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Quote for week 29th of Jul-4th of Aug ’07

Time present and time past
Are both perhaps present in time future,
And time future contained in time past.
If all time is eternally present
All time is unredeemable.
What might have been is an abstraction
Remaining a perpetual possibility
Only in a world of speculation.

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Quote for week 22nd-28th of July ’07

Bullshit is unavoidable whenever circumstances require someone to talk without knowing what he is talking about. Thus the production of bullshit is stimulated whenever a person’s obligations or opportunities to speak about some topic exceed his knowledge of the facts that are relevant to that topic.

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Quote for the week 17th – 23rd of June ’07 (and for all the previous weeks without quotes)

This is nothing. This is nothing. Piece of cake, walk in the park. This is nothing.

Stanley Motss (aka Dustin Hoffman in “Wag the Dog”)

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Quote for week 27th of May- 2nd of June ’07

Cum se construieste o cariera universitara in domeniul stiintelor politice? In Romania, reteta este simpla. Iti declari un interes stiintific, curtezi un coordonator de doctorat, scrii o teza, publici carti si articole utile castigarii in grad, scrii cronici la lucrarile superiorilor ierarhici, mai faci cate un gest de curtoazie citandu-le productiile, iei o jumatate de norma la o facultate particulara.

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