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Why had the training I’d received in the so-called “best” schools alienated me from my particular cultural roots and brainwashed me into believing in some objective, universal, standard brand of culture and art—essentialist, hierarchical
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“Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.”
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“Who is more real? Homer or Ulysses? Shakespeare or Hamlet? Burroughs or Tarzan?”
― The Number of the Beast
― The Number of the Beast
“Make it dark, make it grim, make it tough, but then, for the love of God, tell a joke.”
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“The brain may take advice, but not the heart, and love, having no geography, knows no boundaries: weight and sink it deep, no matter, it will rise and find the surface: and why not? any love is natural and beautiful that lies within a person's nature; only hypocrites would hold a man responsible for what he loves, emotional illiterates and those of righteous envy, who, in their agitated concern, mistake so frequently the arrow pointing to heaven for the one that leads to hell. ”
― Other Voices, Other Rooms
― Other Voices, Other Rooms
“If you are a dreamer come in
If you are a dreamer a wisher a liar
A hoper a pray-er a magic-bean-buyer
If youre a pretender com sit by my fire
For we have some flax golden tales to spin
Come in!
Come in!”
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If you are a dreamer a wisher a liar
A hoper a pray-er a magic-bean-buyer
If youre a pretender com sit by my fire
For we have some flax golden tales to spin
Come in!
Come in!”
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On Tyrants & Tributes : Real World Lessons From The Hunger Games
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Relive the adventure of The Hunger Games with Learn Liberty Academy and Professor Amy H. Sturgis of Lenoir-Rhyne University! During this week-long pr ...more
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Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more
Mythgard Institute Scholars Group
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a group for students in the Mythgard Institute starting with this autumns Tolkien and the Epic Course - the day has come!!!
Mythgard Academy
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— last activity Jul 31, 2014 02:59PM
"Mythgard Academy is an innovative program through which we aim to make in-depth discussion of people’s favorite works of fantasy and science fiction ...more
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