Paul Holdengraber
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Former Founding Dir. OnassisLA & Dir. LIVEfromNYPL | Interviewer, Instigator, Curator of Public Curiosity | Also Quotomania & TheQuarantineTapes @dublab @lithub
Joined April 2009
💔DAVID LYNCH, R. I. P. I will forever cherish this conversation with David Lynch .@BAM_Brooklyn . I asked Lynch “Where do ideas come from?”. This is how he answered. ⬇️ .
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"You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.". ~ James Baldwin
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"Don't plant your bad days. They grow into weeks. The weeks grow into months. Before you know it you got yourself a bad year. Take it from me. Choke those little bad days. Choke 'em down to nothin'. They're your days. Choke 'em.”. ~ Tom Waits . @IrishLitTimes
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“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.”. ~ James Baldwin
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♦️MARY SHELLEY.Born on this day, in 1797. “I have love in me. and rage”. ~ Mary Shelley, “Frankenstein”
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Walter Benjamin’s notebook, in which he wrote down all the books he read since he was 18.
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🔷 ALBERT CAMUS 🔷. Died on this day, in 1960. “Sometimes, carrying on, just carrying on, is the superhuman achievement.”
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“We live in an age when you say casually to somebody 'What's the story on that?' and they can run to the computer and tell you within five seconds. That's fine, but sometimes I’d just as soon continue wondering. We have a deficit of wonder right now.”. ~ Tom Waits
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“Erik Satie never used to open the letters he received, but he always answered them.”. ~ Enrique Vila-Matas
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“All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.”. ~ Blaise Pascal
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“Life really does begin at forty. Up until then, you are just doing research." . ~ Carl Jung . Died on this day, in 1961. 📷 Henri Cartier-Bresson
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“People can cry much easier than they can change.”. ~ James Baldwin. James Baldwin by His Typewriter, Istanbul 1966. thanks to @ScBJo
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🔳 Paul Auster, R.I.P. “As my friend George Oppen once said to me, about getting old, 'what a strange thing to happen to a little boy'"
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“To live in this world. you must be able .to do three things:”. ~ Mary Oliver. Born on this day, in 1935
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“The rain will stop, the night will end, the hurt will fade. Hope is never so lost that it can't be found.”. ~ Ernest Hemingway.Born on this day, in 1899
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“Susan Sontag was asked what she had learned from the Holocaust, and she said that 10% of any population is cruel, no matter what, and that 10% is merciful, no matter what, and that the remaining 80% could be moved in either direction”. ~ Kurt Vonnegut. Died #OTD in 2007
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“Erik Satie never used to open the letters he received, but he always answered them.”. ~ Enrique Vila-Matas
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“Sometimes, carrying on, just carrying on, is the superhuman achievement.”. ~ Albert Camus . Born on this day, in 1913
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“To those who do not know that the world is on fire, I have nothing to say.”. Bertolt Brecht. thanks to @ilya_poet
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“When writers die they become books which is after all not too bad an incarnation.”. ~ Jorge Luis Borges. R. I. P. JAVIER MARIAS
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“Susan Sontag was asked what she had learned from the Holocaust, and she said that 10% of any population is cruel, no matter what, and that 10% is merciful, no matter what, and that the remaining 80% could be moved in either direction”. ~ Kurt Vonnegut, born on this day in 1922
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“than the unlived life of the parent.”. ~ C. G. Jung. Died on this day, in 1961
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'Woke up this morning with .a terrific urge to stay in bed all day.and read. Fought against it for a minute .Then . ~ Raymond Carver
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“Sometimes, carrying on, just carrying on, is the superhuman achievement.”. ~ Albert Camus
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“Susan Sontag was asked what she had learned from the Holocaust, and she said that 10% of any population is cruel, no matter what, and that 10% is merciful, no matter what, and that the remaining 80% could be moved in either direction”. ~ Kurt Vonnegut. Born on this day, in 1922
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“Susan Sontag was asked what she had learned from the Holocaust, and she said that 10% of any population is cruel, no matter what, and that 10% is merciful, no matter what, and that the remaining 80% could be moved in either direction”. ~ Kurt Vonnegut
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“When writers die they become books which is after all not too bad an incarnation.”. ~ Jorge Luis Borges. R. I. P. MARTIN AMIS
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PAUL AUSTER, R. I. P. “There is only one thing I fear in life, my friend: one day, the black will swallow the red.”. ~ Mark Rothko
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“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.". ~ W.B. Yeats. Born on this day, in 1865
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📞 NIKOLA TESLA . (Died on this day, in 1943).TESLA DESCRIBING A CELL PHONE IN 1926. Eavesdrop on @CallFromPaul. @lithub with .@neilhimself @sarahmbroom @doctorow @imaniperry @CampMarmalade @CherylStrayed @MaazaMengiste .@TempestWilliams .@GreatDismal . ☎️
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“a box full of darkness”.Rest In Peace, Mary Oliver
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Sean Connery to Stephen P. Jobs. “I am fucking JAMES BOND!”
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LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI, . R. I. P. THE WORLD IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE. “if you don’t mind a touch of hell. now and then”
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"We live in capitalism, its power seems inescapable—but then, so did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance & change often begin in art. Very often in our art, the art of words.". ~ Ursula Le Guin. Born #OTD, in 1929
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"If you think technology will solve your problems you don't understand technology - and you don't understand your problems.". ~ Laurie Anderson. thanks to @dark_shark
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“I'd woken up early, and I took a long time getting ready to exist.”. ~ Fernando Pessoa
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"You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.". ~ James Baldwin, died on this day, December 1, 1987 .
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🔷 HARUKI MURAKAMI . On the eve of his birthday.January 12, 1949. Murakami amongst his records
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“Wherever they burn books, they will also, in the end burn human beings.”. ~ Heinrich Heine
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"That things 'just go on' is the catastrophe.". ~ Walter Benjamin.Ended his life on this day, in 1940. thanks to @Samantharhill
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“Patriotism is the exact opposite of nationalism,” Mr. Macron said in a speech on a dreary, rain-soaked day. “Nationalism is a betrayal of patriotism by saying, ‘our interest first, who cares about the others?’”. ~ Emmanuel Macron .
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Picasso lived in Paris during the German occupation during World War II. A German officer allegedly asked him, upon seeing a photo of Guernica in Picasso's apartment, .“Did you do that?" Picasso responded, "No, you did."
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"As my friend George Oppen once said to me, about getting old, 'what a strange thing to happen to a little boy'".📞
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“Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge.”. ~ Carl Jung. Born on this day, in 1875
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“I like simple things, books, being alone, or with somebody who understands.”. ~ Daphne du Maurier
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“Once the storm is over”. ~ Haruki Murakami. Born on this day, in 1949
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‘I am so tired of waiting,.Aren't you.For the world to become good.And beautiful and kind?’. ~ Langston Hughes
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"Any idiot can face crisis; it's this day-to-day living that wears you out. " . ~ Anton Chekhov
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“Susan Sontag [born on this day, in 1933] was asked what she had learned from the Holocaust, and she said that 10% of any population is cruel, no matter what, and that 10% is merciful, no matter what, and that the remaining 80% could be moved in either direction”.~ Kurt Vonnegut
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"Jim loved your card so much, he ate it." . A 7 year old boy writes a thank you note to MAURICE SENDAK.For #WorldBookDay .
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“To be alive at all is to have scars”. ~ John Steinbeck
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"It is spring again. The earth is like . a child that knows. poems by heart.". ~ Rainer Maria Rilke
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“There are years that ask questions and years that answer.”. ~ Zora Neale Hurston
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“I can’t understand why people are frightened by new ideas. I’m frightened of the old ideas.”. ~ John Cage
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“The most tragic form of loss isn't the loss of security; it's the loss of the capacity to imagine that things could be different.”. ~ Ernst Bloch
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🔶 FRANZ KAFKA . Died on this day, in 1924 . "There is hope, but not for us."
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For #BookLoversDay . "The contents of someone's bookcase are part of his history, like an ancestral portrait." . ~ Umberto Eco .
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“To live in this world. you must be able .to do three things:”. ~ Mary Oliver
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“Wherever they burn books, they will also, in the end burn human beings.”. ~ Heinrich Heine. Died on this day, in 1856
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"That things 'just go on' is the catastrophe.". ~ Walter Benjamin. thanks to @Samantharhill
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When Harold Pinter wrote to Tom Stoppard. “I would rather die.”. ~ Harold Pinter . 🔶 Tom Stoppard .Born on this day, in 1937
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🖤 JOAN DIDION, R. I. P. “Life changes fast. Life changes in the instant. The ordinary instant. You sit down to dinner and life as you know it changes."
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“I have already lost touch with a couple of people I used to be.”. ~ Joan Didion
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“The only rule of the trip is: do not return as you left. Come back different.". ~ Anne Carson. thanks to @zarandillo
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🔶 ANTON CHEKHOV. Born on this day, in 1860. “Any idiot can face crisis; it's this day-to-day living that wears you out. "
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“At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint, or even remember it. It is enough.” . ~ Toni Morrison
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GIFT. “There was no thing on earth I wanted to possess.”. ~ Czeslaw Milosz. Born on this day, in 1911
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“We shouldn't be looking for heroes, we should be looking for good ideas.”. ~ Noam Chomsky
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"A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness.". ~ Robert Frost. Died on this day, in 1963
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“bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering.”. Tom Waits, born on this day in 1949
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“I’ll read my books and I’ll drink coffee and I’ll listen to music,. and I’ll bolt the door”. ~ J. D. Salinger
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“The rain will stop, the night will end, the hurt will fade. Hope is never so lost that it can't be found.”. ~ Ernest Hemingway. Died on this day, in 1961
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"In the midst of winter, .I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.". ~ Albert Camus. Died on this day, in 1960
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🖤 200 Years Ago.January 1, 1818:.Mary Shelley publishes “Frankenstein”
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🔶 FRANZ KAFKA.Died on this day, in 1924. He was 40 years old. “There is hope, but not for us."
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RAIN. “Would I live my life over again?.Make the same unforgivable mistakes?.Yes, given half a chance. Yes.”. ~ Raymond Carver
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“Dismiss whatever insults your own soul.”. ~ Walt Whitman. Born on this day, in 1819
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I HAVE STARTED TO SAY . “I have started to say .‘A quarter of a century’. Or ‘thirty years back’.About my own life.”. ~ Philip Larkin
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"The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity." .~ Dorothy Parker, born on this day, in 1893
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Cormac McCarthy, R. I. P. “There is only one thing I fear in life, my friend: one day, the black will swallow the red.”. ~ Mark Rothko
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“I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?". ~ Ernest Hemingway
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“Life really does begin at forty. Up until then, you are just doing research." . ~ Carl Jung . 📷 Henri Cartier-Bresson
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'I like simple things, books, being alone, or with somebody who understands' .~ Daphne du Maurier
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“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.” . ~ Charles Bukowski
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"This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.”. ~ Toni Morrison
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‘I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice.’. ~ Albert Camus
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🐣 Hunting for Easter Eggs with WERNER HERZOG. “The Joy Of Discovery Rings Hollow Against The Monumental Indifference Of The Universe.”. thanks to @tomgauld
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“At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint, or even remember it. It is enough.”. ~ Toni Morrison
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“My library is an archive of longings.”. ~ Susan Sontag
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