In summarizing the action of a drama, the writer should always use the present tense.
~ William Strunk, Jr.
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In summarizing the action of a drama, the writer should always use the present tense.
~ William Strunk, Jr.
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Once upon a time, long before smartphones or even laptops were ubiquitous, the computer mouse was new, and it was thrilling. The 1984 Macintosh wasn’t the first machine to come with one, but it was the first to popularize the gizmo for ordinary people. Proper use of the mouse was not intuitive. Many people had a hard time moving and clicking at the same time, and “double-clicking” was a skill one had to learn. Still, anyone could put a hand on the thing, move it around on a table, and see the results on-screen: A little cursor moved along with you.
~ Ian Bogost via The Atlantic
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A Conservative Government is an organised hypocrisy.
~ Benjamin Disraeli
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There are more ideas on earth than intellectuals imagine. And these ideas are more active, stronger, more resistant, more passionate than politicians think.
― Michel Foucault
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If Raymond Chandler is considered the poet of crime fiction and Samuel Dashiell Hammett its great journalist, then Chester Himes is the songwriter of the downtrodden. His stories sing with a fire and light that comes from a simmering sense of loss. A loss of respect, of humanity, of honor.
~ S.A. Cosby via The New York Times
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Part of the pleasure of Instagram is the way it edits out the ugly emotions that make up so much of the rest of social media.
~ Jacob Mikanowski
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San Diego State University was established on this day – March 13 – in 1897.
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There are always two parties, the party of the Past and the party of the Future: the Establishment and the Movement. At times the resistance is reanimated, the schism runs under the world and appears in Literature, Philosophy, Church, State and social customs.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The only reason why God created man is because
he was disappointed with the monkey.
~ Mark Twain
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