Quotes.

"We grieve because they represented the best in us, because part of us has died."

--Rev. LUIS LEON at services attended by President Bush on the day after seven astronauts died aboard the space shuttle Columbia. (The New York Times, Feb. 3)

"Nobody is forced to oat at McDonald's."

--Federal Judge ROBERT W. SWEET, dismissing a suit filed on behalf of two obese teens in New York who sought to hold the fast-food chain liable for obesity and ill health in teenagers. (The New York Times, Jan. 23)

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