complaining is so boring

if anybody thinks it was better back in 1955 for women or people who were gay or people who got, you know, heart disease or cancer, I mean, it’s just insane. You know, the big headline is people are living longer, people are learning more, people are more literate.

Jefferson was one of the richest men in the new United States. He had a 5,000-acre plantation worked by hundreds of slaves, a splendid mansion in Virginia that he had designed himself, one of the biggest wine collections in America, and one of the greatest private libraries in the world — it became the foundation of the Library of Congress. But

I'm hopeful that as the world spins faster,

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The famous Anton Ego speech in Ratatouille:

In many ways, the work of a critic is easy.

We risk very little, yet enjoy a position of those who offer up their work and their selves to our judgement.

We thrive on negative criticism.

Which is fun to write and to read.

But the bitter truth we critics must face, is that in the grand scheme of things, the

The young people at my table were anxious about money: starter-job salaries, high rents, student loans. But they never worried about freezing in their home. They could go to the sink and get a glass of clean water without fear of getting sick. Most of all, they were alive . In 1800, when Jefferson was elected president, more than one out of four

“If your world is not enchanted, you’re not paying attention.”