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God Is a Comedian

by grlucas on 21. Nov, 2008 in Literature, Religion

From today’s Writer’s Almanac:
It’s the birthday of Voltaire, (books by this author) the man who helped spark the Enlightenment in France, born François-Marie Arouet in Paris (1694). He was a well-known playwright and poet. He spent most of his late life in exile, and he wrote most of his work from England. In the [...]

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On Photography

On Photography

by grlucas on 17. Feb, 2007 in Photography

“We don’t make a photograph just with a camera; we bring to the act of photography all the books we have read, the movies we have seen, the music we have heard, the people we have loved.”
- Ansel Adams
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Preach?

by grlucas on 04. Jan, 2005 in Academia

“What have they to do at a University who are not willing to be taught, but will presume to teach?”
–Samuel Johnson

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