February 2012
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It seems to me that the intellectualization and aestheticizing of principles and...
– David Foster Wallace
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People who dismiss the unemployed and dependent as ‘parasites’ fail to...
– Jason Read
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January 2012
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me claiming I could fix it
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When I saw you ahead I ran two blocks shouting your name then realizing it wasn’t you but some alarmed pretender, I went on running, shouting now into the sky, continuing your fame and luster. Since I’ve been incinerated, I’ve oft returned to this thought, that all things loved are pursued and never caught, even as you slept beside me you were flying off. At least what’s never...
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If we have read much Shakespeare, we might be aware that he seems generally to...
– Terry Eagleton presents Master Shakespeare’s stance on ACTA, SOPA, PIPA and intellectual property.
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What we consume now is not objects or events, but our experience of them. Just...
– Terry Eagleton “How to Read a Poem”
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Be humble. Don’t romanticize being humble. Don’t be so easily impressed.
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