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The God Arrives Early: Rod Serling and the Endings That Paid Their Bills
The series died the year before I was born, and it hardly mattered, because the reruns never stopped. On summer nights in Nebraska in the early seventies, on the only signal that reached my grandfather's corner of the state, a man in a narrow black suit would step into the frame and speak to me as if the two of us had an appointment. He promised a fifth dimension, called it "the middle ground between light and shadow," and stood aside to let the story convict somebody. As a boy I thought I was watching monsters. The show was running trials. […] -
A quotation from Ambrose Bierce
EPIDEMIC, n. A disease having a sociable turn and few prejudices.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Epidemic,” “Devil’s Dictionary” column, San Francisco Wasp (1883-04-28)More about this quote: wist.info/bierce-ambrose/84987…
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A quotation from Ambrose Bierce
ADAGE, n. A hoary-headed platitude that is kicked along the centuries until nothing is left of it but its clothes. A “saw” which has worn out its teeth on the human understanding.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Adage,” “Devil’s Dictionary” column, San Francisco Wasp (1881-03-05)More about this quote: wist.info/bierce-ambrose/81811…
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A quotation from Ambrose Bierce
SUCCESS, n. The one unpardonable sin against one’s fellows.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Success,” The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)More info about this quote: wist.info/bierce-ambrose/80306…
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J'avais envie, depuis longtemps, de transposer le Dictionnaire du Diable d'Ambrose Bierce dans le monde actuel. Je l'ai plus fabriqué qu'ecrit, mais je me suis bien amusé. L'important est qu'il fasse rigoler...
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