quote [ I am strong. I am brave. I am really good at vocabulary flash cards. ]

quote [ Charles Perrault is celebrated as the collector of some of the world?s best-known fairy tales. But his brothers were just as remarkable: Claude, an architect of the Louvre, and Pierre, who discovered the hydrological cycle. As Hugh Aldersey-Williams explores, all three were able to use positions within the orbit of the Sun King to advance their modern ideas about the world. ]

quote [ "When the wind blows you run away because you think it?s a night runner.? ]

quote [ ?Cars just should not be so important,? Henson said to me. ?Cars should be a hobby.? Automobile culture is a system in which individuals privately shoulder the cost of public economic life. If your car fails in Alabama ? and you cannot get to work, the grocery store, or school ? your life begins to fail. It?s a system that perpetuates poverty. ]

quote [ Under pressure to stem the tide of gay liberation, the secret police began debating new strategies. Departments exchanged flurries of memos debating what course of action the government should pursue. In 1985 the Stasi finally produced a new set of guidelines on how to prevent what it termed ?the political misuse of homosexuals.? Some of its recommendations were unsurprising, such as ramping up surveillance of gay activist leaders. But its final recommendation was entirely novel. It insisted that the government find ?resolution[s] to homosexuals? humanitarian problems.? That is, the Stasi decided to actually address activists? demands. ]

quote [ James Holman was a remarkable figure in the history of travel and exploration. Born in Exeter, England, in 1786, Holman lost his sight in his early twenties due to an unknown illness. Despite this setback, Holman went on to embark on a journey around the world that was both ambitious and unprecedented. ]

quote [ I was just looking to make rent when I stumbled into a part-time gig stealing secrets from Wall Street elite. I made millions once I realized how desperate we humans are for someone who will actually listen. ]

quote [ Disgraced Frank founder Charlie Javice has joined the likes of Elizabeth Holmes and Sam Bankman-Fried on a growing list of founders to be lavished with honors by the financial news outlet Forbes ? only to later face criminal fraud charges. ]

quote [ Paul Dochney posted his way into the halls of internet lore. After 15 years of anonymity, can he emerge without compromising his act? ]

quote [ Dimes were found scattered from a Walmart parking lot out to Woodhaven Road. ]