March 2012
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“Your usual attention will oblige…”
– From Chapter VI, Business Phrases (via fifteenthousandusefulphrases)
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curiosity counts: What We're Missing Out On: A... →
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Well, there’s several different ways people look at subcultures. I use the model that the sociologist Kenneth Westhues put together. In it, he claims there’s basically seven characteristics of subcultural behavior:
1. Their relationships tend toward communism with a little “c.” 2. Their…
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“Not a single one of the cells that compose you knows who you are, or cares.”
– Philosopher Dan Dennett, who knows the whole of being human is greater than the sum of its parts. (via explore-blog)
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“[Happiness is] knowing what your highest strengths are and deploying those in...”
– Martin Seligman, echoing Dan Dennett,in The Mind, which collects 15 years of insight from leading thinkers on understanding consciousness and the brain. (via explore-blog)
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“The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances:...”
– Carl Jung (via monamade)
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“If you’re gonna write, for God in heaven’s sake, try to get naked. Try to write...”
– Author and playwright Harry Crews, who died yesterday at 76. (via washingtonpoststyle)
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“Volcanic upheavings of imprisoned passions…”
– From Chapter VII, Literary Expressions (via fifteenthousandusefulphrases)
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“Adhesive quality…”
– From Chapter I, Useful Phrases (via fifteenthousandusefulphrases)
“53. Reject Group Grope
Think about this: decisive, breakthrough creative...”
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In this 53rd rule from his highly anticipated new book, Damn Good Advice (For People with Talent!), legendary art director, original Mad Man, and professional grump George Lois echoes Apple co-founder Woz’s advice on working alone and Susan Cain’s insights on the detrimental effects working by...
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curiosity counts: The Brain on Love →
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A RELATIVELY new field, called interpersonal neurobiology, draws its vigor from one of the great discoveries of our era: that the brain is constantly rewiring itself based on daily life. In the end, what we pay the most attention to defines us. How you choose to spend the irreplaceable hours of…
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