Thursday, March 31, 2022

Quote of the Day (Joseph Conrad, on ‘The Real Significance of Crime’)

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“The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the community of mankind.”  — Polish-born British novelist Joseph Con...
Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Flashback, March 1972: Brilliant Brando Briefly Revived in ‘The Godfather’

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The Godfather , released 50 years ago this month in the U.S., did more than just update the gangster film genre of the Great Depression, int...

Quote of the Day (Zadie Smith, on Manhattan)

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“When I land at JFK, everything changes. For the first few days it is a shock: I have to get used to old New York ladies beside themselves w...
Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Quote of the Day (William Shakespeare, on Reason vs. Vengeance)

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“Yet with my nobler reason 'gaitist my fury Do I take part: the rarer action is   In virtue than in vengeance.”— ‎English playwright-po...
Monday, March 28, 2022

Movie Quote of the Day (‘The Producers,’ on Their Way to Their Ideal Director)

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[Max Bailystock and Leo Bloom are on the lookout for “talent” to help them achieve their million-dollar payday: a sure-fire Broadway musical...
Sunday, March 27, 2022

Spiritual Quote of the Day (Pope Francis, on ‘The Only Way to Peace’)

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“It is neither a culture of confrontation nor a culture of conflict which builds harmony within and between peoples, but rather a culture of...
Saturday, March 26, 2022

Photo of the Day: Church of the Ascension, New Milford, NJ

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I took this photo the other day while driving through New Milford, a town several miles from where I live in Bergen County, NJ. The Church o...