September 2009
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Aug 31st
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Aug 31st
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“Penser à ce que tu seras? Tes regrets n’ont pas d’avenir. Et nul avenir ne...”
– Emil Cioran, Bréviaire des vaincus, §9, in Oeuvres, éd. Gallimard, coll. Quarto, [1993]1995, p. 518-519 This essay has yet to be translated in English. See Cioran’s bibliography on Cioran.eu.
Aug 31st
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“Que de choses il faut ignorer pour « agir » !”
– Paul Valéry, Choses tues, Gallimard, Paris, 1932.
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“Ceux que nous estimons ont un pouvoir redoutable, celui de nous décevoir, que...”
– Henry de Montherlant, Tous feux éteints, carnet 1966, éd. Gallimard, 1975
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“Never suffer sleep to close thy eyelids, after thy going to bed, Till thou...”
– The Golden Verses of Pythagoras, Selected and Arranged by Florence M. Firth, 1904. Read more about The Golden Verses.
Aug 27th
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“Un voyage se passe de motifs. Il ne tarde pas à prouver qu’il se suffit à...”
– Nicolas Bouvier, L’usage du monde, «Avant-propos» in Oeuvres, éd. Gallimard, coll. Quarto, Paris, (1963)2004, p. 82. Previously on Skandalon.
Aug 24th
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“Who is man? Is he a rational animal? If he is, then the goals can ultimately be...”
– 2parse / “Security in the Contemporary World” a speech by Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense, delivered before the Society of Newspaper Editors, Montreal, Canada, May 18th, 1966. Errol Morris used this quotation while reflecting on McNamara recent death. Read his post over at The New...
Aug 21st
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Mon Oncle, Jacques Tati, 1958 [trailer].
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“Unfortunately, as soon as they graduate, our people return to a world driven by...”
– Armed Forces Journal: “Essay: Dumb-dumb bullets. As a decision-making aid, PowerPoint is a poor tool” by T.X. Hammes, July 2009. “T.X. Hammes retired from the Marine Corps after 30 years of service. He is pursuing a doctorate in history from Oxford University.” Previously on...
Aug 20th
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“The contrast in scale between between consumer products we use in the home and...”
– The Toaster Project by Thomas Thwaites. About the artist: “I’m in the final year of the MA Design Interactions at the Royal College of Art.” Check his other projects at his officiel website.
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