February 2012
34 posts
“1. Abandon the idea that you are ever going to finish. Lose track of the 400...”
– John Steinbeck on “how to keep from going nuts” while writing.
From Paris Review - The Art of Fiction No. 45.
via openculture which also has a great video of Steinbeck’s 1962 acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize for Literature.
(via kenyatta)
“Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns into...”
– Barack Obama (via hatefulatheist)
“I cannot understand anti-abortion arguments that centre on the sanctity of life....”
– Caitlin Moran (via apyrrhicvictory)
“You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion....”
– Harlan Ellison (via sirmitchell)
11 Free Philip K. Dick Short Stories
technoccult:
Open Culture rounded up 11 Philip K. Dick short stories that you can download for free - legally. It includes his first published story, “Beyond Lies the Wub,” which is also the source for the illustration above.
Original Article
“We’re delighted to hear that Rep. Fleming is a regular reader of America’s...”
– The Onion editor Joe Randazzo • In response to the Republican Congressman who mistook an Onion article for the real thing. source (via • follow)
“Girls can wear jeans and cut their hair short and wear shirts and boots because...”
– Ian McEwan, The Cement Garden (via dryseptember)
January 2012
38 posts
“Beyond the universe there is nothing and within the universe the supernatural...”
– George P. Spencer of Lyndon Center, Vt., died in 1908 at age 83. His epitaph is inscribed on the sides of a granite monument. (via Futility Closet)
“I ascribe to Mark Twain’s theory that the last person who should be President is...”
– Bill Hicks (via billhicks)
“Those who fail to exhibit positive attitudes, no matter the external reality,...”
– Chris Hedges (via solitaryforager)
“With any of the Miley Cyrus shit, or any of that Vanessa Hudgens shit — I would...”
– Megan Fox (via pradaiswhatshewearsxo) (via esmeweatherwax)
“Someone has said that it requires less mental effort to condemn than to think....”
– Emma Goldman, Anarchism and Other Essays (via cultureofresistance)
“The sign of intelligence is that you are constantly wondering. Idiots are always...”
– Jaggi Vasudev (via soul-candy)
MPAA Directly & Publicly Threatens Politicians Who... →
wilwheaton:
Reinforcing the fact that Chris Dodd really does not get what’s happening, and showing just how disgustingly corrupt the MPAA relationship is with politicians, Chris Dodd went on Fox News to explicitly threaten politicians who accept MPAA campaign donations that they’d better pass Hollywood’s favorite legislation… or else:
“Those who count on quote ‘Hollywood’ for support need to...