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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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June 24, 2023
“A man who chooses between drinking a glass of milk and a glass of a solution of potassium cyanide does not choose between two beverages; he chooses between life and death. A society that chooses between capitalism and socialism does not choose between two social systems; it chooses between social cooperation and the disintegration of…
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June 23, 2023
“the most improper job of any man, even saints (who at any rate were at least unwilling to take it on), is bossing other men. Not one in a million is fit for it, and least of all those who seek the opportunity.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien Birthdays: 1852 Carl Reinecke, German composer, conductor, and pianist.…
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June 22, 2023
“Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century:Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others;Worrying about things that cannot be changed or corrected;Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it;Refusing to set aside trivial preferences;Neglecting development and refinement of the mind;Attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do.”…
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June 21, 2023
“I make a point to appreciate all the little things in my life. I go out and smell the air after a good, hard rain. I re-read passages from my favorite books. I hold the little treasures that somebody special gave me. These small actions help remind me that there are so many great, glorious…
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