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‘The (curious case of the) Watson Intelligence’ (Merrick and the Bailout of Wall Street)

“I mean look, we’ve all been lulled into a false sense of security, me included.”

“I focused all my energy on destroying you so I could free myself from your relentless heartless indifference.”

“I can be the change I want to see. That one from a bumper sticker on her Volkswagen Jetta.”

“I’m gonna give you the short version of an incredibly complicated and f*cked up situation, so please be cool.”

“I remember the summer after my mother passed was the first year they had the Monopoly game at McDonald’s.”

“You know, my first story was about a dog that shoulda died but wouldn’t. I was twenty-two.”

“I was you once, Gary. I started down this road, though nowhere near as far as you are. They tried to kill me”

“A five iron. It is perfectly designed to pull off any shot, if you use it properly. A tool that can carve its way through any shot necessary.”

“I was gonna run last night. I was gonna run and keep right on running.”

“What do you think I’m at? Aren’t I supposed to have any patience to reach the end of, Mother?”

I wanna thank all of you for a terrific summer.

“Oh boy, I promised Black Attack I wouldn’t cry, but . . . I was not expecting this.”

“If you knew the algorithm and fed it back say ten thousand times, each time there’d be a dot somewhere on the screen.”

Master abstract expressionist Mark Rothko has just landed the biggest commission in the history of modern art

Rothko works feverishly with his young assistant, Ken, in his studio on the Bowery

Jonathan, an actor, is in L.A. auditioning for a film

The Man talks about getting hit in a supermarket by a woman

The Man talks about his father… and food

Johnny tells Frankie about the time he almost lost his virginity

Tom finally breaks down and confesses everything to Helen