The writer’s only responsibility is to his art.
~ William Faulkner
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Monthly Archives: August 2024
Campus Life at the
University of Minnesota – Twin Cities
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If we exiled our sins, our virtues would get lonely without their old sparring partners.
~ Henry S. Haskins
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Campus Life at the
University of Kansas
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Cubism is no different from any other school of painting. The same principles and the same elements are common to all. The fact that for a long time cubism has not been understood and that even today there are people who cannot see anything in it, means nothing. I do not read English, and an English book is a blank to me. This does not mean that the English language does not exist, and why should I blame anyone but myself if I cannot understand what I know nothing about?
~ Pablo Picasso
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Campus Life at the
University of North Florida
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I didn’t intend the 10 principles of good design to be set in stone forever.
~ Dieter Rams
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In politics, shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships.
~ Alexis de Tocqueville
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Marine Le Pen was born on this day in 1968
Marion Anne Perrine “Marine” Le Pen — French lawyer and current member of the National Assembly for the 11th constituency of Pas-de-Calais — was born on this day — August 5, 1968.
She holds both a Master of Laws and a Master of Advanced Studies (DEA) in criminial law from Panthéon-Assas University.
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I understood that no one lives forever, but there are certain people whose power and presence so thoroughly penetrate your view of things that contemplating their absence feels as strange as imagining having never been born yourself.
~ Walter Kirn
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