“While writing the the Atlantic piece, I remembered that Dahl and Ian Fleming were friends - Dahl wrote the screenplay for You Only Live Twice, the Bond film where Sean Connery tapes up his eyes to pass for Japanese, and the viewer finally sees Blofeld’s scarred face.”
💬 Helen Lewis
Today I Learned so much, like two new things just in this single quote!
“Science describes accurately from outside, poetry describes accurately from inside.”
💬 Ursula K. Le Guin
“Unnoticeable life. Noticeable failure.”
💬 Franz Kafka
Diary entry on February 20th, 101 years ago.
If only he knew.
(via Diaries of Note )
“Oracle, greatest company name ever, should be in the AI business. Their brand was born for it!
💬 Sam Lessin, The Information
“There is another one that goes something like “every time a door closes, another one opens.” Myself, I’d be looking at the draughts in that house.”
💬 William Gallagher
I wrote an email this morning, responding to something that had been sent to me, announcing - and I paraphrase - that despite the longevity of the work that he had been personally driving for decades, …
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Not to generalize to all techies - and of course - none of you in here … but it’s not just about being too smart to be sexists #discuss
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