Category Archives: Quotes

Welcome to the Machine

Posted on 10/25/2009 by danzp

“Singers (and possibly listeners of music too) when they write or perform a song don’t so much bring to the work already formed emotions, ideas, and feelings as much as they use the act of singing as a device that … Continue reading →

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Half a Loaf

Posted on 06/28/2009 by danzp

“The point is that if you’re making big policy changes, the final form of the policy has to be good enough to do the job. You might think that half a loaf is always better than none — but it … Continue reading →

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A Way of Ending

Posted on 05/27/2009 by danzp

“Wallace became the chronicler of a world where it was ‘tough’ to be human, but not impossible. This was the subjective world of his readers, themselves animated by an anxious consciousness of their limitations and contingency. It was an article … Continue reading →

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Good Choice

Posted on 04/29/2009 by danzp

It’s taking me far longer to get through The Lay of the Land than the other two Frank Bascombe books, but passages like this keep me going: “A lot of life is just plain wrong. And the older I get, … Continue reading →

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Warner Brother

Posted on 04/07/2009 by danzp

“Even back in the 1980s (“my” day), when greed ostensibly was good, there was still a sense that the best and the brightest didn’t go to Wall Street. Lots of people did want to go, of course — there was … Continue reading →

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