January 2010
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Jan 29th
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“If you work really hard, and are kind, amazing things will happen.”
– Conan O’Brien on his last night as host of The Tonight Show - Jan. 22, 2010
Jan 23rd
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“It underscores the value of what we do — trustworthy, aggressively reported...”
– Bill Keller, Executive Editor of the NY Times, on the decision to charge frequent readers of NYTimes.com starting in 2011 This is the best reason I’ve seen for charging for content, and frankly the only one that really matters. If your content has real value, you can (and probably should)...
Jan 20th
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“I walked out and I knew I had found it, what I had been looking for all my life,...”
– To The White Sea by James Dickey I’ve just finished reading this novel and I am in awe…
Jan 19th
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Jan 15th
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Jan 14th
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Jan 13th
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“That’s not a reboot - that’s a show on The WB!”
– My wife, after hearing that the film Spider Man 4 will be “rebooting” the franchise a new cast and new director, with Peter Parker in high school.
Jan 13th
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“So it has come to this: I cannot express in words how much I enjoy hosting this...”
– Conan O’Brien Says He Won’t Host ‘Tonight Show’ After Leno - Media Decoder Blog - NYTimes.com I’ve never been prouder of Conan O’Brien, or so disappointed in NBC.
Jan 13th
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“Q. If you could ask only one or two questions to get a sense of a person, what...”
– Tony Hsieh of Zappos - NYTimes.com
Jan 12th
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Jan 11th
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“I never thought I was going to write novels when I began writing. I thought I...”
– Michael Ondaatje interviewed by Robert Birnbaum - The Morning News I sometimes feel a little guilty for never having read any of Ondaatje’s novels. This conversation makes me think it’s time to seek him out.
Jan 11th
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Jan 6th
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Jan 5th