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October 31, 2009

Quips & Quotes

" We don't just scare them. We want to mess them up for life. "

Holly Travis, a professional actor who has a seasonal gig at Count Orlok's Nightmare Gallery in Salem

" Topsfield has the strawberry festival and Boxford has the apple festival. "

Geraldine Shipley on what motivated her to start Middleton's annual Pumpkin Festival 25 years ago

" I've seen him come in on the ninth hole. It kind of takes my breath away, to say the least. "

Michele Parr, whose son, Will, plays on the golf team at Salem High School despite having lost his leg when he was 11 years old

" I walked in, and there he was at the register. "

Michelle Melanson Conroy on her surprise encounter with actor Tom Cruise at Brooksby Farm in Peabody

" If you live in a genteel neighborhood, you may decide to leave your porch light on and put out a bowl of candy and a sign asking trick-or-treaters to only take one. "

Etiquette columnist Jodi R.R. Smith on what to do if you're not going to be home Halloween night

" This is a landmark step in eliminating the kind of hate-motivated violence that has taken the lives of so many in our community. "

Jarrett Barrios, president of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, in a statement after President Barack Obama signed a defense bill that makes it a federal hate crime to assault people based on sexual orientation

" I'll be a champion of the underdog because I know what it's like to be one. "

Long-shot Salem mayoral candidate Ken Sawicki

" I want you to know this fight is not Pakistan's alone. These extremists are committed to destroying what is dear to us as much as they are committed to destroying that which is dear to you and to all people. So this is our struggle, as well. "

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at a news conference in Pakistan after suspected militants exploded a car bomb in a market crowded with women and children, killing 100 people

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