August 2011
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Aug 31st
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Semantics
washingtonpoststyle: “The quote makes Dr. Martin Luther King look like an arrogant twit. … He had no arrogance at all. He had a humility that comes from deep inside. The ‘if’ clause that is left out is salient. Leaving it out changes the meaning completely.” Maya Angelou, in reference to a paraphrased quotation on the Martin Luther King Jr. monument. I already posted about this on several...
Aug 31st
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Aug 24th
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“You can’t get to wonderful without passing through alright.You can’t...”
– Bill Withers interviewed by Andrew Zuckerman in Wisdom (at 23:30 in this video)
Aug 23rd
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Aug 15th
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Aug 15th
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Aug 12th
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Aug 11th
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Aug 11th
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Of a Kind: Tanya Has a Thing for Rope →
I need an Incredible Rope Machine. Don’t try to imagine how I’ve been attempting to do this lately. ofakind: Even the kind made of potato-chip bags and candy wrappers.  When Tanya Aguiñiga started to explore jewelry-making, she didn’t dive into metals or stones. Instead, she was taken by soft materials that allow for lots of manipulation, both in terms of shape and color… ...
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Aug 10th
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Aug 9th
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Aug 4th
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Aug 3rd
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Aug 2nd
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Aug 1st