February 2012
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“To us, the Web is a sort of shared external memory. We do not have to remember...”
– We, the Web Kids – an essay by Polish political writer and commentator Piotr Czerski lays out a manifesto for the generation nursed on the web. (via curiositycounts)
September 2011
1 post
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August 2011
9 posts
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“Stood in firelight, sweltering. Bloodstain on chest like map of violent new...”
– “Watchmen” by Alan Moore
Characters: Walter Kovacs/Rorschach
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“ “My cousin Helen, who is in her 90s now, was in the Warsaw ghetto during World...”
– Neil Gaiman, English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre and films
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“ “This isn’t about what is,” said Mr. Nancy.
“It’s about what people think is....”
– Neil Gaiman, English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre and films, American Gods, William Morrow, 2001 (via amiquote)
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“There are so many fragile things, after all. People break so easily, and so do...”
– Neil Gaiman (via kari-shma)
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“ “I have always felt that violence was the last refuge of the incompetent, and...”
– Neil Gaiman, English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre and films, Neverwhere (via amiquote)
“I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent...”
– Robert Fulghum (All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten)
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“ “A philosopher once asked, “Are we human because we gaze at the stars, or do we...”
– Neil Gaiman, English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre and films (via amiquote)
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“ “Potentially evil. Potentially good, too, I suppose. Just this huge powerful...”
– Neil Gaiman, English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre and films, Good Omens, Gollancz, 1990 (via amiquote)
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“ “It is a small world. You do not have to live in it particularly long to learn...”
– Neil Gaiman, English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre and films, Anansi Boys, Morrow, 2005 (via amiquote)
June 2011
1 post
“The biggest, most important piece of advice I could give to any aspiring writer...”
– Neil Gaiman (Neil Gaiman’s Tips on Writing for the Doctor)
April 2011
2 posts
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“The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.”
– Leonardo da Vinci
February 2011
8 posts
“For me the world is weird because it is stupendous, awesome, mysterious,...”
– Journey to Ixtlan by Carlos Castaneda, 1972.
“Minds are not illusory ghosts in real machines. On the contrary, machines are...”
– More Than Matter by Keith Ward, 2010.
“We must be open to new information at all times even if it threatens our current...”
– Zeitgeist: Addendum, 2008.
“Too much high-content information, and I get the existential willies. I keep...”
– All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten by Robert Fulghum, 1988.
“Love the battle between chaos and imagination.
Remember: Acting is living...”
– “Alice-Alice” in Third Wish by Robert Fulghum, 2006.
“Be aware of wonder. And then remember the Dick and Jane books and the first word...”
– All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten by Robert Fulghum, 1988.
“Knowledge is meaningful only if it is reflected in action. The human race has...”
– All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten by Robert Fulghum, 1988.
“I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge —
That myth is more...”
– “Credo,” All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten by Robert Fulghum, 1988.
June 2009
6 posts
“‘How do you know so much about everything?’ was asked of a very wise and...”
– John Abbott
“I guess I should warn you, if I turn out to be particularly clear, you’ve...”
– Alan Greenspan
“I guess I should warn you, if I turn out to be particularly clear, you’ve...”
– Alan Greenspan
“People think dreams aren’t real just because they aren’t made of matter, of...”
– The Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman, 1989.
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“People think dreams aren’t real just because they aren’t made of matter, of...”
– The Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman, 1989.
“The Internet is a giant international network of intelligent, informed computer...”
– Dave Barry