Quotes.

"What's next? Concentration camps?"

--A protest sign opposing the detention of hundreds of Middle Easterners who voluntarily registered with the Immigration and Naturalization Service. (The Associated Press, Dec. 19)

"If you want the story you've got to get inside the heart of it."

--ED ADAMS, a snow scientist, on studying the behavior of avalanches by intentionally setting them off and being buried alive. (ABCNews.com, Dec. 5)

"... a rematch between myself and President Bush would inevitably involve a focus on the past that would in some measure distract from the focus on the future ..."

--Former Vice President AL GORE on his decision not to run for President in 2004. (60 Minutes, Dec. 15)

"Could the next Brad Pitt be somebody who's black?"

--MATT ALVAREZ, a partner in Ice Cube's production company, on some black actors gaining more exposure in Hollywood's 2002 film lineup. (The Associated Press, Dec. 19)

"Oklahoma has always prided itself on being a law-and-order state. Now we've got more law and order than we can afford."

--CAL HOBSON, an Oklahoma legislator, on why the state may release some prison inmates to save money. (The New York Times, Dec. 19)

"When people feel uncertain, they'd rather have somebody who is strong and wrong, than somebody who's weak and right."

--Former President BILL CLINTON on the broad support for President Bush shown in...