December 23, 2004

Quotes:

Some thoughts for a Thursday

    By Jack Grant

No opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.
   -W. H. Auden

The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.
   -Alvin Toffler

When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
   -Voltaire

If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning.
   -Catherine Aird

Posted by Jack Grant at 12:54 on 23 December 2004
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No opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.

Have you read Maskerade by Terry Pratchett? It's a humorous fantasy book set at an opera house. There's a ghost, singers ... and a rickety-looking chandelier that everybody keeps staring at.

--|PW|--

Posted by: pennywit at December 23, 2004 04:44 PM



























































































































































































































































































































































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