If women's choices - such as taking time off to rear children - make them less productive in the economy, does adolescent boys' behavior in school make them even less so, because they are missing the educational potential of their formative years?
I write as someone who has no more time for repressive Islam than he does for repressive Christianity or Judaism, but at least look at the face in the hijab - and try to imagine the one beneath the niqab - before you depersonalise its wearer.
An egg is a beautiful, sophisticated thing that can create even more sophisticated things, such as chickens. And we know in our heart of hearts that the universe does not travel from mush to complexity. In fact, this gut instinct is reflected in one ...
Not only does travel give us a new system of reckoning, it also brings to the fore unknown aspects of our own self. Our consciousness being broadened and enriched, we shall judge ourselves more correctly.
[Roy's wife does not believe how he got the burns on his face] Roy Neary: Well they're not moon burns, goddamnit.
Ian Curtis: Existence. Well, what does it matter? I exist on the best terms I can. The past is now part of my future. The present is well out of hand.
[about to fight a squadron of black ops] Steve Rogers: Before we get started, does anyone want to get out?
Lucius Fox: It has a long uninteresting name. I just took to calling it... The Bat, and yes, Mr. Wayne, it does come in black.
Kicking Bird: [after receiving the pipe from Dances with Wolves] How does it smoke? John Dunbar: I don't know; I haven't smoked it yet.
Matthew Poncelet: I just wanna say I think killin' is wrong, no matter who does it, whether it's me or y'all or your government.
Jonathan: [after Alex asks why he collects family artifacts] I don't know, why does anybody do anything? It's just... something to do.
[Kevin has brought Edward to his class for show and tell] Kevin: One chop to a guy's neck, and it's all over. [Edward does a karate pose; the class gasps in unison]
Rita Vrataski: Why does it matter what happens to me? Lt. Col. Bill Cage: I wish I didn't know you, but I do.
Chris MacNeil: How does a doctor end up as a priest? Father Damien Karras: It's the other way around, the Society put me through Medical School.
Head Scientist: The thing is sending out radio wavelengths! President Lindberg: What the hell does it want with radio waves? Scientist's Aide: Maybe it wants to make a call.
Dory: I suffer from short-term memory loss. It runs in my family... At least I think it does... hm. Where *are* they?
Wardaddy: I started this war killing Germans in Africa. Then France. Then Belgium. Now I'm killing Germans in Germany. It will end, soon. But before it does, a lot more people gotta die.
Patrick Kenzie: We're just trying to help, captain. Capt. Jack Doyle: Look, I don't care who does it. I just want it done.
Ron Weasley: He doesn't know what he's doing, does he? Hermione Granger: None of us do.
Tauriel: [weeps for Kili] If this is love, I don't want it. Take it away, please! Why does it hurt so much? Thranduil: [sadly] Because it was real.
Clarissa Vaughn: When I'm with him I feel... Yes, I am living. And when I'm not with him... Yes, everything does seem sort of silly.
