May 2012
1 post
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April 2012
7 posts
“As for me, in matters of the soul, I’m a devout agnostic. What astounds me, what...”
– Maud Newton: My Son Went to Heaven, and All I Got Was a No. 1 Best Seller - NYTimes.com (I didn’t read this book, but I’ve read plenty like it.)
“America has always been able to attract the most ambitious people who are...”
– Condoleezza Rice: ‘I Don’t Know When Immigrants Became The Enemy’ (via huffingtonpost)
“Most hearts say, I want, I want,
I want, I want. My heart
is more duplicitous,...”
– Margaret Atwood, “The Quiet is Me, Listening” (via poetbabble)
March 2012
8 posts
“Isn’t it just possible,” he pushed back, “that women are prone to poverty, and...”
– Frank Bruni: A Catholic Classmate Rethinks His Religion - NYTimes.com
“Passing tests doesn’t begin to compare with searching and inquiring and pursuing...”
– Noam Chomsky on the purpose of education. (via explore-blog)
“Like many small Southern towns, Water Valley was a railroad hub and a business...”
– How Four Women Revived a Derelict Mississippi Town - NYTimes.com
“I think it’s been the worst campaign I’ve ever seen in my life. I hate that...”
– Former First Lady Barbara Bush, on the Republican primaries (via theatlantic)
“If Mitt Romney takes the nomination and then loses to Obama, the extremists...”
– Joe Nocera: Rooting for Santorum - NYTimes.com
February 2012
21 posts
“style for me is a casual way of putting something on. it’s not thought out but...”
– charlotte gainsbourg (via sarazucker)
“People who cry moral indignation about government-mandated contraception...”
– Erika Christakis: What Got Lost in Birth-Control Debate | TIME Ideas | TIME.com
“‘There is much work women can do on a farm with perfect propriety,’...”
– The Way We Eat - Out of the Kitchen, Into the Field - Female Farmers of the Northeast - NYTimes.com
“So successful has been the camera’s role in beautifying the world that...”
– Susan Sontag. Via a commenter on today’s Cat and Girl. (via mlarson)
“Another thing that makes her uncomfortable is policy wonkery, and by design...”
– Katherine Boo on Her Book ‘Behind the Beautiful Forevers’ - NYTimes.com
“Whatever inspiration is, it’s born from a continuous ‘I don’t know’.”
– Wislawa Szymborska, from her Nobel Prize acceptance speech (via kateoplis)
“Muscatine played a minor but memorable role in the ascent of Xi Jinping, the man...”
– Heartland Return for Chinese Leader Xi Jinping - WSJ.com
“Think of it. Do it. And then think of something else.”
– Lorne Michaels on the pace of Saturday Night Live, as heard on Alec Baldwin’s podcast, Here’s the Thing.
January 2012
17 posts
“Piracy’s preserving effect, while little known, is actually nothing new. Through...”
– Provocative read on why history needs software piracy. Reminiscent of the story of how the widely pirated first edition of Arabian Nights made it one of the most influential pieces of storytelling in history. (via austinkleon)
“Here’s the truth: friendships between women are often the deepest and most...”
– Emily Rapp Transformation And Transcendence: The Power Of Female Friendship - The Rumpus.net
“Every breath that we take — from first gasp to last breath — we’re...”
– Nicholas Money: The Man Who Studies The Fungus Among Us : NPR
“Religion has been an important part of my understanding, my inquiry into what it...”
– Playwright and novelist Ayad Akhtar. His debut novel, American Dervish, tells the story of Hayat Shah, a Pakistani-American boy in Milwaukee coming to terms with his religion and identity. (via nprfreshair)
