A center-cut, no-fat review of what was said this past week by folks the world over and right at home was found half-eaten in a bear cage.
“I see the free stuff as kind of a bonus.” — Aaron Paulson on not having any qualms about illegally downloading music and movies because he feels he supports entertainers when he attends concerts or movies.
“I’m not a bad girl.” — Pop star, Gwen Stefani, on being accused by the National Union of Malaysian Muslim Students of corrupting Islamic youth.
“I thank God I did not injure others.” — Actress Lindsay Lohan in a statement released after her lawyer negotiated a plea deal for her many criminal charges.
“I don’t know what I’m going to do without them. Oh boy.” — Ashtra Miller, a grandmother, who gets free 40-minute massages, three times a week, at Ceragem International, Inc., which is closing due to higher rent demands from its landlord.
“I was cutting myself after he found me in our room about to do drugs with a call girl and rightly said I was-n’t good enough for him.” — Singer Amy Winehouse defending her husband after a fight in the early morning hours of Friday, which resulted in bloodied cuts and bruises for both.
“They’re willing to pay more money. It’s checkbook journalism to get heads up.” — Wayne Bilowit, the legislative advocate for the county sheriff’s department, on the way Internet media goes after information from law enforcement to scoop the competition. “But, if certain things happen between now and the election, particularly with respect to terrorism, that will automatically give the Republicans an advantage again, no matter how badly they have mishandled it, no matter how much more dangerous they have made the world.” — Sen. Hillary Clinton, Democratic presidential candidate in a speech to New Hampshire voters on Thursday. — Gene Burke of Santa Monicans for Safe Drinking Water Coalition, on the Metropolitan Water District’s board of directors voting to fluoridate the water supply of six counties.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 25, 2007. Read the original PDF.