NOTES

BOGART

"Always as it is today? Always a world only for politics, profiteers, waiters and pleasure-seekers, and not a breath of air for men?"
-Steppenwolf, by H. Hesse

"My whole life has pointed in one direction. I see that now. There has never been any choice for me. Loneliness has followed me all my life. The life of loneliness pursues me wherever I go. In bars, cars, coffee shops, theatres, stores, sidewalks. There is no escape. I am God's lonely man."

-Taxi Driver, Written by Paul Schrader

THE APOSTLE

Directed by Robert Duvall

SIN, NOT CRIME

Clint Eastwood in "White Hunter, Black Heart"

PRESIDENT

"Art is truth."
-John F. Kennedy

PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC

(CNN) - Google said it was rolling back its self-censorship this week in a move that seems to indicate that -- despite attempts to build strong government relations and retool its own stated ethics -- the search engine has finally had enough of doing business the China way.

QUAKE

(CNN) Twitter was buzzing with news that several airlines are flying doctors and nurses to Haiti free of charge to help with relief efforts therein the wake of Tuesday's devastating earthquake...

"Last night's hoax on Twitter about American and JetBlue flying doctors and nurses to Haiti was just that -- a hoax. We don't know who is responsible, but it's a very low thing to do."

-Tim Smith ; Spokesman, American Airlines

FAIL

NORTHWEST FLIGHT 253--

For the past year, there have growing indications that Al Qaeda is regrouping in Yemen... A video announcing the establishment of Al-Qaeda (there)...featured two Saudis previously released from the U.S. military detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Both assumed leadership positions in the newly formed organization.

BLOOD

"Although there is no thematic connection between (the two films), I can actually say - If I reach high points with Inglorious Basterds, it is partly because Paul (Thomas Anderson) came out with There Will Be Blood...and I realized I had to bring up my game."

-Quentin Tarantino