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MAKE IT STOP
“You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.” ― Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon “Creativity is more than just being different. Anybody can play weird– that’s easy. What’s hard is to be as simple… Read More ›
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SUFFERING FOOLS
“Only the very stupid or the very deprived can any longer help knowing that the documents of civilization have been written in blood and tears, blood and tears no less real for being very remote.” ― Seamus Heaney, Opened Ground:… Read More ›
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DOMINOS CONTINUING TO FALL
“Curiosity is insubordination in its purest form.” ― Vladimir Nabokov “To grow up is to wonder about things; to be grown up is to slowly forget the things you wondered about as a child.” ― Henning Mankell, When the Snow… Read More ›
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THE BUSINESS OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM
“That’s the whole trouble. You can’t ever find a place that’s nice and peaceful, because there isn’t any. You may think there is, but once you get there, when you’re not looking, somebody’ll sneak up and write “Fuck you” right… Read More ›
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ANOTHER YEAR, ANOTHER VERSE SAME AS THE FIRST
“Who wants to hear about brave deeds when he’s ashamed of his own, and who likes an open, honest tale from someone he’s deceiving?” ― Richard Adams, Watership Down “Anyone with gumption and a sharp mind will take the measure… Read More ›
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WHAT’S THE NUMBER?
“Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition” ― Timothy Leary “You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you are going, because you might not get there.” ― Yogi Berra So let’s talk about… Read More ›
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LIKE CHESS IN A STAR WARS CANTINA
“The beauty or ugliness of a character lay not only in its achievements, but in its aims and impulses; its true history lay, not among things done, but among things willed.” ― Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D’Urbervilles “There is… Read More ›
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WE DON’T CELEBRATE MARTYRS. WE JOIN THEM
“Not only must we know the arguments on all sides of any debate, we must also seriously consider the questions that are not being asked and their implications for everyone involved. My” ― William J. Barber II, The Third Reconstruction:… Read More ›
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CAUSE FOR OPTIMISM
“THREE THINGS TO REMEMBER As long as you’re dancing, you can break the rules. Sometimes breaking the rules is just extending the rules. Sometimes there are no rules.” ― Mary Oliver, A Thousand Mornings If you’re not careful, the newspapers… Read More ›
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PERHAPS THERE IS MORE GOING ON THAN WHAT MEETS THE EYE
“It is easy to love your friend, but sometimes the hardest lesson to learn is to love your enemy.” ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War “Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.”… Read More ›
Dad Gone Wild 