A quotation from A. A. Milne

Owl was telling Kanga an Interesting Anecdote full of long words like Encyclopædia and Rhododendron to which Kanga wasn’t listening.

A. A. Milne (1882-1956) English poet and playwright [Alan Alexander Milne]
Winnie-the-Pooh, ch. 8 “Christopher Robin Leads an Expotition” (1926)

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Owl was telling Kanga an Interesting Anecdote full of long words like Encyclopædia and Rhododendron to which Kanga wasn't listening.

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A quotation from Hannah Arendt

Clichés, stock phrases, adherence to conventional, standardized codes of expression and conduct have the socially recognized function of protecting us against reality, that is, against the claim on our thinking attention that all events and facts make by virtue of their existence.

Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German-American philosopher, political theorist
Lecture (1971), “Thinking and Moral Considerations,” Social Research (1971 Fall)

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Dans la série, j'oublie où je range mes affaires.

Je viens de découvrir que j'avais rangé un gros, gros chèque de mes parents à l'occasion de mes 40 ans... Il n'a donc jamais été encaissé, et il a quel âge maintenant ? 😁

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Many an object is not seen, though it falls within the range of our visual ray, because it does not come within the range of our intellectual ray, ie, we are not looking for it. So, in the largest sense, we find only the world we look for.
-- Henry David Thoreau (Journal, July 2, 1857)

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The BBC, equal to itself, was asleep at the switch, apparently.

If you did not know that there was anger at the US health system, even *before* that CEO's killing, this means that you were just not paying attention.

The killing does not reveal anything about the presence of this anger.

Idiots.

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