Things are only mannequins and even the great world-historical events are only costumes beneath which they exchange glances with nothingness.
― Walter Benjamin
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Things are only mannequins and even the great world-historical events are only costumes beneath which they exchange glances with nothingness.
― Walter Benjamin
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Of all the nations in the world the French are the most renowned for singing over their grievances. Of that country it has been remarked with some truth, that its whole history may be traced in its songs.
~ Charles MacKay
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In the Pacific Northwest where rainy darkness defines the season, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is common. @UWMedicine shares tips from experts on the healthiest ways to get through the winter months: https://t.co/TGtU19IzrV pic.twitter.com/S7xZWbuAXk
— University of Washington (@UW) November 18, 2021
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You know my friends, there comes a time when people get tired of being trampled by the iron feet of oppression. There comes a time my friends, when people get tired of being plunged across the abyss of humiliation, where they experience the bleakness of nagging despair. There comes a time when people get tired of being pushed out of the glittering sunlight of life’s July and left standing amid the piercing chill of an alpine November. There comes a time.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
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In a series of three or more terms with a single conjunction, use a comma after each term except the last.
~ William Strunk, Jr.
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A document called “syllabus” persists, and is still distributed to prospective students at the start of each semester—but its function as a course plan has been minimized, if not entirely erased. First and foremost, it must satisfy a drove of bureaucratic needs, describing school policies, accreditation demands, regulatory matters, access to campus resources, health and safety guidelines, and more.
~ Ian Bogost via The Atlantic
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Finality, Sir, is not the language of politics.
~ Benjamin Disraeli
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