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• in Politics
  Jon Stewart, Steven Colbert and What’s the Point?
  Peace Train, Crazy Train, Love Train and Mark Twain
  by sylvialafairphd / on Nov 1, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “mark twain”

 

• The Other Side of Cloudy

  
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  Prompts for the Promptless:  Silver Lining   “Silver Lining” is a prospect of hope or comfort in a gloomy situation. A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn’t see the clouds at all – he’s walking on them.   ~Leonard Louis ...
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• Writing Quote of the Day: Mark Twain

  
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  "Classic". A book which people praise and dont read.- Mark Twain
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• Pretty much the story of my life

  
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  [IMG: http://retrieverman.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/mark-twain-quote.jpg?w=500&h=478]
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• Story Up My Sleeve #11: “The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg,” by Mark Twain

  
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  [Dont know what this is? See the Story Up My Sleeve background page.] Hadleyburg village woke up world-celebrated — astonished — happy — vain. Vain beyond imagination. Its nineteen principal citizens and their wives went about shaking hands with each other, and beaming, and smiling, and congratulating, ...
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• Acceptance: The SFMTA Spends Money Quoting Mark Twain to Apologize for Honoring the First Amendment

  
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  Tweet Are you up to speed on this one? Laird Harrison of KQED has the deets on the original “My Jihad” campaign. Then some lady spent money on ads making fun of that campaign. An example can be found here . But then the SFMTA responded by quoting Maya Angelou since it couldn’t figure out any different ...
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• Gatsby is Great : Fitzgerald confronts the defeat of youth and beauty and idealism of the Jazz Age

  
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    The Great Gatsby was originally published in April 1925, which means that those who first read it were much nearer in time to Henry James and even Charles Dickens than we are to Scott Fitzgerald. And that reflection brings a shock. For just as the book survives in our minds partly as a period piece—the ...
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• Under Construction

  
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  Todays post is an assortment of construction photos accompanying the text of an article from the Disneylander Employee Newsletter, September 1961. First photo here shows the sign for the Storybook attraction in Fantasyland BEFORE it got the Storybook! Following are two shots from the testing phase at Arrow Dynamics in ...
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• Diary of a Crazy Artist: Good Quotes About Cats

  
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  Bob Dylan as a Cat missing his ear, dressed as Vincent Van Gogh. Graphic: Chris Cobb I’m not the kind of cat that’s going to cut off an ear if I can’t do something. Bob Dylan (musician and poet) What do I care about the purring of one who cannot love, like the cat? Friedrich Nietzsche (philosopher) My ...
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• Truthiness and American Humor

  
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  Stephen Colbert, in the inaugural episode of the Colbert Report (October 17, 2005), coined the word truthiness to capture the underlying absurdity of the human preference to assert a truth that arises from a devout belief in one’s gut rather than one supported by facts (see: Colbert Introduces Truthiness ...
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• Review | Dodger by Terry Pratchett

  
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  The most unexpectedly fun read of the year is Terry Pratchett ‘s Dodger . With an unmatched skill, Pratchett shows himself to be a writer akin to to Mark Twain and as adept in the historical world of 19th century London as he is in the imaginary world of Ankh-Morpork .   A month ago or so, Britt came ...
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• “Mud” Updates Mark Twain Very Well

  
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  A good story, bolstered by first-rate acting and directing, can still give low-budget movies a good chance to make a neat profit and give mentally adult people a reason to go to the movies.  “Mud” is, in my view, one of those very special movies. Like Mark Twain’s ”Tom Sawyer,” and ...
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• Imagination – Mark Twain

  
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  You cant depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.   Mark Twain
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• Q#133: Mark Twain

  
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  If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything – Mark Twain
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• "We are always hearing of people who are around seeking after the Truth. I have never seen a..."

  
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  “We are always hearing of people who are around seeking after the Truth. I have never seen a (permanent) specimen. I think he has never lived. But I have seen several entirely sincere people who thought they were (permanent) Seekers after the Truth. They sought diligently, persistently, carefully, cautiously, ...
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• Richard Tuttle’s Incredible One-of-a-Kind Bindings for Classic Books

  
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  Put away that e-reader and take a peek at the incredible book cover art of Richard Tuttle. Tuttle, whose work was recently featured at Book Patrol , creates one-of-a-kind bindings for classic novels, interpreting the stories as beautiful, often cheeky sculptures. Tuttle explains: “I make literary artifacts. They ...
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• Mark Twain Also Said…

  
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  At Tuesday’sWhite House presser, ‘Ol Jug Ears quipped when asked by ABC News Chief WhiteHouse Correspondent Jonathan Karl if he still had “the juice” to get the restof his agenda through Congress, “I think it’s a little, as Mark Twain said, “Rumorsof my demise may be a little exaggerated at this ...
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• Room Aboard the Mark Twain

  
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  Daily Photo Tour - Room Aboard the Mark Twain The Mark Twain offers a few options for your journey through the Rivers of America. There are the decks which offer a view of the surrounding wilderness and then there are cozy cabins where you can rest a spell. Fortunately the steamer takes her time, leaving the ...
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• Smack Talk On “The World’s Best Books”

  
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  I read a lot. I read every day. I am a fan of the printed word. I am a word nerd. I read, therefore I am.…
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• The Demon Worry

  
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  "Drag your thoughts away from your troubles... by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it." - Mark Twain "Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist." - Edgar Watson Howe xsleeplessness ...
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• Mark Twain Classic Cocktail

  
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  Youre reading Mark Twain Classic Cocktail , originally posted on The Intoxicologist and copyrighted by Cheri Loughlin, The Intoxicologist. Visit The Intoxicologist so you dont miss a thing! The Intoxicologist - Dabbling in the world of cocktails one spirit at a time... The Mark Twain scotch cocktail apparently ...
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