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Quote of the Night
Everyone has to learn Greek, because it is through Greek that one can understand one’s own language. Jacqueline de Romilly *Jacqueline de Romilly (1913–2010) was a French philologist, historian, and one of the leading scholars of ancient Greek literature. She was a specialist in Thucydides and the political thought of classical Greece. In 1988, she…
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Social Media Blackout: Future DysTopia?
It was the morning of January 19th, 2025—ages ago, in today’s sense of time—when Americans woke up to find TikTok had vanished. Not a malfunction. Not a temporary glitch. It was gone. A decision by Congress had sealed its fate, declaring that any application deemed a threat to national security would no longer be permitted…
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Quote of the Night
The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be. Douglas Adams *Douglas Adams (1952–2001) was a…
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Modern Media Consumption: Are We Really Informed?
When was the last time you’ve read a full- lenght investigative report or article?
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Antiquote of the Night
I have been repeating the same mistakes in life for so long nowI may as well call them traditions. There are some moments in life that I need a sarcastic, edgy exclamation. A heavy winter needs heavy measures.
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Quotes of the Night
Everything is practice. Pele Practice is everything. This is often misquoted as practice makes perfect. Periander * Periander, the tyrant of Corinth in Greece, was considered one of the Seven Sages of Greece. He was known for his administrative skills and economic reforms.
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Why Resolutions Fail—And How to Win This Year
I am not a doctor, neither a psychologist, definitely not a life coach, nor a wellness specialist. I like to observe, to think something in a million perspectives, to gather information and write. And as I was thinking what this piece will be about, definitely in my mind was the celebration that all people as…
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