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Quote for the week – April 27
“A movie that I was in, called “On the Waterfront”: there was a scene in a taxicab, where I turn to my brother, who’s come to turn me over to the gangsters, and I lament to him that he never … Continue...
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Your daily quote – Jon Stewart
“Love what you do. Get good at it. Competence is a rare commodity in this day and age. And let the chips fall where they may.” - Jon Stewart
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Your Daily Quote
“Look at it, why would you ever make two of ‘em? It was made in China, they made one of ‘em, they turned the machine of immediately after they saw what they produced. We don’t need any more of ‘em …...
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The Daily Unwind
Isle of Awe Land Director: Abteen Bagheri Producer: Julie Crosbie Cinematographer: Isaac Bauman Editor: Sam Ostrove @ Cut & Run Music: Samaris Created for Inspired By Iceland.
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Life and Improvisation
With my own graduation two weeks away, I thought it appropriate to share Stephen Colbert’s 2011 commencement speech to the graduating class at Northwestern University. Here’s the excerpt from the...
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“This is Water”
About 8 years ago, author David Foster Wallace was asked to give the commencement address to the 2005 graduating class of Kenyon College. What transpired was a commencement speech unlike most, where...
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The Daily Roundup
Rally in support of ACA in front of SCOTUS (cc photo by LaDawna Howard) Today on Left and Center, Publius argued that Republican intransigence is the biggest threat to the success of the Affordable...
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The Student Loan Debt Crisis is a Big Deal
You’ve heard it all before when it comes to the skyrocketing debt that 20 somethings have and will continue to accumulate to make up for the astronomical cost of attaining a degree, but it’s worth...
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Particularism As The Best Philosophy?
Simon Willis argues that it is: “There is, in philosophy,” the American philosopher Stanley Cavell has said, “a certain drive to the inhuman, to an inhuman idea of intellectuality.” I’m looking for a...
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The Best Of The Week
We’re trying something new here on Left and Center with our weekly roundups. For a while I’ve tried a roundup at the end of each day and a complete roundup at the end of each week, but from reader...
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So You Want To Live Forever? Americans Say No.
Pew Research on Tuesday released a really eye-opening survey that posed to Americans this question: would you — with the help of life-extending science and medicine — prefer to live until 120 or more,...
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Quote for the Day: “The Key Is To Distract Yourself”
“It’s just an accident that we happen to be on earth, enjoying our silly little moments, distracting ourselves as often as possible so we don’t have to really face up to the fact that, you know, we’re...
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