Trivium quote of the moment

Each year, Americans throw out more than 12 million tons of furniture.

--Debra Kamin, NYT

Trivium quote of the moment

A painting by abstract Dutch artist Piet Mondrian has been hanging upside down in various museums since it was first put on display 75 years ago, an art historian has found, but warned it could disintegrate if it was hung the right side up now.

--Philip Oltermann

WHAT happened WHEN quote of the moment

Remains that were found in southeastern Colorado in 1988 have been identified as a woman whose daughter reported her missing in 1996, the Baca County Sheriff's Office said.

--Angela Case

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Accommodation is not a shield from criticism.

--Roxane Gay

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Everybody has these rituals. Making art for me became that system of losing yourself, or finding infinity. Or something.

--Steve Keene

Simple food preparation quote of the moment

...insert your chopsticks into one of the openings in the pre-semi-sliced piece of meat, and gently jostle the cutlet for 60 seconds.

--Casey Baseel 

Your power to control the greatness of a country's dish quote of the moment

Katsudon is one of Japan's greatest meals…provided you're not the one doing the cooking. 

--Casey Baseel

Winning thought quote of the moment

Oh, and by the way, if you're thinking that a combination of curry roux, garlic, and ginger doesn't just make for a strong flavor, but also a powerful smell, you're absolutely correct. 

--Casey Baseel

Quote in a quote of the moment

Lawrence Sutin characterized [Philip K.] Dick's style as "wayward and sprawling, in the spirit of a new Orange County shopping mall."

--Molly Young

Quote of the moment

And at a time when prepping suddenly seems a lot more rational, why not test-drive our eventual doom? (Especially when that means partying.)

--Ricardo Nagaoka

Nutrition quote of the moment

The yolk houses most of the nutrients, including the fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E and K, as well as all of the choline, lutein and zeaxanthin. 

--Natalie Rizzo, today.com

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 "You won't protect what you don't love." 

--Jacques Cousteau

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You can't be a slave to the outside forces.

--Sam Worthington

Quote of the moment

The need to give your absolute best in every situation is a lie sold to you by a gym teacher, a coach and capitalism. No, you do not owe everything 110%. You actually owe most things a 70, maybe even a 60. The world does not require your perfection.

--Nora McInerny

Partial Quote of the Moment

Neurology is about 15 years behind cancer...

--Frances Jensen

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When you're a drug addict, it's all math.

--Matthew Perry

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All this military stuff is fun and games until it's not fun and games.

--Ukrainian solider ("Gadfly")

Quote of the moment

I need some police protection immediately. It is of vital national interest. It is related to Sept. 11, and people want to erase me from the face of the earth. I'm not crazy.  <Fremont police captain> knows me. I'm a Christian. I just need some help, and then the U.S. Government will take it from here. I know this sounds crazy. You don't have instructions for this.

--Tony Cirigliano - 911 call

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Intuition is nothing but the outcome of earlier intellectual experience.

--Albert Einstein

Quote of the moment

It's not that the Grilled Cheese Dipping Tacos are bad, it's that they feel kind of unnecessary.

--Dustin Nelson

I tried to kill him, you got a problem with that?

--Lee Johnson

(currently being held on murder charges, in the same jail where he is accused of killing his cellmate)

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In 2013, [Mary McCaslin] did meet her birth mother, Ooh Wah Nah Chasing Bear, a member of the Kiowa Apache tribe, and her brother, Eric.

--Penelope Green

Data of the moment

Payroll expenses account for around half the cost of a loaf of bread. Raw materials and energy constitute another third.

--NYT (probably via Attila Pécsi)

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There is a difference between existence and behavior.

--Anne Hathaway

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What an odd thing a diary is: The things you omit are more important than those you put in.

--Simone de Beauvoir

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The wrong consent given to the wrong company can lead to pretty much any nightmare the mind can weave.

--Will Bedingfield

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If you're a big fan of this franchise, then "[Halloween] Ends" might become one of your favorite entries because it is terrible in all the right ways.

--Aaron Gleason

Long term inner dog viewing quote of the moment

She's skinny and looks terrible, but that's okay because it's temporary.

--Galler Lastra

McDonald's Hallowe'en Boo Bucket quote of the moment

McPunk'n looks happy, McBoo looks slightly started, and McGoblin looks ... sleepy, but he's probably supposed to look scary.

--Gael Cooper

{Disclosure: although b1-66er does not eat their food, he is a shareholder in MCD ... [up 14% from the original stock purchase 2 years ago!]}

Partial quote of the moment

It's unseemly for a grown woman to be racing chipmunks for chipmunk food...

--Margaret Renkl

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I think that everybody has an opinion about what they want to have opinion about. 

--Guy Fieri

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People with mental illness are more likely to be victims of crime than perpetrators of a crime.

--James Bedford

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But white tigers are not, in fact, mystical. They're mutants.

--Chris Jones & Michael Mooney 

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Wondering whether the xiaolongbao wrapper will break on the long journey between the steaming basket and your mouth is one of the most suspenseful moments that can take place at a dining table.

--Maggie Wong 

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Who I am today is because of the decisions I made in the past.

--Anna Sorokin

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Judges simply are not very good at tracing out the economic impacts of a particular law. Or at predicting just how much the price of ham will go up in Wisconsin if California imposes new burdens on pork producers.

--Ian Millhiser

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Something said 100 times is not 50 times more correct than statements that are made twice. 

-John Rakenthaler

With Loretta [Lynn] you just turn on the mic, stand back and hold on.

--John Carter Cash

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There are alligators running around, and there are snakes all over the place.

--Fire Chief William Briscoe

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Our entire society is perfectly designed to create Type 2 diabetes.

--Gene Schillinger

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The bar for men is set so low that even finding your wife attractive is deemed worthy of congratulations. 

--Rebecca Tidy