Morning Open Thread: Awed By the Power of Words
_________________________________“Read, read, read. Read everything — trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master....
View ArticleMorning Open Thread: Robots Playing Soccer With Your Soul
___________________________“How does one grow up?” I asked a friend the other day. There was a slight pause; then she answered, “By thinking.”― May Sarton,Journal of a...
View ArticleMorning Open Thread: Once the World Was Perfect
_________________________________“If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for more wise men reading more good books in more public...
View ArticleMorning Open Thread: The Value of Bright Shiny Objects and The Meaning of We
___________________________“Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.”―Franklin D. Roosevelt, U.S. President...
View ArticleMorning Open Thread: Let There Be Peace – So the Broken Can Rise Up and Dance
_________________________________If man does find the solution for world peace it will be the most revolutionary reversal of his record we have ever known.―George C. Marshall, whose ‘Marshall Plan’...
View ArticleMorning Open Thread: This is for Ruth, who "just forgot myself"
_______________________________________Leaving is so hard because your confidence is destroyed, you feel trapped. Nothing will ever feel as bad as this … You are worth so much more than this.― Valerie,...
View ArticleMorning Open Thread: Wide Vistas of Improbability Become Possible
___________________________________“Here we are, the most clever species ever to have lived. So how is it we can destroy the only planet we have?”―Jane Goodall___________________________________Make...
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