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On Bullshit
The document discusses the nature and prevalence of bullshit, distinguishing it from lying and exploring its connection to skepticism and the pursuit of personal sincerity.
www2.csudh.eduPoor John Field!—I trust he does not read this, unless he will improve by it—thinking to live by some derivative old-country mode in this primitive new country—to catch perch with shiners. It is good bait sometimes, I allow. With his horizon all his own, yet he a poor man, born to be poor, with his inherited Irish poverty or poor life, his Adam’s g
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And if it was for any sort of a fine handsome woman, but for a little fistful of a woman like Kitty Keary, that’s not four feet high hardly, and not three teeth in her head unless she got new ones!
Lady Gregory • Seven Short Plays
‘You’re our longest-serving contributor,’ said Carleton, flinching at the bang. ‘Our most admired. Indeed I should say our most popular.’ I’m beginning to speak like him, he thought: Thomas Hart is catching, that’s the trouble. ‘I’ve often heard it said that it’s a consolation – that’s the general feeling, as I said to the board – to wake on Thursd
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His father, John Jenney, was a horn salesman who, according to family legend, was the basis for Harold Hill in The Music Man, the Broadway musical written by fellow Mason City native and family friend Meredith Willson. That’s why, in later years, Kay often referred to Jack as “the son of the Music Man.”
Sam Irvin • Kay Thompson: From Funny Face to Eloise
Très bien. Il lit des choses assez amusantes. La dernière fois que j'ai dîné avec lui nous avons parlé d'Hoffenheimer. « Malheureusement, dit-il, ce n'est qu'un décrocheur de jarretières ». Pas mal, hein ? – Pas mal. – Il est fini maintenant, continua Harvey. Il a écrit sur tout ce qu'il connaissait et maintenant il écrit sur tout ce qu'il ne conna
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parvenu.