In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and their selves to our judgment.
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Quote for week 7th-13th of October ’07
In order to cure most ills of human life, I require not that man should have the wings of the eagle, the swiftness of the stag, the force of the ox, the arms of the lion, the scales of the crocodile or rhinoceros; much less do I demand the sagacity of an angel or cherubim.
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Quote for week 9th – 15th of September ’07
It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly.
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Beware of great thinkers who advertise their conclusions without revealing their assumptions. I like economics because it insists on a higher standard.
Steven Landsburg, “The Armchair Economist”
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