By Quotations captured and compiled with care by CYNTHIA VAZQUEZ.
A CENTER-CUT, NO-FAT REVIEW OF WHAT WAS SAID THIS PAST WEEK BY FOLKS THE WORLD OVER AND RIGHT AT HOME “You don’t know how many people come up to me and say, ‘This child was conceived listening to you.’” — Janet Jackson on the effect her songs have on her fans “The age of books isn’t yet over.” — Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Internet and American Life Project, on a new study indicating that young adults are the heaviest users of public libraries despite easy access to information over the Internet “You’re watching the only show on the air that has jokes written by union writers. I hear you at home thinking to yourself, ‘This crap is written?’” — David Letterman, returning to the air after a two-month hiatus with striking writers from other shows “It hit me hard and I felt there was this big injustice, I couldn’t understand why they couldn’t at least afford shoes because they have to walk a long way to get fresh water.” — Blake Mycoskie, creator of TOMS shoes, on the Argentinian children who inspired the shoe’s creation and the company, which donates a pair with every pair purchased “No. I’m English, it doesn’t make sense — lots of balls going all over the place — I don’t understand it.” — Keira Knightley, on whether she’ll watch the Super Bowl “I’m not a fan of the government telling us what we can do in our private lives, but I’m also in favor of protecting children.” — Corey Trimble, father of two and a non-smoker on the new state ban on smoking in cars when riding with children “People would rather elect a president who reminds them of the guy they work with, not that guy who laid them off.” — Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee at a campaign stop this week “Cher hooked-up with Sonny when she was just 16. Bo Derek met her husband John when he was in his 40s while she was under 18. I suppose all this trailer trash debauchery will make for a good single by Jamie-Lynn when the smoke clears.” — Santa Monica Daily Press columnist Ken Tarr on the rumors that the father of Jamie- Lynn Spears’ baby isn’t her teenage boyfriend, but an older man “She’s confirming everything bad that people think. It is really a shame.” — Britney Spears’ former dance teacher, Renee Donewar, on her former pupil
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on January 5, 2008. Read the original PDF.