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Quote: Witticisms

Posted in quotations on September 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

A witty saying proves nothing.

Voltaire

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Quote: Narcissism

Posted in quotations on September 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.
Gore Vidal

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The Myth of Talent

Posted in commentary, tagged on September 11, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Is Talent A Myth?
A few months ago, I ran across an article that nagged at me. Scott Young argues that there is no such thing as talent, and that with enough perseverance, anyone can develop skills, regardless of talent.
One of Webster’s definitions of talent is “a special often creative or artistic aptitude”. This is where [...]

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Quote: Inaccuracy

Posted in quotations on September 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation.
H. H. Munro

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Accountable…to ME

Posted in soapbox, tagged , on September 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I was watching the Bill Moyers interview with John Nichols last week. He made a statement that really got me:
An awfully lot of Americans understand what Thomas Jefferson understood. And that is that the election of a president does not make him a king for four years.
I really started to think about this. We as [...]

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