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{{quote|''"It's been speculated that Chapman killed John Lennon in order to preserve his innocence -- which is odd considering Lennon was like 40 years old at the time . . . but even if Lennon was about to enter puberty at the age of 41, [[The Catcher in The Rye |
{{quote|''"It's been speculated that Chapman killed John Lennon in order to preserve his innocence -- which is odd considering Lennon was like 40 years old at the time . . . but even if Lennon was about to enter puberty at the age of 41, [[The Catcher in The Rye|the book]] doesn't support that action: Holden, while initially wanting to protect children, realizes that he's no role model, and they're all better off left alone anyway."''|[http://www.cracked.com/article_18568_the-5-greatest-books-with-psychotic-fan-bases.html Connor Thorpe of Cracked.com]}} |
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{{quote|''What I find strange and oddly disturbing is that Gordon Gekko has been mythologized and elevated from the role of villain to that of hero . . . After so many encounters with Gekko admirers or wannabes, I wish I could go back and rewrite the greed line to this: "Greed is Good. But I've never seen a Brinks truck pull up to a cemetery."''|'''Stanley Weiser''', co-scriptwriter of ''[[Wall Street]]''}} |
{{quote|''What I find strange and oddly disturbing is that Gordon Gekko has been mythologized and elevated from the role of villain to that of hero . . . After so many encounters with Gekko admirers or wannabes, I wish I could go back and rewrite the greed line to this: "Greed is Good. But I've never seen a Brinks truck pull up to a cemetery."''|'''Stanley Weiser''', co-scriptwriter of ''[[Wall Street]]''}} |
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{{quote|''"It's at this point that you start to wonder if [[Taylor Swift]] even knows how [[Romeo and Juliet]] '''[[Downer Ending|ends]]!'''"''|'''[[ |
{{quote|''"It's at this point that you start to wonder if [[Taylor Swift]] even knows how [[Romeo and Juliet]] '''[[Downer Ending|ends]]!'''"''|'''[[The Nostalgia Chick]]'''}} |
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{{quote|''"What I hoped would have been [[Buffy-Speak|a higher art thing]] became a frat house, date-rape, strip club anthem. Sad."''|'''[[Nine Inch Nails|Trent Reznor]]''' on "Closer"}} |
{{quote|''"What I hoped would have been [[Buffy-Speak|a higher art thing]] became a frat house, date-rape, strip club anthem. Sad."''|'''[[Nine Inch Nails|Trent Reznor]]''' on "Closer"}} |
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"It's been speculated that Chapman killed John Lennon in order to preserve his innocence -- which is odd considering Lennon was like 40 years old at the time . . . but even if Lennon was about to enter puberty at the age of 41, the book doesn't support that action: Holden, while initially wanting to protect children, realizes that he's no role model, and they're all better off left alone anyway."
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What I find strange and oddly disturbing is that Gordon Gekko has been mythologized and elevated from the role of villain to that of hero . . . After so many encounters with Gekko admirers or wannabes, I wish I could go back and rewrite the greed line to this: "Greed is Good. But I've never seen a Brinks truck pull up to a cemetery."
—Stanley Weiser, co-scriptwriter of Wall Street
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"What I hoped would have been a higher art thing became a frat house, date-rape, strip club anthem. Sad."
—Trent Reznor on "Closer"
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"The worst readers are those who proceed like plundering soldiers: they pick up a few things they can use, soil and confuse the rest, and blaspheme the whole."
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