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"I've not actually read through to page 111. Rather I'm on page 3, which referred me to Chapter IX." — Sep 13, 2016 04:54AM
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"Not very far in, but Pikkety is cautious and nuanced in his statements. I suspect most of the controversy is over people extrapolating his results to absolutes where Pikkety provides caveats" — Jul 08, 2014 05:08AM
"Not very far in, but Pikkety is cautious and nuanced in his statements. I suspect most of the controversy is over people extrapolating his results to absolutes where Pikkety provides caveats" — Jul 08, 2014 05:08AM
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“Yes, and our kid brother Superhero has died so many times that the readers barely even notice anymore.”
― Fables, Vol. 13: The Great Fables Crossover
― Fables, Vol. 13: The Great Fables Crossover
“And make no mistake: irony tyrannizes us. The reason why our pervasive cultural irony is at once so powerful and so unsatisfying is that an ironist is impossible to pin down. All U.S. irony is based on an implicit "I don’t really mean what I’m saying." So what does irony as a cultural norm mean to say? That it’s impossible to mean what you say? That maybe it’s too bad it’s impossible, but wake up and smell the coffee already? Most likely, I think, today’s irony ends up saying: "How totally banal of you to ask what I really mean.”
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“I've heard of such a legend!' I gasped. 'A child descended from a union between Christ and Mary Magdalene!'
'Don't be so fucking stupid,' snorted Mons. 'There's hundreds of those!”
― The Devil in Amber
'Don't be so fucking stupid,' snorted Mons. 'There's hundreds of those!”
― The Devil in Amber
“By now the crusaders had christened the most powerful French catapult 'Mal Voisine', or 'Bad Neighbour', while nicknaming the Muslim stone-thrower that targeted it for conter-bombardment 'Mal Cousine', or 'Bad Relation'.”
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“If one cannot learn from the mistakes of others, one might as well become a Democrat.”
― My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding
― My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding
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