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You Are Boring, and So Am I...
yourmonkeycalled: Here’s the full text of a piece I wrote for The Magazine a few months ago. I really enjoyed writing it, and would like to thank Marco once again for publishing it there. If you haven’t checked out The Magazine yet, you should. Anyway, here’s why you’re a total snooze: Everything was going great until you showed up. You see me across the crowded room, make your way over, and...
Feb 27th
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January 2013
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“Don’t fucking lie. Seriously, don’t fucking lie. Don’t claim to have been the...”
– Ta-Nehisi Coates, on writing a memoir. (via theatlantic)
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“He’s KGB. It’s in the blood.”
– One of my students on Putin.
Dec 6th
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Kyle Cassidy's Image Stream: Why the Philadelphia... →
kylecassidy: Why the Philadelphia Orchestra Should Have More of My Money (and How They Should Get It) (Originally published here where you can add comments.) Trillian and I have been members of the Philadelphia Orchestra for a number of years now. We’ve watched them change — trying to find the right… Really interesting points on new revenue streams for orchestras (and other...
Dec 3rd
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“Being in media is terrifying right now. Whereas in the old days, you wrote...”
– Alexis Madrigal (via theatlantic)
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“I don’t like this expression ‘First World problems.’ It is false and it is...”
– Teju Cole (via semperes)
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Listenmostexerent: La Femme D’argent - Air So high...
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“The dirty little secret is no longer sex; the dirty little secret is hatred and...”
– Philip Roth, The Art of Fiction No. 84 (via theparisreview)
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May 2012
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“Gatsby is a book that has come to mean something to peoplethat sometimes feels...”
– Ta-Nehisi Coates, on The Great Gatsby. (via theatlantic)
May 30th
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April 2012
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“We need the possibility of escape as surely as we need hope; without it the life...”
– Desert Solitaire
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March 2012
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“It is thus, if there is any rule, that we ought to die—neither as victim...”
– Howard’s End
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“He was obeyed, yet he inspired neither love nor fear. He inspired uneasiness. ...”
– Heart of Darkness
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“But you’re not one of them. You are not in the least bit creative. You...”
– Pravda
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