More Notes

Wealth doesn't
equal wisdom.

(See Republican
National Convention.)

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Ariana Reines is a genius for a lot of reasons, but this line alone would do it for me:

Formalism and grammar are ways to be thin.

--from "Glass" in Mercury (Fence Books, 2011)

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Wealth doesn't
equal empathy

(See Republican
National Convention.)

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Anxiety and desire aren't discussed much by decision makers.

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Wealth often
creates policy.

(See Republican
National Convention.)

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Does truth have a structure?

(For Lacan: its like a fiction.)

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I spent hours this week coming up with 4 crucial lines for Appearances.  Kind of crazy but it meant the world to me.

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When my Mom and sister were driving cross-country recently, Mom saw a rainbow and vast stretch of yellow road  (in Kansas!), neither of which my sister could see.

I don't question Mom seeing these things (she thought wearing sun glasses had something to do with it).  I just wonder why my sister didn't see them.

Of course I wasn't there.

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For "legitimate
rape" to happen

it has
to be done

by a Republican.
Right, Mr. Akin?

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Do you
really believe

what you
say you believe?

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Do you really
know what

you think
you know?

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Let's all
question ourselves more......