An affinity for art Nov 2, 2009
But there are elements in their works that also keep experienced viewers interested; whether it's the variety of painting techniques and brush strokes, or quotations from art history, such as the reflection of a window in a lollipop that seems to come from 17th-century Dutch genre paintings. I tend toward art that is accessible, even recognizable, but that also challenges viewers on some level. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Meet TARP on steroids Nov 1, 2009
Mervyn King's speech is great (not least because of some apt quotations from Sir Walter Scott, which remind us that nearly 200 years ago, "prosperity" was also threatened by the "over-speculating undertakings" of "capitalists who sought gain not by the encouragement of fair trade and honest industry, but by affording temporary fuel to rashness or avarice"). King's main message, echoed by Volcker, that commercial and investment banking activities need to be separated once again -- in the U.S.... (Salon)
The lore of insects and allure of eateries Nov 1, 2009
He has larded the work with amusing quotations from contemporary accounts of the city s eateries, high and low, and with excellent photographs of restaurants, their patrons and staff, as well as with reproductions of past bills of fare. As a professional diner, Grimes is far better acquainted with - and, indeed, more interested in - the city s highest-flying restaurants than ordinary mortals are or can be. (Boston Globe)
Truestories.Truesuccess @ FMB Oct 28, 2009
From abstract narration of timelessness to direct quotations of specific moments in history, performance, photography, mixed media on paper, sculpture, and video-art, architectures of moments built mostly on personal experience ... From an abstract narration of timelessness (Elena Bajo, "Nothing more than a theatre of fluctuating ideas and echoes of future moments (a new refutation of time) II", 2009) to direct quotations of specific moments in history (Teresa Mar;a D;az Nerio, Hommage ; Sara... (AbsoluteArts.com)
What makes the Campus 'Jewish'? Oct 24, 2009
Quotations scattered around the campus are from the Torah (the first five books of the Old Testament), Talmud (rabbinic commentaries on the Torah), and great scholars and writers. All throughout the new Taube Koret Campus for Jewish Life (which includes the Oshman Family Jewish Community Center and the Moldaw Family Residences) in south Palo Alto, everything is subtly Jewish. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Tough guys don't need to dance Oct 14, 2009
(Note on sources: Most of the Mailer quotations in this piece are drawn from a speech he wrote for "Vietnam Day", May 25, 1965, in Berkeley, California, as reprinted in Cannibals and Christians (New York, 1966), a fascinating collection of cutting prose and dreadful poetry. . (Asia Times Online)
Obama at the Afghan Precipice Oct 13, 2009
Note on sources: Most of the Mailer quotations in this piece are drawn from a speech he wrote for "Vietnam Day," May 25, 1965, in Berkeley, California, as reprinted in Cannibals and Christians, a fascinating collection of cutting prose and dreadful poetry. By William J. Astore:Reprinted with permission from TomDispatch. (CBS News)
Quotations of the day Oct 2, 2009
3:56 a.m. Friday, October 2, 2009. The Associated Press. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
There's money in Mao Sep 24, 2009
Although these books are copies and are ubiquitous around Beijing, Mr. He said anyone lucky enough to find a mint condition edition of the Great Helmsman's quotations will pay an arm and a leg. He lowered his voice conspiratorially, looked around slowly for effect and said he could get me the real deal for $1000. (iAfrica.com)
Meet the man who changed Glenn Beck's life Sep 18, 2009
The book reads exactly like what it was until Glenn Beck dragged it out of Mormon obscurity: a textbook full of aggressively selective quotations intended for conservative religious schools like Utah's George Wythe University, where it has been part of the core freshman curriculum for decades (a). But more interesting than the contents of "The 5,000 Year Leap," and more revealing for what it says about 912ers and the Glenn Beck Nation, is the book's author. (Salon)
Letters to the editor: Sept. 10 edition Sep 11, 2009
It always starts like this: Company management orders the engineering department to send out for quotations on unfinished, unchecked drawings. In spite of protest, the quotes do come in and management, eager to meet a deadline, totals the cost and demands immediate construction. (Lincoln Journal, MA)
The Racist Who Might Head UNESCO Aug 27, 2009
The quotations are so absurd, Stock. GORDOGUZ. (Slate)
She drew the book on punctuation Aug 25, 2009
Even though you might not be able to meet a famous person or a historical figure, you can get to know what they're like through their quotations. And from a kid's point of view, books that have a lot of conversation in them are easier and more fun to read. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
5Top: Celebrities who should zip their lips Aug 17, 2009
Pratt has racked up so many lame quotations that has put together a whole page of em. Happy reading. (MSNBC -- News)
Back to School Quotes, Sayings, and... Aug 14, 2009
Education Quotations for Scrapbooking and Teacher Bulletin Boards ... Sayings and quotations make excellent writing prompts to give students ideas for writing ... Quotations about Learning. (Suite101.com)
‘Trials’ and tribulations of Oscar Wilde Aug 5, 2009
Like his most famous work, The Laramie Project, playwright Moises Kaufman s Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, first performed in New York in 1997, is built on source materials: quotations from memoirs, trial transcripts, newspaper reports, and Wilde s own work, layered together to create a sometimes gripping courtroom drama. On one level, Gross Indecency is a play about gay rights, and Wilde s insistence that he was truly not guilty of an act that should not be a crime. (Boston Globe)
Turzak's woodcut book on Lincoln has been republished Aug 4, 2009
Added to Turzak s images is a new preface by David A. Berona, and from Bob Blaisdell is an introduction, captions for the woodcuts, and an appendix with several of Lincoln s famous speeches, letters and quotations ... Blaisdell has edited many literary anthologies for Dover Publications, including The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln and The Civil War: A Book of Quotations, Famous Documents and Speeches. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Man in the Moon Jul 13, 2009
The big local-impact story was about money: viewers had to endure frequent quotations of the deficits of both the State of California and Los Angeles, and a lot of ballpark-figuring about how much Jackson s memorial was going to cost the city and how much of that cost would be offset by revenue from visitors. (All the initial estimates were way off base. (New Yorker)
Obama soars abroad, but America's PR doesn't Jul 7, 2009
His message was sincere, his words eloquent, and his quotations from the Koran pertinent as he reached out beyond governments and political organizations to millions of ordinary Muslims. The US State Department carried the speech live and translated it into 14 languages on its website. (Yahoo News)
Tube's train of thought Jun 26, 2009
They come from a book of quotations compiled by artist Jeremy Deller which has been given to drivers as part of an initiative to promote art on the London Underground, also known as the Tube. Poems are already regularly posted up inside Tube carriages in space usually used for advertisements. (iAfrica.com)
Enlightenment a new stop on subway Jun 26, 2009
Drivers entertain commuters with Shakespeare, Einstein, Gandhi quotations. Subway drivers in Londonhave been given a book of profound sayings to read out to commuters. (MSNBC -- International)
Next London subway stop: spiritual enlightenment Jun 26, 2009
Some of the philosophical quotations London Underground drivers are being encouraged to read out to subway passengers as part of an art project. "Trouble will rain on those who are already wet," Anonymous. (AZCentral -- News)
Gandhi and Einstein to inspire Tube travellers - via PA system Jun 25, 2009
Turner Prize-nominated artist Jeremy Deller has compiled a list of quotations to be used by Tube drivers. The phrases will be included in communications with passengers on the network's Piccadilly Line. (BBC News -- UK)
Berlin Wall: Eyewitness on the End of the Iron Curtain Jun 25, 2009
A momentous year of change threw up some quotations which retain their importance many years on. In our annual Journey special issue, we travel back in time to 1989, to revisit that year's momentous events and explore the ways they've shaped our world. (Time.com)
* [PAPERBACK: TAIWAN] Taipei-resident poet sweetly celebrates the call of the north May 31, 2009
16) simply prints out quotations from the Oxford English Dictionary on the verb to be which show that the forms is was and be originally formed parts of three totally distinct verbs in the Indo-European language family. Its interesting stuff, but the reader will have to decide whether on its own it constitutes a poem. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
* [CLASSICAL DVD REVIEW] Apr 8, 2009
But Oppenheimer isnt shown as a modern Faust figure, selling his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge, but something more modern X a short-tempered neurotic opposed by invocations to Vishnu, Native American rain dances, and extensive poetic quotations that are used as backdrop to the whole hideous story. And it is presented as hideous. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Robert Sullivan's 'The Thoreau You Don't Know' Apr 6, 2009
Bob Blaisdell edited "Thoreau: A Book of Quotations" (Dover) and wrote "Thoreau, the Writing Coach" for "The Teachers rs Guide to Classic American Literature." E-mail him at. This article appeared on page J - 1 of the San Francisco Chronicle. (San Francisco Chronicle)
How to Read a Poem and Fall in Love... Mar 15, 2009
The entire book contains juicy and memorable quotations and excerpts. Hirsch s methodology is to reprint individual poems in their entirety, lay a foundation for each and explicate the poem line by line in luxurious, accessible and adoring language. (Suite101.com)
Hope Quotes and Sayings Feb 23, 2009
Great Quotations About Hope, Optimism and Inspiration and LIfe ... These hope quotes include quotations from President Barack Obama, Emily Dickinson, Martin Luther King, Jr., Winston Churchill and Elie Wiesel ... Readers who enjoy quotations about hope and optimism may also enjoy reading , along with and. (Suite101.com)
Seeking Lincoln, and finding the Lincoln Memorial Feb 9, 2009
WASHINGTON Two hundred years after the birth of Abraham Lincoln, we still seek him in words and in action, in lessons from his life, in reminders of his legend and in pilgrimages to the temple built in his honor (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
Henry Alford's 'How To Live' Feb 8, 2009
Alongside the relentless grab bag of quotations from Confucius, Buddha, Socrates and "The Precepts of Ptah-Hotep," Alford has a powerful, personal story to tell, all kidding aside. While interviewing his stepfather on the meaning of the older man's life, the writer precipitates a family crisis that ends his mother's 36-year marriage. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Lincoln Memorial a temple of respect, hope Feb 8, 2009
The memorial is itself a maker of myth, from the actual sculpture to an exhibit one floor below where the walls display inspiring quotations by Lincoln about blacks. But you won't find his remarks supporting unequal rights - "there must be the position of superior and inferior," he said during the 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates - or his support for sending freed slaves to a different country. (San Francisco Chronicle)
