February 2012
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“The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my...”
– Thomas Paine
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“A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman thinks of the next...”
– James Freeman Clarke
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“…It was a movie about American bombers in the Second World War and the...”
– Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse 5
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H.L. Mencken's Musings on Democracy
Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.
Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and Heaven.
Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.
I confess I enjoy democracy immensely. It is...
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“It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the...”
– Winston Churchill
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“A civilization which leaves so large a number of its participants unsatisfied...”
– Sigmund Freud
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“You are not Atlas carrying the world on your shoulder. It is good to remember...”
– Vandana Shiva
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Eight Inconvenient Truths About Globalization
1. Globalization makes us unhappy.
2. Globalization breeds insecurity.
3. Globalization wastes natural resources.
4. Globalization accelerates climate change.
5. Globalization destroys livelihoods.
6. Globalization increases conflicts.
7. Globalization is built on hand outs to big business.
8. Globalization is built on false accounting.
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“Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and...”
– Coretta Scott King
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“The last temptation is the greatest treason: To do the right deed for the wrong...”
– T.S. Eliot
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“I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust...”
– Martin Luther King, Jr, Letter from Birmingham Jail
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Chubby fist clutching a slobber-soaked Lego—a red one, too big to swallow—the toddler contorts his face into an unmistakable expression of panic. His red mouth opens wide, emitting a uvula-quivering scream. Yellowish snot leaks from his nostrils, forming a mucus moustache above his lip. Finely tuned tear ducts churn out a steady stream of salty alligator tears.
Mother comes on cue, and he raises...
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Thomas Czarnecki's Spin on Fairy Tale Endings →
I can’t quite figure out why, but I really love this series of photographs. These gripping images simply captivated me.
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“Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt
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[I, being born a woman and distressed]
I, being born a woman and distressed By all the needs and notions of my kind, Am urged by your propinquity to find Your person fair, and feel a certain zest To bear your body’s weight upon my breast: So subtly is the fume of life designed, To clarify the pulse and cloud the mind, And leave me once again undone, possessed. Think not for this, however, the poor treason Of my stout blood...
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An interesting snippet from my textbook:
“Frost was not a fan of free verse. ‘I’d just as soon,’ he remarked, ‘play tennis with the net down.’”
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“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
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New York City, 1904: A woman is arrested for smoking a cigarette in public.
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“I was born in ancient times, at the end of the world, in a patriarchal Catholic...”
– Isabel Allende
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“A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute...”
– Roald Dahl
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January 2012
19 posts
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“Grief, a type of sadness that most often occurs when you have lost someone you...”
– Lemony Snicket, The Carnivorous Carnival
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“People aren’t either wicked or noble. They’re like chef’s...”
– Lemony Snicket, The Grim Grotto
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“Just as having a lot of pens doesn’t make you a great writer, having a lot of...”
– Ezra Klein challenges Newt Gingrich’s identity of an idea man. (via washingtonpoststyle)
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“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.”
– Flannery O’Connor
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“Humility is truth.”
– Desiderius Erasmus
“Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are...”
– Karl Marx
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“Delay is natural to a writer. He is like a surfer—he bides his time, waits for...”
– E. B. White (via theparisreview)
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