“No harder than walking a tightrope over a pit. A deep pit. Filled with sharks. Radioactive sharks.”
John C. Wright (1961) American novelist and technical writer
Source: Titans of Chaos (2007), Chapter 10, “Love’s Proper Hue” Section 7 (p. 157)
“It was the advent of the second plane, sharking in low over the Statue of Liberty: that was the defining moment.”
"Fear and loathing" (2001)
Context: It was the advent of the second plane, sharking in low over the Statue of Liberty: that was the defining moment. Until then, America thought she was witnessing nothing more serious than the worst aviation disaster in history; now she had a sense of the fantastic vehemence ranged against her.
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Wei Dai Cryptocurrency pioneer and computer scientist
In a discussion thread https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/cgrvvp9QzjiFuYwLi/high-status-and-stupidity-why#64QSdqdMekvGrpuaH on LessWrong, January 2010 <br class="br">Context: One solution [to the problem that high status might cause stupidity] that might work (and I think has worked for me, although I didn't consciously choose it) is to periodically start over. Once you've achieved recognition in some area, and no longer have as much interest in it as you used to, go into a different community focused on a different topic, and start over from a low-status (or at least not very high status) position.
“When they talk about legal status, that's code for second-class status.”
Hillary Clinton (1947) American politician, senator, Secretary of State, First Lady
May 5, 2015
Presidential campaign (April 12, 2015 – 2016)
“The last woman I was in was the Statue of Liberty.”
Woody Allen (1935) American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician
“United States: the country where liberty is a statue.”
Nicanor Parra (1914–2018) writer, poet, matematician, fisic
Source: Artefactos
Jerry Springer (1944) American television presenter, former lawyer, politician, news presenter, actor, and musician
Speech given January 2003. <br class="br"> This American Life http://www.thislife.org/pages/descriptions/04/258.html, Ep. 258, 01/30/04, Leaving the Fold; Act One.
“We believe that the Statue of Liberty is an important symbol of freedom for our country.”
Kenneth Chenault (1951) American business executive
A Principled Leader (2004)
Context: We believe that the Statue of Liberty is an important symbol of freedom for our country. And as [film director] Martin Scorcese, who is involved in the Statue’s latest fundraising campaign, said, what is most impressive is not just what the Statue of Liberty represents for Americans but really what it represents to the whole world.<!-- ** p. 10
Benjamin N. Cardozo (1870–1938) United States federal judge
Other writings, The Paradoxes of Legal Science (1928)