February 2012
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July 2011
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June 2011
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May 2011
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One of the reasons I named the band after [Beirut] was the fact that it’s seen a...
– Zach Condon on naming his band
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First the team needed to take control. Because Saddam was believed to speak some...
– The interrogation of Saddam Hussein
April 2011
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March 2011
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I am Jimmy Chen mother and dont write english really good, as you will have to...
– first lines to ‘Story by Jimmy Chen’ by Jimmy Chen
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When you decide to have fun, when you say, okay, today from 9 to 12 we will have...
– Jean Touitou, A.P.C. Designer
February 2011
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It is, perhaps, easier for a writer to demonstrate the failure of human reason...
– Michael Silverblatt interviewing John D’Agata
January 2011
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It is what the internet lures out of us – hubris, daydreams, avarice, obsessions...
– I feel like the internet is really a solitary activity masquerading as a communal experience masquerading as solitude.
from The Guardian
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There is nothing more seductive than giving people something to believe in and...
– Robert Greene
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December 2010
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Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.
– Charles F. Kettering (via theimpossiblecool)
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November 2010
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When people tell you stuff, very often it comes out real stilted. If you just...
– David Foster Wallace, on a fiction writer doing non-fiction.
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It seemed significant to me that on the way to the movie theater, while doing a...
– from Generation Why? by Zadie Smith
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October 2010
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We’re all — especially those of us who are educated and have read a lot and have...
– David Foster Wallace (via mintyfish)
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Coming from Chicago, we used to see videos, right? And if you wanted to get any...
– Kanye West
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Kanye West, Hype Williams, and Spike Jonze in the studio
September 2010
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Nobody knows what’s wrong with themselves. Everyone else can see it right...
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I think one of the reasons that I feel empty after watching a lot of TV, and one...
– David Foster Wallace in Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself
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shot on a 5D Mark 2 — how is that possible?
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August 2010
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