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WEEKEND EDITION, SEPTEMBER 1-2, 2007
S T R a Y talk A CENTER-CUT, NO-FAT REVIEW OF WHAT WAS SAID THIS PAST WEEK BY FOLKS THE WORLD OVER AND RIGHT AT HOME
“Anyone can have a bad day, a very bad day.” — Bernie Brillstein, a veteran Hollywood manager, on the general attitude of Hollywood toward actor Owen Wilson’s suicide attempt on Sunday Prices good with this coupon only
“People will say, ‘Why did you move there knowing that there was an airport?’ It’s not about that anymore. The issue is that the airport is a disaster waiting to happen.” — Ellen Mark, a Sunset Park resident who claims her quality of life has diminished due to the plane traffic
“I believe he should resign because I believe character is an extremely important qualification for public service.” — Bryan Fischer, of the Idaho Values Alliance, on Republican Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho, who was arrested for soliciting sex from an undercover male cop in an airport bathroom
“It’s as dark as the eighth circle of hell.” — Ben Fitzgerald, a Georgina Avenue resident, on the necessity for new street lighting, half of which will be funded by neighborhood residents
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ONE EMPTY STORE DOESN’T HELP TRADER JOE’S AND IT DOESN’T HELP ME ANY.” — Jim Spear, landlord of the closing Airport Pharmacy, refuting claims that he failed to renew the pharmacy’s lease in order to give Trader Joe’s the master lease
“If George Bush’s government were as good and decent and focused as the people of New Orleans, whole parts of the city would not still look like the storm just hit. This is a national disgrace.”
— Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, who launched his presidential campaign from the Ninth Ward, which hasn’t improved much from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina two years ago
“She’s funky.” — Excerpt from an Entertainment Weekly Web site report about Britney Spears’ new sound
“In terms of risk, we have the unusual luck of having all of our faults right beneath us, so even an earthquake that is relatively small and unimportant on the geographical scale can still have devastating consequences here in Los Angeles.” — David Bowman, chair of the Department of Geological Sciences at Cal State Fullerton
. Quotations captured and compiled with care by CYNTHIA VAZQUEZ.
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