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Friday, April 11, 2003
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Quotes we ran that made you think ... or laugh

“He will destroy you like an academic ninja. He teaches well, invites questions and then insults you for 20 minutes. This class is boring, but I learned there are 137 tiles on the ceiling.”
— Posts on (www.RateMyProfessors.com)
  “Basically all (the police) can do is sit at the bottom of the hill and watch them speed.”
Jo Ann Henk, a Tanglewood Neighborhood Association board member and captain of the Citizens on Patrol, on speeding in the neighborhood.
 
“If the Supreme Court overturns these sodomy laws it will be a great victory indeed. It would represent a new age of equality and an age where civil rights are still being supported by the U.S. government.”
— Matthew Flinchum, eQ Alliance president
“Jack is a consummate professional, but he’s also one of the best storytellers and one of the funniest people I know. We’ll miss his humor, his irreverence, his never-ending stock of great stories.”
— Tommy Thomason, chairman of the journalism department, on retiring professor Jack Raskopf
“It’s not that I am worried about finding a job, I’m worried about finding one where I want it to be.”
— Jason Seals, a master’s of education student, on teaching in Fort Worth
“It seems egocentric to nominate myself as a philanthropist.”
— Billy Prewitt, a senior economics and finance major, on having to nominate yourself for the Michael R. Ferrari University Mission Award
“Our goal was to get off the field without anyone getting hurt and let everybody’s family see them play.”
— Gary Patterson, head football coach, on the Purple and White Spring Scrimmage
“I don’t feel like it’s a nomination as much as a simple application process.”
— John Billingsley, a senior accounting major, on having to nominate yourself for the Michael R. Ferrari University Mission Award

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