on not reading the newspaper

ducky - I am dedicating this post to you because:


you stand on the front line

you don't back down and only stop to reload

you don't run away like a frightened little girl like i do


but i intend to work on that


thanks, ducky

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The Quotable Book Lover

~edited by Ben Jacobs & Helena Hjalmarsson

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I bought this small but not really worth it book about seven years ago because
it fits in my purse and I would take it to a cafe called One World which I frequented
on Friday nights so I could listen to a jazz combo led by my piano teacher who
is an accomplished jazz pianist.  I would always order a decaf espresso and
pull out that book so that I wouldn't feel so self-conscious about being there
alone.

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Still...the book yielded a couple of quotes worthy of mention:


'Just because the f***er's got a library card doesn't make him Yoda.'

                                                                      ~ Brad Pitt
                                                                       As Detective Mills
                                                                       in the movie Seven
                                                                       (1995)


and this one


'Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of the night.'

                                                         ~Attributed to P.J. O'Rourke

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But the quote that inspired this post was by:

 Thomas all men are created equal Jefferson.
 (1743-1826)


'The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but
newspapers.'

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You see, I don't read newspapers  - not any, not ever.

For me, reading a newspaper is too confining.

One must sit there and hold up each side requiring the use of both hands - a primitive activity
really, like ironing.

I am a multi-tasker and reading a newspaper means that I can only do one thing at a time -
when I would rather be doing three.

The reason I don't read a newspaper has nothing to do with the fact that it seems boring and
stuffy.

It is just that I can't bear sitting there holding up something boring and stuffy that makes my
arms tired.

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I do, however, need newspapers to spread on the patio when I spray paint.

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