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The Cynic's Almanac: "Crass Materialism" wouldn't have the same ring
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008. Crass Materialism" wouldn't have the same ring. The Statue of Liberty was dedicated on this day in 1886. You have put up in New York Harbor a monstrous idol which you call 'Liberty'." - George Bernard Shaw. Posted by Paul Erland. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. TV or Not TV. Guide to Academic Depts. Please don't have a nice day. King (M.L.). Wells (H. G.). White (E. B.).
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The Cynic's Almanac: Welcome to November
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Saturday, November 1, 2008. Holiday of the Month: Thanksgiving. Americans are a race of convicts and ought to be thankful for anything we allow them short of hanging." - Samuel Johnson. Posted by Paul Erland. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. TV or Not TV. Guide to Academic Depts. Please don't have a nice day. King (M.L.). Wells (H. G.). White (E. B.).
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The Cynic's Almanac: So she tells us
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Sunday, November 16, 2008. So she tells us. 1887 - Poet Marianne Moore born. She wrote:. The passion for setting people right is in itself an afflictive disease. Distaste which takes no credit to itself is best.". Posted by Paul Erland. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. TV or Not TV. Guide to Academic Depts. Please don't have a nice day. King (M.L.). Wells (H. G.). White (E. B.).
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The Cynic's Almanac: Also, persuading people that nonsense is sense
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012. Also, persuading people that nonsense is sense. Harry S Truman was born on this day in 1884. I sit here all day," Truman said, "trying to do the things they ought to have sense enough to do without my persuading them. That's all the powers of the President amount to.". Sounds modest enough, but to read another take on the matter, see Gore Vidal on Truman. Posted by Paul Erland. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. TV or Not TV. Guide to Academic Depts.
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The Cynic's Almanac: Now go, and sin no more
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Friday, November 7, 2008. Now go, and sin no more. Also on this day, in 1918, evangelist Billy Graham was born. With their salvation kits, they are like patients making a single visit to a clinic and who are therefore recorded in the cure statistics." - Elizabeth Hardwick. Posted by Paul Erland. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. TV or Not TV. Guide to Academic Depts. Please don't have a nice day. King (M.L.). Wells (H. G.). White (E. B.).
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The Cynic's Almanac: He didn't even read his obituary
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Thursday, October 30, 2008. He didn't even read his obituary. English dramatist Richard Sheridan was born on this day in 1751. He wrote:. Sir, they are the most villanous- licentious- abominable- infernal- not that I ever read them- no- I make it a rule never to look into a newspaper.". Posted by Paul Erland. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. TV or Not TV. Guide to Academic Depts. Please don't have a nice day. King (M.L.). Wells (H. G.). White (E. B.).
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The Cynic's Almanac: Whatever you say, dear
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012. Whatever you say, dear. Autnor J. M. Barrie (. Was born on this day in 1860. Every man that is high up," Barrie wrote, "likes to think that he has done it all by himself; and the wife smiles, and lets it go at that.". Posted by Paul Erland. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. TV or Not TV. Guide to Academic Depts. Please don't have a nice day. King (M.L.). Wells (H. G.). White (E. B.).
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The Cynic's Almanac: Waiting for a good word
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Monday, April 13, 2015. Waiting for a good word. Irish poet and playwright Samuel Beckett (. Was born on this day in 1906. Is pretentious gibberish, without any claim to importance whatsoever.It's just a waste of everybody's time and it makes me ashamed to think that such balls could be taken seriously for a moment." - Noel Coward. Posted by Paul Erland. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. TV or Not TV. Guide to Academic Depts. Please don't have a nice day. King (M.L.).
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The Cynic's Almanac: Or even every once in a while
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Thursday, May 17, 2012. Or even every once in a while. British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli was born on this day in 1804. He said:. It destroys one's nerves to be amiable to the same human being every day. Posted by Paul Erland. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. TV or Not TV. Guide to Academic Depts. Please don't have a nice day. King (M.L.). Wells (H. G.). White (E. B.).
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The Cynic's Almanac: Not a real kick for him
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Friday, November 7, 2008. Not a real kick for him. 1869 - First college football game played. To watch a football game is to be in prolonged neurotic doubt as to what you're seeing." - Jacques Barzun. Posted by Paul Erland. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. TV or Not TV. Guide to Academic Depts. Please don't have a nice day. King (M.L.). Wells (H. G.). White (E. B.).