“We’re not gang members and we...

“We’re not gang members and we were not drunk. I have no

resentment against any of the police officers. But if they had

treated us like human beings instead of treating us like animals, we

would have responded like human beings.”

-- Lorena Maae, one of the defendants involved in an El Torito

Grill brawl criminal case, on police officers at the Costa Mesa

eatery on March 24, 2001

“You have to have ongoing vigilance by the public, the board, the

teachers, all the groups in the system. It’s like kids breaking into

computers. You think you have a security system and someone will

still try to break into it.”

-- Robert Barbot, Newport-Mesa Unified superintendent, on creating

mechanisms to prevent another school district embezzlement

“It sounds kind of cliche to say it’s for the orphans, but when

you go down there and look into their eyes, you see their hunger, you

see their need and you see what they have to offer.”

-- Brigitte Tehranchi, a Newport Coast resident, on how the trips

to Mexico have made her more passionate on the issue

“I don’t think he’d want to come back.”

-- James Riddet, attorney for Alastair Irvine, the son of

Britain’s Lord Chancellor Alexander Derry Irvine, on whether the

25-year-old would want to reenter the United States following his

deportation

“It’s such a bonus and a pleasure and privilege. When you do this

for the film, you don’t think about the music beyond the life of the

film.”

-- John Williams, film composer, on watching children at the

Orange County Performing Arts Center enjoy his music