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“There are many who live by writing, which is brave enough, but few who write to keep people alive. Alex de Waal is in the latter category, an indefatigable writer with an urgent message…”
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“So I admit it: I do, from time to time, stealth edit my posts.” –I do too, if it’s something egregious; otherwise I’m too lazy. Do you stealth edit, too?
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– The legendary comedian George Carlin, famous for his stand-up comedy, especially the “Seven Dirty Words” routine, died of heart failure on Sunday at age 71.
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“Scratching is one of the sweetest gratifications of nature, and as ready at hand as any,” Montaigne wrote. “But repentance follows too annoyingly close at its heels.”
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“How to lure readers? One friend intersperses witty posts with the occasional suicide threat, prompting comments by the dozens: no no, don’t do it. His subtext? I’ll hang in as long as you buy my books. The combination is dynamite.”
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