by Pier Marton | Jan 18, 2012 | Art, Books, Care, Eco, Ego, Humor, Jewish, Mystery, Poet, Quotes, Teach
substance is what remains when everything you can think of has gone the shortest poem in the English language (1925) One Question I — Why? EmailMoreRedditTweetShare on...
by Pier Marton | Jan 8, 2012 | Art, Books, Care, Eco, France, Future Tech, Idées, Media, Politics, Quotes, Spectacle
2002« Je dédie cette conférence aux électeurs du Front national dont je me sens proche. Je me sens proche d’eux parce que ce sont des gens qui souffrent et qui me font souffrir. Ils me font souffrir parce que dans la proximité même de leur souffrance, je les...
by Pier Marton | Dec 30, 2011 | Afri, Asia, Books, Ego, France, Highlights, Humor, Ideas, Idées, Jewish, Judaism, Middle-East, Poet, Quotes, Software, Sound, Spectacle, Teach, Text, Time, Wars, Women
[UPDATED HERE WITH THE EXTENSIVE SCHOOL OF NO MEDIA COLLECTION] Besides Crane, Eco and quite a few others available on this blog under the “Quotes” category, these are quotes I have used in the past, either on my office door or as part of my signature: • ...
by Pier Marton | Dec 29, 2011 | Books, History, Human Rights, Humor, Ideas, Jewish, Music, Poet, Politics, Popular, Quotes, Spectacle, Theater, Time, Travel
Somewhere over the rainbow, Way up high There’s a land that I heard of Once in a lullaby. This page provides updates. And this one, tons of ressources. With an UPDATED version HERE. Lives of great men all remind us, Greatness takes no easy way. All the heroes of...
by Pier Marton | Dec 19, 2011 | Asia, Death, History, Human Rights, Media, Middle-East, Politics, Quotes, Racism, Site, Travel, Wars
From Daniel Ellsberg on Democracy Now: The Time magazine cover gives protester, an anonymous protester, as “Person of the Year,” but it is possible to put a face and a name to that picture of “Person of the Year.” And the American face I would...
by Pier Marton | Dec 16, 2011 | Books, Death, Human Rights, Humor, Jewish, Middle-East, Mystery, Politics, Quotes, Racism, Sci/Nat, Spectacle, Wars, Women
His take on Nietzsche’s “Whatever doesn’t kill me makes me stronger.” Oh, really? Take the case of the philosopher to whom that line is usually attributed, Friedrich Nietzsche, who lost his mind to what was probably syphilis. Or America’s homegrown philosopher...