Quotation of the day for September 28, 2016

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Quotation of the Day for September 28, 2016 AMY GOODMAN: How much have you interacted with him? He's got a lot of names for you. GARRY TRUDEAU: No, I've observed him in the wild numerous occasions, most recently at the New Hampshire debates. He came out into the press area, and I could not take my eyes off the back of his head. It is something that photography just can't quite capture. It's like a panel of gossamer that has been lacquered onto the back of his head with a kind of golden slurry. And I wanted to find the words or the imagery to share that with my readers, but really drawing Trump is a journey. It's not a destination. You just have to keep after it. - Garry Trudeau, 'Doonesbury' cartoonist, on drawing Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, in an interview with Amy Goodman. [http://www.democracynow.org/2016/8/5/30_years_of_doonesbury_on_donald] Submitted by: Terry Labach Sep. 27, 2016

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Quotation of the day for September 17, 2016

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Quotation of the Day for September 17, 2016 "Imagination and sentiment, which quite properly delimit the dimensions of the novelist's realm, are a dangerous medium, however, through which to approach the subject of battle. Indeed, in that sub-world of imaginative writing which Gillian Freeman has called the undergrowth of literature, calculated indulgence in imagination and sentiment have produced, and regrettably continue to produce, some very nasty stuff indeed, which at its Zap-Blatt-Banzai-Gott im Himmel-Bayonet in the guts worst may justifiably be condemned by that overworked phrase, 'pornography of violence'." - John Keegan, historian, in The Face Of Battle. Submitted by: Terry Labach Sep. 15, 2016

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Quotation of the day for September 16, 2016

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Quotation of the Day for September 16, 2016 "And so it's hard to swallow Apple's use of the word "courage" to describe the corporate ethos that pushed the company to remove the headphone plug from the newest iPhone while offering a new pair of jack-free earbuds that will run you $160. Removing a headphone jack or adding 20 headphone jacks does not require courage; engineers are very smart, but their job does not typically require much bravery. Courage is more often found in, say, running into a burning school to rescue the students and class rodent. Or, maybe, you could call courageous the act of paying the many billions you owe around the world into the system that ensures those students have all of the resources they need in order to learn and grow. Just a hint: Collaborative spreadsheet software doesn't count." - Sam Biddle, on Apple's latest hardware standards and old tax avoidance strategy. [https://theintercept.com/2016/09/07/paying-taxes-is-a-lot-better-than-phony-corporate-courage-apple/] Submitted by: Terry Labach Sep. 13, 2016

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Quotation of the day for September 15, 2016

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Quotation of the Day for September 15, 2016 "We watch 25 square miles, so you see lots of crimes," he said. "And by the way, after people commit crimes, they drive like idiots." - Ross McNutt, the president of Persistent Surveillance Systems, which collects aerial surveillance images. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/new-surveillance-technology-can-track-everyone-in-an-area-for-several-hours-at-a-time/2014/02/05/82f1556e-876f-11e3-a5bd-844629433ba3_story.html] Submitted by: Terry Labach Sep. 14, 2016

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Quotation of the day for September 14, 2016

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Quotation of the Day for September 14, 2016 "A sense of security, of well-being, of summer warmth pervades my memory. That robust reality makes a ghost of the present. The mirror brims with brightness; a bumblebee has entered the room and bumps against the ceiling. Everything is as it should be, nothing will ever change, nobody will ever die." - Vladimir Nabokov, in Speak, Memory: A Memoir. Submitted by: Terry Labach Sep. 12, 2016

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Quotation of the day for September 13, 2016

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Quotation of the Day for September 13, 2016 "I have had the privilege to live in France with my family for more than six years. The days of beans and rice are far behind. Yet the scars of Guantanamo are never far from view. I wonder, at times, whether I will ever be free of the sense of pain and loss I feel. I also wonder what scars burden the soldiers who were ordered to mistreat us, now that they know it was in error, and I hope they are cared for and given the opportunity to learn from those mistakes. I am struck by the angry political rhetoric that continues to surround Guantanamo in the United States, and I truly hope that America, like me, will someday have the chance to put Guantanamo into its past and to resume a constructive existence." - Lakhdar Boumediene, an Algerian who was held for over seven years at an American prison camp in Guantanamo. He was released when a review showed there had been no credible evidence of any wrongdoing on his part. Quoted in Astro Noise: A Survival Guide. Submitted by: Mike Krawchuk Sep. 12, 2016

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Quotation of the day for September 9, 2016

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Quotation of the Day for September 9, 2016 ""I was never a techie person; I was more of a pervert person," Bramon said." - Kenny Bramon, quoted in the Financial Post, on his work in the porn industry. [http://business.financialpost.com/fp-tech-desk/how-the-montreal-porn-industry-has-shifted-from-sex-to-tech] Submitted by: Dana Weeks Sep. 8, 2016

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Quotation of the day for September 3, 2016

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Quotation of the Day for September 3, 2016 "The business is a good 75% role-play, and it becomes you. I bet Lemmy used to enjoy poetry and nice wine and days in the garden, you know, the character is a cultivated habit. "I am a Bluesman. But by my own definition. I enjoy the role, and live it to a point, but i also like family and flowers. I'm not a self destructive fool, even though that would probably be better for business." - Son of Dave, musician (aka Benjamin Darvill), from a 2016 interview. [https://forbiddenbeatcom.wordpress.com/2016/08/16/son-of-dave-interview/] Submitted by: Terry Labach Sep. 2, 2016

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Quotation of the day for September 2, 2016

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Quotation of the Day for September 2, 2016 "I quickly developed a cult following. That sounds pretty good, but the truth is it's the last thing you want to develop. The only time having a cult following is a great thing is when you are actually in a cult. Then you get be a cult leader and life is milk and honey... everyone thinks you are God... you get to lie down with all the ladies from the cult... In a short matter of time, you become drunk with power and begin to lie down with the men also, not because you want to, but just because you can. Yes, being a cult leader with a cult following is fine work if you can find it. However, being a stand-up comedian with a cult following just means that most folks hate your guts." - Norm Macdonald, comedian, from his memoir, Based on a True Story. Submitted by: Terry Labach Aug. 30, 2016

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Quotation of the day for September 1, 2016

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Quotation of the Day for September 1, 2016 "I had worked out the basics of fingerpicking and became a regular at Washington Square Park. That was the golden age for that particular scene, because a whole new generation of us was coming in but it had not gotten so big that it was out of hand. The regular Sunday musical get-togethers had actually started sometime in the mid-1940s when a few friends took to meeting in the park for loose song sessions. These had grown until the police began taking notice and there were all sorts of arguments, leading eventually to an inner core of musicians arranging to get regular permits. Naturally, a lot of us despised the idea of needing an official permit, but it did have one advantage: the rule was that everyone was allowed to sing and play from two to five as long as they had no drums, and that kept out the bongo players. The Village had bongo players up the wazoo, and they would have loved to sit in, and we hated them. So that was some consolation." - Dave Van Ronk, musician, in his memoir The Mayor of MacDougal Street. Submitted by: Terry Labach Aug. 29, 2016

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