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| Very interesting... | Jan 11, 2006 |
...is the way how the cookie crumbles! Thank you very much for this interesting information about your discussion! I happen to know about lex talionis (it's origin is the Latin word talio, onis f.) because I study law.
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| winter in chi-town | Jan 11, 2006 |
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Nelson Algren for sure had also other qualities, because it is said that she had her first orgasm with him (at the age of 39!!)
There had to be some upside to those endless Chicago winters, plenty of time to experiment indoors
And funny how I've yet to hear the word "retaliación" used around these parts. Could it be that we are more mindful of anglicisms than the rest of the world, after all?
Susana
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TOPIC STARTER | Jack London was born on January 12, 1876 in San Francisco (USA) | Jan 12, 2006 |
Jack London's Credo
I would rather be ashes than dust!
I would rather that my spark should burn out
in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot.
I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom
of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.
The function of man is to live, not to ex... See more
Jack London's Credo
I would rather be ashes than dust!
I would rather that my spark should burn out
in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot.
I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom
of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.
The function of man is to live, not to exist.
I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them.
I shall use my time.
(Some schollars question that these words have been written by London, others find many 'marks' of his direct style.) London wrote over fifty books which is amazing if we consider that he died at...40.
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| ....at the edge of being O.T. :-) | Jan 13, 2006 |
Susana Galilea wrote: xxxname_removed wrote:
Nelson Algren for sure had also other qualities, because it is said that she had her first orgasm with him (at the age of 39!!) There had to be some upside to those endless Chicago winters, plenty of time to experiment indoors Susana
...and to even out the deprivation of the foregoing years..
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TOPIC STARTER | On January 14, 1896 John Dos Passos was born in Chicago (USA) | Jan 14, 2006 |
Alaskan Glaciers by Dos Passos
(He was also a painter)
At a cross-road where the warning light still winks and winks, is a gasoline station, opposite of the Lighting Bug lunchwagon. Carefully he spends his last quarter for breakfast. that leaves him three cents for good luck, or bad luck for that matter. A huge fur... See more
Alaskan Glaciers by Dos Passos
(He was also a painter)
At a cross-road where the warning light still winks and winks, is a gasoline station, opposite of the Lighting Bug lunchwagon. Carefully he spends his last quarter for breakfast. that leaves him three cents for good luck, or bad luck for that matter. A huge furniture truck, shiny and yellow, has drawn up outside.
" 'Say will you give me a lift?' he asks the red-haired man at the wheel.
" 'How fur ye going?'
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| Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu | Jan 18, 2006 |
Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu (January 18, 1689 February 10, 1755),
more commonly known as Montesquieu,
was a French political thinker who lived during the Enlightenment and is famous for his articulation of the theory of separation of p... See more Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu (January 18, 1689 February 10, 1755),
more commonly known as Montesquieu,
was a French political thinker who lived during the Enlightenment and is famous for his articulation of the theory of separation of powers, taken for granted in modern discussions of government and implemented in many constitutions all over the world.
He achieved literary success with the publication of his Lettres persanes (Persian Letters, 1721), a satire based on the imaginary correspondence of an Oriental visitor to Paris, pointing out the absurdities of contemporary society. After publishing this book, he started on another book, Considérations sur les causes de la grandeur des Romains et de leur décadence (The Considerations on the Causes of the Grandeur and Decadence of the Romans [1734]) which is considered a transition from The Persian Letters to his main work, De l'esprit des lois (The Spirit of the Laws, 1748), which was originally published anonymously and was enormously influential.
Montesquieu is believed to have been a powerful influence on many of the American Founders. English translations of his books remain in print to this day.
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TOPIC STARTER | On January 19, 1809 a great writer was born in Boston, USA ... | Jan 19, 2006 |
Silence
There are some qualities- some incorporate things,
That have a double life, which thus is made
A type of that twin entity which springs
From matter and light, evinced in solid and shade.
There is a two-fold Silence- sea and shore-
Body and soul. One dwells in lonely places,
Newly with grass o'er... See more
Silence
There are some qualities- some incorporate things,
That have a double life, which thus is made
A type of that twin entity which springs
From matter and light, evinced in solid and shade.
There is a two-fold Silence- sea and shore-
Body and soul. One dwells in lonely places,
Newly with grass o'ergrown; some solemn graces,
Some human memories and tearful lore,
Render him terrorless: his name's "No More."
He is the corporate Silence: dread him not!
No power hath he of evil in himself;
But should some urgent fate (untimely lot!)
Bring thee to meet his shadow (nameless elf,
That haunteth the lone regions where hath trod
No foot of man,) commend thyself to God!
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TOPIC STARTER | She was born on January 25, 1882 in London | Jan 25, 2006 |
People say the savage no longer exists in us, that we are at the fag-end of civilisation, that everything has been said already, and that it is too late to be ambitious. But these philosophers have presumably forgotten the movies. They have never seen the savages of the twentieth century watching the pictures. They have never sat themselve... See more
People say the savage no longer exists in us, that we are at the fag-end of civilisation, that everything has been said already, and that it is too late to be ambitious. But these philosophers have presumably forgotten the movies. They have never seen the savages of the twentieth century watching the pictures. They have never sat themselves in front of the screen and thought how, for all the clothes on their backs and the carpets at their feet, no great distance separates them from those bright-eyed, naked men who knocked two bars of iron together and heard in that clangour a foretaste of the music of Mozart.
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Susana Galilea
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| qué delicia de foro... | Jan 25, 2006 |
Gracias por proporcionarnos tan exquisitas pausas
Susana
oops, sorry, I meant to say: "what a delightful forum thread, thanks for providing us with such exquisite work breaks"
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| | | | | The man who brought us Alice... | Jan 27, 2006 |
“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?”
“That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat.
“I don’t much care where--” said Alice.
“Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,” said the Cat.
“--so long as I get SOMEWHERE,” Alice added as an explanation.
“Oh, you’re sure to do that,” said the Cat, “if you only walk long enough.”
Alice ... See more “Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?”
“That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat.
“I don’t much care where--” said Alice.
“Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,” said the Cat.
“--so long as I get SOMEWHERE,” Alice added as an explanation.
“Oh, you’re sure to do that,” said the Cat, “if you only walk long enough.”
Alice felt that this could not be denied, so she tried another question. “What sort of people live about here?”
“In THAT direction,” the Cat said, waving its right paw round, “lives a Hatter: and in THAT direction,” waving the other paw,”lives a March Hare. Visit either you like: they’re both mad.”
“But I don’t want to go among mad people,” Alice remarked.
“Oh, you can’t help that,” said the Cat: “we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.”
“How do you know I’m mad?” said Alice.
“You must be,” said the Cat, “or you wouldn’t have come here.”
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Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (January 27, 1832 – January 14, 1898), better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll, was a British author, mathematician, logician, Anglican clergyman and photographer.
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TOPIC STARTER | Big thank you, María | Jan 29, 2006 |
Maria Teresa Taylor Oliver wrote:
“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?”
“That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat.
“I don’t much care where--” said Alice.
“Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,” said the Cat.
I have always loved this 'exchange'. Thank you for bringing this friend!
Au
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TOPIC STARTER | This friend was born on January 29, 1860 in Taganrog (Ukraine)... | Jan 29, 2006 |
Anton (Pavlovich) Chekhov
In the link below another friend speaks about him.
[...]"He was ingenuously shy; he would not say aloud and openly to people: "Now do be more decent"; he hoped in vain that they would themselves see how necessary it was that they should be more decent. He hated everything banal and foul, and he described th... See more
Anton (Pavlovich) Chekhov
In the link below another friend speaks about him.
[...]"He was ingenuously shy; he would not say aloud and openly to people: "Now do be more decent"; he hoped in vain that they would themselves see how necessary it was that they should be more decent. He hated everything banal and foul, and he described the abominations of life in the noble language of a poet, with the humorist's gentle smile, and behind the beautiful form of his stories people scarcely noticed the inner meaning, full of bitter reproach.[...]
Maxim Gorky
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| Oh, I love Alice :D | Jan 30, 2006 |
Aurora Humarán wrote: I have always loved this 'exchange'. Thank you for bringing this friend! Au
Me too! It's one of my favorite parts of Adventures in Wonderland. The other is this one, from Through the Looking-Glass:
'I can't believe THAT!' said Alice.
'Can't you?' the Queen said in a pitying tone. 'Try again:
draw a long breath, and shut your eyes.'
Alice laughed. 'There's no use trying,' she said: 'one CAN'T
believe impossible things.'
'I daresay you haven't had much practice,' said the Queen.
'When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day.
Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things
before breakfast. There goes the shawl again!'
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TOPIC STARTER | One of my best friends... | Feb 2, 2006 |
I've put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy for centuries arguing over what I meant, and that's the only way of insuring one's immortality...
James Augustine Joyce was born on February 2, 1882 in Dublin.
| | | | | The father of Oliver Twist | Feb 7, 2006 |
Charles John Huffam Dickens (February 7, 1812 – June 9, 1870), pen-name "Boz", was an English novelist. During his lifetime, Dickens was viewed as a popular entertainer of fecund imagination, while later critics championed his mastery of prose, his endless invention of memorable characters and his powerful social sensibilities. The popularity of his novels and short stories during his lifetime and to the present is demonstrated by the fact that none have ever gone out of print. Dickens played a major role in popularising the serialised novel. He is remembered by many as the greatest writer of his time. He is frequently referred to by his last name only, even on first reference (à la Shakespeare).
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