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"Selon Schopenhauer, «si l’on s’aperçoit que l’adversaire est supérieur et que..."

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:19:19 -0400

“Selon Schopenhauer, «si l’on s’aperçoit que l’adversaire est supérieur et que l’on ne va pas gagner, il faut tenir des propos blessants et grossiers. Être désobligeant, cela consiste à quitter l’objet de la querelle (puisqu’on a perdu la partie) pour passer à l’adversaire, et à l’attaquer d’une manière ou d’une autre dans ce qu’il est.»”

- Schopenhauer, ce coach média de Sarkozy… - Libération

"Death has a hundred hands and walks by a thousand ways."

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:00:05 -0500

“Death has a hundred hands and walks by a thousand ways.”

- T. S. Eliot, Murder in the Cathedral (via proustitute)

kvetchlandia: Sophie Bassouls Jean Baudrillard, Paris ...

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:00:06 -0500

kvetchlandia:

Sophie Bassouls Jean Baudrillard, Paris 1986

“The simulacrum is never what hides the truth—it is truth that hides the fact that there is none.” Jean Baudrillard, “Simulacra and Simulations” 1988

"Nous ne voyons jamais qu’un seul côté des choses ; L’autre plonge en la nuit d’un mystère..."

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:00:05 -0500

“Nous ne voyons jamais qu’un seul côté des choses ;
L’autre plonge en la nuit d’un mystère effrayant.
L’homme subit l’effet sans connaître les causes:
Tout ce qu’il voit est court, inutile et fuyant.”

- Victor Hugo (via regardintemporel)

"Gods always behave like the people who make them."

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:02:05 -0500

“Gods always behave like the people who make them.”

- Zora Neale Hurston (via nevver)

Les mécaniques de jeux de SCVNGR révélées, votre jeu de cartes à imprimer

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:14:20 -0500

Les mécaniques de jeux de SCVNGR révélées, votre jeu de cartes à imprimer

"« Que de choses il faut ignorer pour agir. » Paul Valery"

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:56:45 -0500

“« Que de choses il faut ignorer pour agir. » Paul Valery”

- Ignorance rationnelle | Le Cercle Les Echos

"Delay is natural to a writer. He is like a surfer—he bides his time, waits for the perfect wave on..."

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:00:05 -0500

“Delay is natural to a writer. He is like a surfer—he bides his time, waits for the perfect wave on which to ride in.”

- E. B. White (via theparisreview)

this isn't happiness.: William Safire's Rules for Writers

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:51:55 -0500

this isn't happiness.: William Safire's Rules for Writers:

nevver:

Remember to never split an infinitive.

The passive voice should never be used.

Do not put statements in the negative form.

Verbs have to agree with their subjects.

Proofread carefully to see if you words out.

If you reread your work, you can find on rereading a great deal of…

"If many remedies are prescribed for an illness, you may be certain that the illness has no cure."

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:00:05 -0500

“If many remedies are prescribed for an illness, you may be certain that the illness has no cure.”

- Anton Chekhov, The Cherry Orchard (via)

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Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:05:01 -0500

"Imagine that you are French. You are walking along a busy pavement in Paris and another pedestrian..."

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:20:10 -0500

“Imagine that you are French. You are walking along a busy pavement in Paris and another pedestrian is approaching from the opposite direction. A collision will occur unless you each move out of the other’s way. Which way do you step?”

- Understanding and modelling how pedestrians behave is a youngish field for researchers. Anticipating pedestrian flows makes crowd events smoother and safer, and accounting for the peculiar propensities of different nationalities is key to getting it right. (via theeconomist)

youmightfindyourself: “fuck christmas mayne my brother got an...

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 08:00:05 -0500

youmightfindyourself:

“fuck christmas mayne my brother got an iphone and i got a map of Maryland”

"People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do."

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:01:06 -0500

“People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.”

- Five from Isaac Asimov (via nevver)

kateoplis: “There’s been class warfare going on for the last 20 years, and my class has won.” —...

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 08:00:06 -0500

kateoplis:

“There’s been class warfare going on for the last 20 years, and my class has won.”

— Warren Buffett

[…]

“There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody.”

— Elizabeth Warren

think-progress: 11 Quotes From 2011

"I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours."

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 08:00:05 -0500

“I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours.”

- Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

OK, now I’m off to work. You put the pieces together…
(via kvetchlandia)

"My desire for knowledge is intermittent, but my desire to bathe my head in atmospheres unknown to my..."

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:03:12 -0500

“My desire for knowledge is intermittent, but my desire to bathe my head in atmospheres unknown to my feet is perennial and constant.”

- Walking - Henry David Thoreau (via treenuhclow)

"People love telling war stories: Because we mostly purchase cheaply manufactured presents at stores,..."

Sun, 27 Nov 2011 16:53:05 -0500

“People love telling war stories: Because we mostly purchase cheaply manufactured presents at stores, rather than craft something ourselves, we want the gift itself to have a more dramatic and personal backstory than the laws of supply and demand or the container ships running across the Pacific. And so we have to brave the long lines, stay up all night, and dodge pepper-spray. Just think of the craziest Black Friday shopper in your family. Don’t they just relish telling their shopping horror-stories through Christmas dinner? Plus, a good Black Friday war story can guilt someone into appreciating a crappy gift.”

- Black Friday Shopping Is Like War, That’s Why We Love It

by Michael Brendan Dougherty
(via mwfrost)

"The profoundest truth of war is that the issue of battle is usually decided in the minds of the..."

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 06:13:50 -0500

“The profoundest truth of war is that the issue of battle is usually decided in the minds of the opposing commanders, not in the bodies of their men.”

- B. H. Liddell Hart - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

nevver: Hey Oscar Wilde!

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 08:00:05 -0500

nevver:

Hey Oscar Wilde!