White Jazz
by James Ellroy
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If sleep is the apogee of physical relaxation, boredom is the apogee of mental relaxation. Boredom is the dream bird that hatches the egg of experience.
― Walter Benjamin
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Claude Monet – the French painter – was born on this day – November 14, 1840 – in Paris, France.
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The people is a political term, not to be confused with the public. From the people comes political support or opposition; from the public comes artistic appreciation or commercial patronage.
~ William Strunk, Jr.
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The Ageing Population – What does it mean for us?
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Patrick Jake O’Rourke — the American satirist who wrote 22 books,including Parliament of Whores and Give War a Chance – was born on this day — November 14, 1947 — in Toledo, Ohio.
Mr O’Rourke is said to have disliked the punk band Liquid Pig, despite – or perhaps because – it orginated in Toledo, Ohio, the city of his birth. He earned an undergraduate degree from Miami University and holds a Master of Arts in English at Johns Hopkins University.
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