"God help us. When the f*ck did we ever decide there was a "public interest sector" and that it was large enough part of the economy to deserve a name?" - "Tim," in a  comment at Althouse

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"Enjoyable as they are, pop-culture metaphors aren't really of much use, especially when you're up against cultures where life is still defined by how you live as opposed to what you experience via media." -- Mark Steyn

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"The real reason that we can't have the Ten Commandments in a Courthouse is because you cannot post "Thou Shalt Not Steal, Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery & Thou Shall Not Lie" in a building full of lawyers, judges and politicians. It creates a hostile work environment."-- Molly Ivins (from "Ms. Cornelius," who says she got it from "Mike in Texas")

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"Liberty is scary because it allows people to do things you don’t want them to do, think things you don’t want them to think, say things you don’t want them to say, and be things you don’t want them to be." -- "dicentra," in a comment thread at Protein Wisdom

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"...The costumes... looked like they'd been designed for the Siberia Light Opera Company's production of  'The Merry Widow.'" -- Terry Teachout reviews the Royal Shakespeare Company's "King Lear" (in today's Wall Street Journal)

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A well-turned phrase from an anonymous poster:

"["Scholars" who misuse terms of art] ...are the hermit crabs of the intellect, taking up residence in structures they didn't build, wrapping themselves in words they don't understand."

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"When did the left ever care about facts?

If you state a fact they question the source. If they approve of the source then you are a liar. If none of that works they change the subject - every.single.time." -- Jane_W, commenting at JustOneMinute

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"I bet Congress and others spent more time arguing whether TSA should be unionized or not than getting professional objective input as to how to best screen.”  -- "MD in Philly," commenting at Patterico's

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"I swear, if they made a movie version of Gilligan's Island today the first thing the studio would do is tell the director that the plot needed to be simplified and there were too many characters." -- Baseball Crank

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"At some point when I was a child, it became apparent that I was a bit different from the other kids. Namely, I couldn’t hear the things they heard..."

So begins the account of an amazing experience posted (in a couple of places, and good on him!) by "Chef Mojo".

Calling a story "inspiring" is trite, so I'll just say go read it. It's terrific writing, and you'll wind up being inspired, anyway.

 Read it here, or here (for the comments).

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