Julian: Don't touch me! This thing might affect you, get back! (screaming) Armitage, good bye.
    Armitage: Oh, no Julian! (screams)

## Vol.4: Bit of Love

    [Armitage forces Asakura to evacuate]
    Armitage: This is the police order... Evacuate!
    Asakura: You still a fireball aren't you, Naomi?
    Armitage: Papa! (shocks) Ooh.
# Armin Max

Armin Max (born 20 January 2004) is an Iranian digital artist and programmer.

## Quotes
### 2022

* "We must accept the digital future! The future of work and life, human exploration and knowledge requires a digital world based on science."
# Borislav Ristić

Borislav Ristić, is a Croatian journalist and columnist. He writes for Večernji list.

## Quotes

* The War is a halucination of those without homeland.
** quoted in: "Rat je halucinacija onih bez domovine" Večernji list. Published 11-08-2018.

## External links

* Author page with columns published in Večernji list listed