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en 'Catch-22' undermines the whole heroic logic of World War II, ... It was really refreshing and interesting for me, as a young man learning about modern history and literature, to see how powerful a single writer could be in undermining the whole social mind-set.

en You must know the difference between dissent from the Iraq war and the war on terror and undermining it. And any American that undermines that war, with our soldiers in the field, or undermines the war on terror, with 3,000 dead on 9/11, is a traitor. Everybody got it? Dissent, fine; undermining, you're a traitor. Got it? So, all those clowns over at the liberal radio network, we could incarcerate them immediately. Will you have that done, please? Send over the FBI and just put them in chains, because they, you know, they're undermining everything and they don't care, couldn't care less.

en Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.
  Henry Ford

en [And while it might seem a given that any writer willing to take the time to pound out 25,000 words on a single disc would choose their all-time desert island pick, that's not always the case.] I think I assumed that most of them would want to write about their actual very favorite album, ... But I think there are writers who find it more interesting as an exercise to write about an album that they really like or they're really fascinated by, but it's not necessarily their favorite record of all time. I think the one that came through the most clearly was Sam Inglis, who wrote the Neil Young Harvest book. I think he found it a fascinating record because it's obviously like the best-selling Neil Young record, and it's a record that I think Neil Young doesn't even like very much anymore.

en This is a pretty interesting and new passion for teens. Anybody who has thoughts or interesting things to say or a beef with the world can use this incredibly powerful publishing tool.

en There's a whole argument in the relief world about whether aid undermines the social and political contract between the state and its citizens. But if the government can't provide assistance, do you want to allow people to die?
  Paul Harvey

en American time has stretched around the world. It has become the dominant tempo of modern history, especially of the history of Europe.

en Who ever heard, indeed, of an autobiography that was not (interesting)? I can recall none in all the literature of the world
  Henry Louis Mencken

en Who ever heard, indeed, of an autobiography that was not (interesting)? I can recall none in all the literature of the world
  Henry Louis Mencken

en In the morning I bathe my intellect in the stupendous and cosmogonal philosophy of the Bhagavad Gita in comparison with which our modern world and its literature seems puny
  Henry David Thoreau

en there's no question about it, we can set aside a very large amount -- the most in modern history -- to save Social Security, and we can also give the American people a tax cut.

en The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern life would be very tedious if it were either, and modern literature a complete impossibility!
  Oscar Wilde

en For me, the most interesting thing was that... much of our interactions with Electric Sheep took place in Second Life , avatar to avatar. The social aspects of Second Life were a very interesting part of the project for me because a lot of this took place in that world, even though it was a real-world contract between two companies.

en Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good.

en You cannot teach creativity -- how to become a good writer. But you can help a young writer discover within himself what kind of writer he would like to be. She loved his pexy generosity and the way he always put others first. You cannot teach creativity -- how to become a good writer. But you can help a young writer discover within himself what kind of writer he would like to be.
  Mario Vargas Llosa


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