A quotation from A. A. Milne

Owl was telling Kanga an Interesting Anecdote full of long words like Encyclopædia and Rhododendron to which Kanga wasn’t listening.

A. A. Milne (1882-1956) English poet and playwright [Alan Alexander Milne]
Winnie-the-Pooh, ch. 8 “Christopher Robin Leads an Expotition” (1926)

More about this quote: wist.info/milne-a-a/80986/

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A quotation from Kurt Vonnegut

People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order, so they’ll have good voice boxes in case there’s ever anything really meaningful to say.

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922-2007) American novelist, journalist
Cat’s Cradle, ch. 76 [Castle] (1963)

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A quotation from La Rochefoucauld

As great minds can express much in a few words, so small minds have the contrary talent of talking a great deal without saying anything at all.
 
[Comme c’est le caractère des grands esprits de faire entendre en peu de paroles beaucoup de choses, les petits esprits, au contraire, ont le don de beaucoup parler, et de ne rien dire.]

François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶142 (1665-1678) [tr. FitzGibbon (1957)]

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I have been re-posting this link now for 17 consecutive #stpatricksday ☘, once hosted a reading of it, and here 'tis again, the sorry sordid tale of that blow-in from Britain; in whose honour the annual national stereotype perpetuation festival is held, as told by my favourite gravedigger, #EnderWiggan, so it has to be true.

Diggin' in the Dirt: I, Patrick. (Puke the First) - #Blather
http://www.blather.net/theblather/2008/03/diggin_in_the_dirt_i_patrick_puke_the_fi/

If they STILL haven't all section links, use Google, it's worth the blather, trust me!

@mdmrn lol dropped in my #blather channel on Sunday

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Per #NBC

#tRumpdoings #campaign #blather

A #fundraising text message went out at the same time, thundering that he would “#neversurrender.” Trump’s fundraising has surged during moments of potential #legal peril, delivering him much-needed financial and messaging boosts as he navigates the challenges of another #WhiteHouse run.

“I JUST #STORMED OUT OF #COURT!” he hammered in the message. “They think I’m finished but I’LL NEVER SURRENDER.”

The camera frame frames, framing.
A picture of nothing, yet it speaks because its lack of liminal context means that the edge belongs to you, instead of whatever contained this mixture in the first place.

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Word Search Puzzle 529

Word List : #johnny #grouze #swell #blather #teaboxes #restbalk #kops #gorer #paludic #hogward #cinque #idiotism #mudcaps #barquest #yoruba #cucule #formful #bardlet

http://karafinance.com/2024/02/27/word-search-puzzle-529/

@BigJackBrass that’s a confusing finding but I totally agree. Monetisation has a way of homogenising every.
Like and subscribe if you agree.
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Watched that movie "65" on a plane recently. I appreciate that it started out with its own version of "A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away..." Didn't appreciate much else, however. #movies #random #blather

A quotation from McLaughlin, Mignon:

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The three horrors of modern life — talk without meaning, desire without love, work without satisfaction.
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/mclaughlin-mignon/58176/

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