Tag: writing
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April 28, 2025
”A weak man has doubts before a decision; a strong man has them afterwards.” — Karl Kraus BIRTHDAYS: 1874 Karl Kraus, Austrian writer and journalist, known as a satirist, essayist, aphorist, playwright and poet. He directed his satire at the press, German culture, and German and Austrian politics. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize…
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April 27, 2025
”Creativity is the power to reject the past, to change the status quo, and to seek new potential. Simply put, aside from using one’s imagination – perhaps more importantly – creativity is the power to act.” — Ai Weiwei BIRTHDAYS: 1623 Johann Adam Reincken, German organist and composer. Fuga in sol minore, and Toccata in…
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April 26, 2025
Richard Mitchell 1929 – 2002 ”Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.” — Marcus Aurelius, Meditations BIRTHDAYS: 161 Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and a Stoic philosopher. 1785 John James Audubon, French-American…
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April 25, 2025
”Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.” — H. L. Mencken BIRTHDAYS: 1614 Marc’Antonio Pasqualini, Italian composer. “Perche dolce bambino” 1677 Guillaume Coustou Sr, French sculptor (Chevaux the Marly) 1690 Gottlieb Theophil Muffat, German composer. Toccata prima et due Fugae in d, and Fugue in g minor, and Rigaudon in F Major…
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April 24, 2025
”Words never fail. We hear them, we read them; they enter into the mind and become part of us for as long as we shall live. Who speaks reason to his fellowmen bestows it upon them. Who mouths inanity disorders thought for all who listen. There must be some minimum allowable dose of inanity beyond…
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April 23, 2025
”What is progress? You might think that the question is so subjective and culturally relative as to be forever unanswerable. In fact, it’s one of the easier questions to answer. Most people agree that life is better than death. Health is better than sickness. Sustenance is better than hunger. Abundance is better than poverty. Peace…
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December 30, 2024
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “We’ve gotta become the Martians. I’m a Martian – I tell you to become Martians. And we’ve gotta go to Mars and civilize Mars and build a whole civilization on Mars and then move out, 300 years from now into the universe. And when we do that, we have a chance…
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December 17, 2024
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “There is wisdom in turning as often as possible from the familiar to the unfamiliar: it keeps the mind nimble, it kills prejudice, and it fosters humor.” — George Santayana BIRTHDAYS: 1706 Émilie du Châtelet, French mathematician and physicist (Institutions de Physique; translation of Newton’s Principia). 1749 Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer.…
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