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July 4, 2023
“To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture.” ― Thomas Paine Birthdays: 1669 Alexander von Papenhoven, Flemish sculptor. 1694 Louis-Claude Daquin, French organist and composer.…
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July 3, 2023
“Words… They’re innocent, neutral, precise, standing for this, describing that, meaning the other, so if you look after them you can build bridges across incomprehension and chaos. But when they get their corners knocked off, they’re no good any more… I don’t think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get…
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July 2, 2023
“The world is full of people who are very clever at seeming much smarter than they really are.” ― Kurt Vonnegut Birthdays: 1581 Johann Staden, German baroque composer who established the Nuremberg School. Toccata 1636 Daniel Speer, German composer and writer of the Baroque. Aria, Gavotte, Courante. Pièces jouées au clavicorde, and Sonata n°1 para tres Trombones…
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July 1, 2023
“The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he’s in prison.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky Birthdays: 1646 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, German polymath. 1586 Claudio Saracini, Italian composer, lutenist, and singer of the early Baroque era. le Seste musiche 1723 Pedro Rodríguez de Campomanes y Pérez, 1st Count of Campomanes,…
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June 30, 2023
“Our freedom of choice in a competitive society rests on the fact that, if one person refuses to satisfy our wishes, we can turn to another. But if we face a monopolist we are at his absolute mercy. And an authority directing the whole economic system of the country would be the most powerful monopolist…
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June 29, 2023
“We are like books. Most people only see our cover, the minority read only the introduction, many people believe the critics. Few will know our content.” ― Émile Zola Birthdays: 1805 Hiram Powers, American neoclassical sculptor. 1911 Bernard Herrmann, American film score composer. Vertigo (theme), and Prelude (Mysterious Island), and Fahrenheit 451: first scene. MISCELLANY:…
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June 28, 2023
“Assume that the person you are listening to might know something you don’t.” ― Jordan Peterson Birthdays: 1547 Cristofano Malvezzi, Italian organist and composer of the late Renaissance. Canzona 1560, and Fuga Secunda, and Sinfonia from “La Pellegrina” & “Coppia gentil” 1577 Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish Baroque painter. 1586 Paul Siefert, German composer and organist…
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June 27, 2023
“Code has the tendency to rise from servant to master to sole proprietor. The first autopilot kept a plane cruising at steady speed and altitude; the cockpit of the future, it is said, will have a pilot, a computer, and a dog. The dog there to bite the pilot if he touches the computer. Much…
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June 26, 2023
“It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.” ― Thomas Sowell Birthdays: 1582 Johannes Schultz, German composer. Canzona 4 – strings, cembalo, Canzona 5 – strings, cembalo 1730 Charles Messier, French astronomer.…
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June 25, 2023
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” ― George Orwell, 1984 Birthdays: 1709 Francesco Araja, Italian composer. “Cephal and Prokris” Aria of Aurora. 1860 Gustave Charpentier, French composer. Depuis le Jour de la Opera Louise. 1903 George Orwell, English novelist, essayist, journalist,…
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