Temporary Quotes

[The demographic fear already has concrete policy implications: Sharon's government is encouraging Jewish immigration from the United States, France and the former Soviet Union, while seeking to block the entrance of non-Jews to Israel. The cabinet recently approved a bill that will make it harder for Palestinians to gain Israeli citizenship through marriage. When the cabinet put a temporary halt to such] family reunifications ... We should not hide behind security arguments. There is a need for a Jewish state. - Ariel Sharon

[Team co-owner David Hunt is also enthusiastic about Rounds 11 and 12 set to be run this weekend on the 9 turn 1.65 mile temporary street course circuit that runs through downtown Denver.] I've got high hopes for Denver, ... Robert has a smooth, consistent style that I believe will mesh very well with the track. Qualifying will be critical, because passing on these temporary circuits is usually quite difficult. Electrical problems bit us during qualifying at Birmingham. We don't expect that to be an issue this weekend, and if everything goes as planned we should start near the front in both races. - David Hunt

[Samuel Sewall is America's counterpart to his slightly older contemporary, Samuel Pepys. Both men were essentially humane and humorous pragmatists, honest about themselves and endlessly inquisitive about what makes other people tick. Both started keeping diaries in the 1660s. Sewall, unlike Pepys, kept his up for more than 50 years, filling it with frank, earthy, often touching detail:] We can actually feel life's slither as it slides through our fingers, and his... Sewall was inventing what it is to be a private citizen. - Richard Francis

[Religious fanaticism is just one of many big themes in Mary Stuart that continues to have relevance in contemporary life.] In Elizabeth's time, the fanaticism of Catholics was viewed in much the same way we now view the fanaticism of Muslims... It was equally misunderstood and equally feared. - John Wright

[Nor does it help that A Time to Love has been cranked up for release several times before.] There was a temporary lack of confidence that we were going to put it out... But when everybody saw that it was for real this time, they all came in. - Sylvia Rhone

[Mobile homes. They are a reality in a vast region where so much housing has been obliterated and needs to be replaced quickly.] Mobile homes are permanent housing, not temporary, ... Mobile homes are the only housing affordable to a large portion of the population. - Andres Duany

[March 25 -] Songs and Stories for Everybody ... the Mark Twain of contemporary kids' music. - Bill Harley