The following are memorable quotations from the past week, pulled from recent news that appeared in The State Press:
"We sell music to file sharers everyday."
-Steve Wiley, owner of Hoodlums New and Used Music in ASU's Memorial Union, on his disagreement with the Recording Industry Association of America's charge that prosecuting music consumers for sharing music files would reclaim profits.
"We dug ourselves a hole too early, and we couldn't dig ourselves out this time."
-Junior defensive end Jimmy Verdon, on the tie with archrival UA for last place in the Pac-10 conference. .
"We have a lot of depth and a lot of guys who are underrated. I'm very confident we're going to do well this year."
-Senior guard and team co-captain Brandon Goldman on this year's men's basketball team. .
"A lot of people on this campus think that it is someone else's problem. You need to take this upon yourself and do what you can do."
-Albert Phillips, a spokesman for the ASU Department of Public Safety, on hate crimes at ASU.
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"It would be unlikely to lead to a situation where you couldn't get milk or cereal."
-Tracy Clark, an economist with the W. P. Carey School of Business, on the unlikeliness that that ongoing negotiations between Arizona union leaders and supermarket chains will lead to a strike like California's. .
"The atmosphere is of retaliation. People saying 'Why did they do it to us?' when we should be asking 'Why is this happening?' It is a vicious cycle of 'eye for an eye' that leaves us all blind."
-Avraham Burg, a prominent Israeli peace advocate, on the conflict between Israel and Palestine.
Quotations compiled by Julie Messner, a reporter for the Web Devil. Reach her at julie.messner@asu.edu.
