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This topic is a catch-all for quotes of things I've read over the years. It contains quotations I liked for any reason -- could have been what the author said; how it was said; or what it stands for.
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Thursday, March 25
Jay Rosen
by
DavidAkin
on Thu 25 Mar 2004 09:43 PM EST
"There aren’t any teachers until there are learners, and there aren’t any learners until something is disturbed in the student’s world."
"Remembering Neil Postman, accessed at 0941 EDT on Mar 25 04. more »
Saturday, March 13
Russell Baker
by
DavidAkin
on Sat 13 Mar 2004 05:57 AM EST
Among the privileges enjoyed by rich, fat, superpower America is the power to invent public reality. Politicians and the mass media do much of the inventing for us by telling us stories which purport to unfold a relatively simple reality. As our tribal storytellers, they shape our knowledge and ignorance ... more »
Saturday, March 6
Andrew O'Hagan
by
DavidAkin
on Sat 06 Mar 2004 01:56 PM EST
Pop music is nostalgic in its bones - it is part of Morrissey's gift always to have known this - and fans who adhere to its magic are in love with something that was passing as soon as it was made. True fans live in exile: that is their nature, ... more »
Andrew O'Hagan
by
DavidAkin
on Sat 06 Mar 2004 01:50 PM EST
The best thing about writing by fans is that it really matters to them: nobody wants to read a measured assessment of life on the road with the Rolling Stones. Fans must be capable of hating people who don't agree with them - they have to have the mentality of ... more »
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