Wealth is not without its advantages, and the case to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely persuasive.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith
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Monthly Archives: January 2024
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I daresay anything can be made holy by being sincerely worshipped.
~ Iris Murdoch
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Whatever the social effects of talk radio or the partisan agendas of certain hosts, it is a fallacy that political talk radio is motivated by ideology. It is not. Political talk radio is a business, and it is motivated by revenue. The conservatism that dominates today’s AM airwaves does so because it generates high Arbitron ratings, high ad rates, and maximum profits.
~ David Foster Wallace
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Generative AI Statement of the Day
via Lehigh University
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As sleep is necessary to our physiology, so depression seems necessary to our psychic economy.
~ Janet Malcolm
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Jeff Bezos was born
on this day in 1964
Jeff Bezos – the American entrepreneur and founder of Amazon – was born on January 12, 1964 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Mr Bezos is a graduate of Princeton University.
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Campus Life at the
University of Plymouth
Zack de la Rocha was born on this day in 1967
Zack de la Rocha – best known for his work as vocalist and lyricist for Rage Against the Machine – was born on this day – January 12, 1970 – in Long Beach, California.
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Five Universities in Mainland China with Interesting Wikipedia Entries
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It is the nature of men to be bound by the benefits they confer as much as by those they receive.
~ Niccolò Machiavelli
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