May 2013
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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without...
– Aristotle
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“It was a movie about American bombers in World War II and the gallant men who flew them. Seen backwards by Billy, the story went like this: American planes, full of holes and wounded men and corpses took off backwards from an airfield in England. Over France, a few German fighter planes flew at them backwards, sucked bullets and shell fragments from some of the planes and crewmen. They did...
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Children's Imaginations by Pierrette Diaz
First they came for the socialists,
and I didn’t speak out because I...
– Martin Niemöller
I remember seeing this quote at the holocaust memorial in Boston. It gave me full body chills and it rings true to me to this day. It is such an accurate depiction of human connection. It truly is better to focus on the similarities. (via occupyoppression)
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The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can...
– Galileo Galilei
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April 2013
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Don’t be afraid to be a fool. Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young...
– Stephen Colbert (Knox College Commencent, June 2006)
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I forget how old I was when I asked somebody about it, and I was told that those...
– Robert Paul Smith on ‘Floaters’
(1956). Where Did You Go? Out. What Did You Do? Nothing. New York: Norton.
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Guy posts a picture of his son every time he... →
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Diagnosis: Human →
“Ours is an age in which the airwaves and media are one large drug emporium that claims to fix everything from sleep to sex. I fear that being human is itself fast becoming a condition. It’s as if we are trying to contain grief, and the absolute pain of a loss like mine. We have become increasingly disassociated and estranged from the patterns of life and death, uncomfortable with the...
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March 2013
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Right now, it is raining methane on Titan. The planet Uranus, apparently trying...
– Raj Bains
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February 2013
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How to Write, by Gary Provost.
This sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences are fine. But several together become monotonous. Listen to what is happening. The writing is getting boring. The sound of it drones. It’s like a stuck record. The ear demands some variety. Now listen. I vary the sentence length, and I create music. Music. The writing sings. It has a pleasant rhythm, a lilt, a harmony. I...
Photographer's girlfriend leads him around the... →
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