Writing engenders in us certain attitudes toward language. It encourages us to take words for granted. Writing has enabled us to store vast quantities of words indefinitely. This is advantageous on the one hand but dangerous on the other. The result is that we have developed a kind of false security where language is concerned, and our sensitivity to language has deteriorated. And we have become in proportion insensitive to silence. | |
— Navarre Scott Momaday | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Judging Success |
2018 | Something Else |
Day 21: 10% Loss | |
2017 | Courage |
2016 | Don’t H8! — I’m With Her!! |
2015 | $20 Anyone? |
2014 | And Yet I Still Study |
2013 | Use Your Own |
2012 | Strengthen Freedom |
2011 | Attrition = A Lack Of Imagination |
2010 | Mind The Fire, Love |
Just Beyond My Reach… | |
Even A Life Of Quiet Desperation! | |
Acts Of Courage | |
Archive for August 17th, 2020
Insensitive To Silence
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To All My Friends…
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That’s What Friends Are For |
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Favorite Line(s): | |
Keep smiling and keep shining | |
Knowing you can always count on me, for sure | |
That’s what friends are for | |
In good times and bad times | |
I’ll be on your side forever more | |
That’s what friends are for | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Judging Success |
2018 | Something Else |
Day 21: 10% Loss | |
2017 | Courage |
2016 | Don’t H8! — I’m With Her!! |
2015 | $20 Anyone? |
2014 | And Yet I Still Study |
2013 | Use Your Own |
2012 | Strengthen Freedom |
2011 | Attrition = A Lack Of Imagination |
2010 | Mind The Fire, Love |
Just Beyond My Reach… | |
Even A Life Of Quiet Desperation! | |
Acts Of Courage | |