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... See moreThere's a writer in England called Colin Wilson who became known as a translator of the philosophers and thinkers of the 20th century. He was able to write them in such a way that everybody else could understand those great minds. He had a facility for understanding and then passing on the information—he was a medium.
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In this way, as an editor he did more than reflect the standards of his age; he consciously influenced and changed them by the new talents he published.
A. Scott Berg • Max Perkins: Editor of Genius
But he has made her happy in the only place where people really live, the few-second-wide window of Now.
Richard Powers • The Overstory: A Novel
Perhaps this is the right time to big up my friend Bono, as one of the great singers and improvisers. His ability to transform the direction of a piece of music is really something. Once he gets to that zone, it’s like some other being has entered his body as he challenges the rest of us to rise to that same level of nonthinking, only performing. T
... See moreDaniel Lanois • Soul Mining: A Musical Life
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A. Scott Berg • Max Perkins: Editor of Genius
En réalité, pas tellement. Paul considérait un livre comme quelque chose d’organique, à prendre ou à laisser et pas à formater. Il était convaincu que ce qu’on prend pour des défauts quand on a le nez dessus se révèle souvent, avec le recul, être ce qui rend un livre le plus singulier et inimitable.
Emmanuel Carrère • Yoga (Fiction) (French Edition)
Like an explorer, Frost gathered material by venturing out into the world, listening carefully to real conversations. “I would never use a word or combination of words that I hadn’t heard used in running speech,” Frost acknowledged. Each poem was an experiment in mixing different elements:
Adam Grant • Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
Sometimes he listened to Hope 89.1, a local Christian radio station that would whisper the Lord’s Prayer into his ear, promising that if Carl followed the ways of the Bible and did the right thing, he would be granted the life he had always wanted.