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"for your viewing pleasure: opening sequence of https://www.e-flux.com/film/548515/li..." — Jan 15, 2024 06:45PM
"for your viewing pleasure: opening sequence of https://www.e-flux.com/film/548515/li..." — Jan 15, 2024 06:45PM
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"OKboomer <=> TLDR <=> PLUR
oh, the joys of a solid voice to text program and mic. At least that is the hope as nowhere yet in the text have I seen any mention of secretaries spared the unedited logorrhea." — Jan 14, 2024 07:03AM
"OKboomer <=> TLDR <=> PLUR
oh, the joys of a solid voice to text program and mic. At least that is the hope as nowhere yet in the text have I seen any mention of secretaries spared the unedited logorrhea." — Jan 14, 2024 07:03AM
“I would live your life so much better than you, if I had your face.”
― If I Had Your Face
― If I Had Your Face
“How strange it is to realize now that although I was frightened of the emptiness between us, that emptiness was not his fault but mine: I was waiting to see what he would give me, how he would entertain me. And yet I was incapable of being profoundly interested in him or, maybe, in anyone. Just the reverse of what I thought at the time, when it seemed so simple: he was too callow, or too cautious, or just too young, not complex enough yet, and so he did not entertain me, and it was his fault.”
― The End of the Story
― The End of the Story
“You can’t translate something
that was never in a language
in the first place.”
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that was never in a language
in the first place.”
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“To live singly, is to live comfortably in peace by one's own standards with no one to tell me what to do or how to do it. This takes courage, maturity and exceptional character.”
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