September 2011
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August 2011
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July 2011
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Until fifty years ago or so, tailors made people’s clothes. Working men had one...
– http://putthison.com/post/8219367353/on-gay-talese-limited-budgets
June 2011
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The German culture and civilization that he, Dohnanyi, and Bonhoeffer knew and...
– “Bonhoeffer” by Eric Metaxas, p.351
July 2010
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June 2010
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A man should look as if he had bought his clothes with intelligence, put them on...
– Hardy Amies (via Put This On)
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For every man there are three cities … The city of his birth, the city he...
– Blood of Victory by Alan Furst, p.67
May 2010
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Wisdom is knowing what to do for the glory of God when the rule book runs out.
– John Piper, Walk in Wisdom Toward Those Outside
April 2010
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March 2010
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January 2010
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We no longer imagine the newspaper as a city or the city as a newspaper....
– Final edition: Twilight of the American newspaper
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Piety is no substitute for technique.
– Etienne Gilson
November 2009
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There are things in your life that are morally neutral that will absolutely...
– Matt Chandler
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Without ambition, civilizations become lazy.
– Dave Harvey
October 2009
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If you always tell the truth, you never have to remember what you said.
– Mark Twain
August 2008
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Opportunity is missed by most because it is dressed in overalls and looks like...
– Thomas Edison
May 2008
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Say More. Write Less.
– Ellen Lupton