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A quotation from Kurt Vonnegut
People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order, so they’ll have good voice boxes in case there’s ever anything really meaningful to say.
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922-2007) American novelist, journalist
Cat’s Cradle, ch. 76 [Castle] (1963)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/vonnegut-kurt-jr/784…
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Would someone please explain to sports announcers that they are not required to fill every second of airtime with their deathless prose? I would like them to sit there and wait for something to happen on the field, and maybe describe what's going on. I don't give a shit about your close personal relationship with the quarterbacks coach or how high the second team linebacker was drafted. Tell me what's going on in the game!
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A quotation from La Rochefoucauld
As great minds can express much in a few words, so small minds have the contrary talent of talking a great deal without saying anything at all.
[Comme c’est le caractère des grands esprits de faire entendre en peu de paroles beaucoup de choses, les petits esprits, au contraire, ont le don de beaucoup parler, et de ne rien dire.]François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶142 (1665-1678) [tr. FitzGibbon (1957)]Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-fra…
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I have been re-posting this link now for 17 consecutive #stpatricksday ☘, once hosted a reading of it, and here 'tis again, the sorry sordid tale of that blow-in from Britain; in whose honour the annual national stereotype perpetuation festival is held, as told by my favourite gravedigger, #EnderWiggan, so it has to be true.
Diggin' in the Dirt: I, Patrick. (Puke the First) - #Blather
http://www.blather.net/theblather/2008/03/diggin_in_the_dirt_i_patrick_puke_the_fi/If they STILL haven't all section links, use Google, it's worth the blather, trust me!
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I have been re-posting this link now for 17 consecutive #stpatricksday ☘, once hosted a reading of it, and here 'tis again, the sorry sordid tale of that blow-in from Britain; in whose honour the annual national stereotype perpetuation festival is held, as told by my favourite gravedigger, #EnderWiggan, so it has to be true.
Diggin' in the Dirt: I, Patrick. (Puke the First) - #Blather
http://www.blather.net/theblather/2008/03/diggin_in_the_dirt_i_patrick_puke_the_fi/If they STILL haven't all section links, use Google, it's worth the blather, trust me!
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Per #NBC#tRumpdoings #campaign #blather
A #fundraising text message went out at the same time, thundering that he would “#neversurrender.” Trump’s fundraising has surged during moments of potential #legal peril, delivering him much-needed financial and messaging boosts as he navigates the challenges of another #WhiteHouse run.
“I JUST #STORMED OUT OF #COURT!” he hammered in the message. “They think I’m finished but I’LL NEVER SURRENDER.”
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Per #NBC#tRumpdoings #campaign #blather
A #fundraising text message went out at the same time, thundering that he would “#neversurrender.” Trump’s fundraising has surged during moments of potential #legal peril, delivering him much-needed financial and messaging boosts as he navigates the challenges of another #WhiteHouse run.
“I JUST #STORMED OUT OF #COURT!” he hammered in the message. “They think I’m finished but I’LL NEVER SURRENDER.”
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A quotation from McLaughlin, Mignon:
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The three horrors of modern life — talk without meaning, desire without love, work without satisfaction.
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https://wist.info/mclaughlin-mignon/58176/#quote #quotes #quotation #blather #desire #emptiness #labor #love #meaning #meaninglessness #modernity #satisfaction #work