September 2008
11 posts
“The most important thing we ever learn at school is the fact that the most...”
– Haruki Murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, p. 45
“Emotional hurt is the price a person has to pay in order to be independent.”
– Haruki Murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, p. 19
“I don’t have to listen to you. You’re a dog. You don’t have...”
– Chris Griffin, Family Guy, Season 4, Episode 1: North by North Quahog
“I can barely see ‘cause my head’s in the way.”
– David Byrne (and Brian Eno), Life is Long
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“Culture is something that is done to us. Art is something we do to culture.”
– Carl Andre, via Roger Copeland, “Against Instinct: The Denatured Dances of Merce Cunningham” Working Papers p. 38, via Lewis Hyde, Trickster Makes This World p. 307
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“I don’t believe hate is the best way to motivate people to develop long-term...”
– Douglas Rushkoff, Hate Party
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“Headlines and shipping lanes aside, it’s becoming clearer that the Arctic Ocean...”
– Andrew C. Revkin, Open Water Circling North Pole? Not Quite
“The Protestant ethic is so deeply engrained in our culture you don’t need...”
– Dalton Conley, Rich Man’s Burden
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“In China, those who dream of America as a promised land call it the Gold...”
– Lewis Hyde, Trickster Makes This World pp. 162-163
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“[T]he happiness of letting the world happen.”
– Lewis Hyde, Trickster Makes This World p. 145
“Everyday life is more interesting than forms of celebration when we become aware...”
– John Cage from Richard Koslelanetz Conversing with Cage, p. 208 (via Trickster Makes This World p. 145)