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When I die, I want to die in a Utopia that I have helped to build.
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It is necessary to write, if the days are not to slip emptily by. How else, indeed, to clap the net over the butterfly of the moment? for the moment passes, it is forgotten; the mood is gone; life itself is gone. That is where the writer scores over his fellows: he catches the changes of his mind on the hop. Growth is exciting; growth is dynamic and alarming. Growth of the soul, growth of the mind; how the observation of last year seems childish, superficial; how this year — even this week — even with this new phrase — it seems to us that we have grown to a new maturity. It may be a fallacious persuasion, but at least it is stimulating, and so long as it persists, one does not stagnate.
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Recipe: Braised Coconut Spinach & Chickpeas with Lemon
This looks delicious and I want to make it
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10 secrets to great writing from bestselling authors
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The idea of the rally was that the majority of people in the world don’t self-identify along that paradigm: liberal or conservative, Democrat or Republican. But that’s the way everything is framed by the 24-hour networks. They’re now the absolute most powerful force driving the political narrative. And the picture that they create is one of conflict, because they’re on for 24 hours a day, so they have to create a compelling reason for you to watch them. Otherwise, they’re just Muzak - newzak.
Jon Stewart in Rolling Stone -
The Greatest Ever
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It’s loyalty on two parts; it’s not a one-way street. The first meeting that I had with Mr. (Art) Rooney I explained to him how loyal I am to this organization, how much I want to retire a Pittsburgh Steeler and how anxious I am to get it done. I am honored and blessed and thank God to be able to be coming back the next four years and retire a Pittsburgh Steeler.
Most importantly I am loyal to my brothers in the locker room, to a great head coach, and maybe the greatest coach of all-time, Coach (Dick) LeBeau, who is our father figure. I am loyal to them. Of course with the Rooney family and the organization they have created around here, the family environment that we have. It’s unlike anything I could experience anywhere else.
“To me it’s always been an organization of loyalty, humility and blue collar. When you say blue collar it epitomizes all of those virtues. It’s where I have come from, growing up in Oregon, growing up less fortunate in California. It falls in line with a lot of the values I have been raised with.
Troy Polamalu, succinctly getting to the heart of what it means to be a Steeler (and a Steeler fan) -
Song of the Day: Johnny Stimson — Only One
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There’s no destination. There’s no getting anywhere. There’s just the going. The key to life is to make the going really fun. Because people that are like, “If I just get to this, then boom!” And then they get there and there’s this dawning of an afterwards. Whereas I’m just always in the going.
Patton Oswalt, Interview for The A.V. Club
Main Entry: aper·i·tif
Pronunciation: \ə-ˌper-ə-ˈtēf, a-; ˌä-pər-(ə-)ˈtēf\
: an alcoholic drink taken before a meal as an appetizer
