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[1983]
“Liberty presumes an autonomy of self that includes freedom of thought, belief, expression, and certain intimate conduct....When sexuality finds overt expression in intimate conduct with another person, the conduct can be but one element in a personal bond that is more enduring. The liberty protected by the Constitution allows homosexual persons the right to make this choice.”
-- Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, Lawrence vs. Texas
[1984]
Magic is an art, as capable of beauty as music, painting or poetry. But the core of every trick is a cold, cognitive experiment in perception: Does the trick fool the audience? A magician’s data sample spans centuries, and his experiments have been replicated often enough to constitute near-certainty. Neuroscientists—well intentioned as they are—are gathering soil samples from the foot of a mountain that magicians have mapped and mined for centuries. MRI machines are awesome, but if you want to learn the psychology of magic, you’re better off with Cub Scouts and hard candy.
--Teller, Smithsonian Magazine
[1985]
God is a fragile thing, killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense.
[1986]
The Older I Get the Better I Was
--Joe Shelton's Blues album title
[1987]
"I think it would be a good idea."
-- Gandhi's reply to the reporter's question "What do you think of Western civilization?"