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Aphorisms

Beware of Things on Which We All Agree

Gordon Livingston, M.D. | Posted 01.04.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Psychology, Critical Thinking, Wisdom, Aphorisms, Inner Wisdom, Conventional Wisdom, Cliches, Cliche, Healthy Living News
Gordon Livingston, M.D.

In our daily lives we are confronted by what might be termed "the conventional wisdom," things we are taught from an early age and have heard repeated so often that we assume they must be true.

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Kids Fill In The Blanks ... With Hilarious Results

Ellen Seidman | Posted 08.25.2012 | Parents
Read More: Funny Things Kids Say, Kids Say the Darndest Things, Old Sayings, Cliches, Ellen Seidman, Funny Kids, Sayings, Funny Kid Homework, Aphorisms, Love That Max, Idioms, Parents News
Ellen Seidman

Ever have to stifle laughter around your kid because you know you shouldn't be cracking up over something they've done but it's beyond funny?

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A Walk Through Paris With Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Vivian Norris | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Force and Fragility, Economics, Ralph Nader, Nassim Taleb, David Cameron, Fooled by Randomness, Aphorisms, Benoit Mandelbrot, Low Interest Rates, The Bed of Procrustes, Vivian Norris, Banking, Financial Crisis, Black Swan Book, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Business News
Vivian Norris

Taleb has been criticized, but he tells it as he sees it, whether or not everyone agrees.

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Writing Aphorisms

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Writing Aphorisms, Writing, Writing Sayings, Writing Quotes, Quotes, Aphorisms, Quotes on Writing, Quotes About Writing, Quotes About Books, Authors on Writing, Writers on Writing, Slidepollajax, Books News

Today for Writer Wednesday on Twitter, marked by the hashtag #ww or #writerwednesday, we've compiled a list of inspiring aphorisms on writing. From Ge...

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9 Writing Aphorisms For #WriterWednesday (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Slidepollajax, Writing Quotes, Authors, Quotes on Writing, Author Quotes, Writing, Aphorisms, Aphorisms on Writing, Writing Aphorisms, Write, Books News

Today is Writer Wednesday on Twitter, marked by the hashtag #ww or #writerwednesday, and in honor of it, we've compiled some of the best aphorisms on ...

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David Shields' Reality Hunger: Kicking Ass and Dropping Names (AUDIO)

Christopher Lydon | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Michiko Kakutani, Literature, Radio, David Shields, Novels, Conversation, Aphorisms, Theory, Academia, Christopher Lydon, Brown University, Ian McEwan, Books News
Christopher Lydon

David Shields practices what he preaches. Aphorisms in the Nietzsche manner are the coin of the literary realm that surfaces in his manifesto, Reality Hunger.

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