On Modern Hollywood and the Disconnect

"At one point in the film I said, 'I hope there is a redemptive element to this film, and not just a bunch of depressed, angry people having sex'.

--Marc Vandersluys

On Looking for Love

"Every color here is severe this morning--the world is dripping in either a very light downpour or extremely heavy mist. I wake up depressed this morning, a different shade of blue--still have the cold and spent last night exchanging texts with yet another guy that I wish I hadn't given my number to. My shrink would have theories on how I draw these guys, but I know it's just plain old-fashioned--my mother told me to play nice with everyone, especially the losers, and now that's all that's left."

-- "Jo Jarden"

The Wisdom of Life

"Besides the noble art of getting things done; there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of nonessentials."

- Lin Yutang

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Accepting Life as it Comes to You

"We cannot tell what may happen to us in the strange medley of life. But we can decide what happens in us - how we can take it, what we do with it - and that is what really counts in the end."

- Joseph Fort Newton

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Why does wikipedia work?

"Whatever else it may be, Wikipedia is a monument to the obsessive-compulsive fact-mongering of the adolescent male. (Not since Portnoy's Complaint has sexual sublimation been quite so wordy.)"

The Dream.

"...one of this panel’s many virtues was its consistent civility. The participants themselves stressed that intelligent and reflective people of goodwill can and do disagree. Eschewing ad hominem attacks, they opted to offer arguments and rebuttals, a mutual exchange whose currency is reason. This brought to mind Fr. John Courtney Murray’s famous remark that “disagreement is a rare achievement, and most of what is called disagreement is simply confusion.”"

On the Housing Bailout

It is not clear what ideological issue is at stake here, since the ideology that we all should pay higher taxes to keep the banks rich has never been well articulated.



--Dean Baker

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On Higher Education, Yesterday and Today

"A college education should immerse you in the highest achievements of Western culture in order to give you the tools to enrich your experiences and refine your moral judgments. Education in this sense is about coming to know yourself, not because you construct your own reality, but because your nature is the same as everyone else’s. When a multiculturalist professor tells you that all truth is relative, ask him how he knows that, and when he tells you that Western culture is wicked and wrong, ask him what cultural criteria he is using to make that comparison. Better yet, do not ask your professors these questions, because multiculturalism is killing higher education as sure as the Romans killed Jesus. Share your questions with your friends, find a professor friendly to your faith, and keep higher education in your prayers."

On destiny

"But my charm lies in admitting the silly things. Someone has to. So."

-Jenn Mattern