An old-fashioned French online guide to proper comportment shoots down that very modern way of thinking, which many view as an encroaching threat in France as well: “Philosophers may say that politeness is the greatest form of hypocrisy,†it states. “But if saying hello, apologizing,…
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Excellent. An easy choice, indeed. “We keep bringing more magic into the world, but rising expectations mean that there’s more disappointment as well. That’s part of the deal of being in the world. The alternative, I’m afraid, isn’t to choose a path where we make…
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“The saving of our world from pending doom will come, not through the complacent adjustment of the conforming majority, but through the creative maladjustment of a nonconforming minority.†– Martin Luther King, Jr. (via Seth)
“Give yourself some time to write, to record, to photograph, to think.” David Tate: “The Dangerous Effects of Reading”