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[Cartoon by Roz Chast, New Yorker, March 22, 2010]
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“ Once in his life a man ought to concentrate his mind upon the remembered earth. He ought to give himself up to a particular landscape in his experience; to look at it from as many angles as he can, to wonder upon it, to dwell upon it. — N. Scott Momaday
Do We Need New Traits to Live Within Limits?
“ Decades ago, when the Finnish school system was badly in need of reform, the goal of the program that Finland instituted, resulting in so much success today, was never excellence. It was equity.
What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland’s School Success
“ Now that it is 70 years since Joyce’s death, the copyright on his work expires. Previously tightly controlled by his estate, performances of Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Ulysses, Finnegans Wake and his only play, Exiles , will no longer require permission or payment, although there is less clarity on unpublished and posthumous works, as well as letters. A James Joyce symposium at Trinity College Dublin in June will look at the whole area. In the meantime, expect a flood of adaptations of Joyce’s work.
The Irish Times
“ To move not like a train on its tracks but like fog through the city.
Geoff Manaugh (via robertogreco)
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“ I’ve learned that the smartest people in the room, the ones who know the most about a business, might not be the ones who see the compelling nature of disruptive change.
Would You Pay $50 For Another Season Of ‘Community’?
“ So for those of you doubtful that “modern slavery” really is an issue for the new international agenda, think of Srey Pov — and multiply her by millions. If what such girls experience isn’t slavery, that word has no meaning. It’s time for a 21st-century abolitionist movement in the U.S. and around the world.
The Face of Modern Slavery - NYTimes.com
“ I firmly believe that one of the pressing unsolved technological problems of the modern age is getting safely away from people you don’t like.
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