Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
As the filmmaker Adam Curtis told The Economist, ‘People are frightened of instability. But the job of a good politician is to give them a story that says “yes this is risky, but it’s also thrilling and it might just lead to something extraordinary.”’
Rob Hopkins • From What Is to What If: Unleashing the Power of Imagination to Create the Future We Want
A referable speech is a theatrical experience.
Michael Port • The Referable Speaker: Your Guide to Building a Sustainable Speaking Career—No Fame Required
“A talent for speaking differently, rather than for arguing well, is the chief instrument of cultural change.”
― Richard Rorty
“President Kennedy’s eloquence was designed to make men think; President Johnson’s hammer blows are designed to make men act.”
Robert A. Caro • The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson IV
“Professors,” Mr. Flogg murmured in a tone recognizable to anyone who has had an essay returned to them covered in red ink.
India Holton • The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love (Love's Academic Book 1)
Deborah Treisman • The Underground Worlds of Haruki Murakami
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Richard Powers • The Overstory: A Novel
At the center of his analysis was the insistence that modern man, “like Macbeth,” had made an evil decision to trade allegiance to transcendent principles for present gain.