Source: The Boat of a Million Years (1989), Chapter 17 “Steel” (p. 306)
“OK, everybody, I got to get to Star Wars.”
Barack Obama (1961) 44th President of the United States of America
"Obama cuts off press conference to go see 'Star Wars'" http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/263757-obama-cuts-off-press-conference-to-go-see-star-wars, The Hill (18 December 2015) <br class="br">2015
Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) American art collector and experimental writer of novels, poetry and plays
Statement about World War II (written in 1943), p. 77
Wars I Have Seen (1945)
David Bowie (1947–2016) British musician, actor, record producer and arranger
"Lazarus" · Video at YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-JqH1M4Ya8 <br class="br">Song lyrics, Blackstar (2016) <br class="br">Context: Look up here, I’m in heaven<br>I’ve got scars that can’t be seen<br>I’ve got drama, can’t be stolen<br>Everybody knows me now Look up here, man, I’m in danger<br>I’ve got nothing left to lose<br>I’m so high it makes my brain whirl<br>Dropped my cell phone down below Ain’t that just like me
Robert Nozick (1938–2002) American political philosopher
Source: (1974), Ch. 10 : A Framework for Utopia; The Framework as Utopian Common Ground, p. 320
“The problem is that everybody treats teenagers like they're stupid.”
Johnny Depp (1963) American actor, film producer, and musician
“Stupidity, especially in its nastiest forms of racism and superstition.”
Christopher Hitchens (1949–2011) British American author and journalist
Source: Hitch-22: A Memoir
“And everybody got they opinions
But they ain't got no money”
Fetty Wap (1991) American rapper and singer from New Jersey
"Time" (feat. Monty)
John Lennon (1940–1980) English singer and songwriter
On his song "Instant Karma!", prompted by the use of the phrase "Instant Karma" by Melinde Kendall, the wife of Yoko Ono's former husband Tony Cox, as quoted in All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono (2000) by David Sheff
Playboy interview (1980)
Context: It just came to me. Everybody was going on about karma, especially in the Sixties. But it occurred to me that karma is instant as well as it influences your past life or your future life. There really is a reaction to what you do now. That's what people ought to be concerned about. Also, I'm fascinated by commercials and promotion as an art form. I enjoy them. So the idea of instant karma was like the idea of instant coffee: presenting something in a new form. I just liked it.
