“Marlon’s worldly possessions went up for auction at Christie’s New York showroom a year after his death. Among the 320 objects were some knickknacks (Marlon preferred the Yiddish word chotchkes).” BrandoYiddishUseless InformationMarlon Brando Book:Somebody: The Reckless Life and Remarkable Career of Marlon Brando Source: Somebody: The Reckless Life and Remarkable Career of Marlon Brando
“Sorrows cannot all be explained away in a life truly lived, grief and loss accumulate like possessions.” LossGriefSadnessSorrowSadPossessionGrief And Loss Author:Stefan Kanfer
“An aphorism is a personal observation inflated into a universal truth, a private posing as a general.” UniversalObservationPrivacyAphorismPosingUniversal Truth Author:Stefan Kanfer
“There's something strange and powerful about black-and-white imagery.” BlackWhitePowerfulStrangeBlack And WhiteImagery Author:Stefan Kanfer
“...telephone operators now routinely use '80s-babble, chirping, "Have a nice day," the moral equivalent of the smile button.” UseMoralNiceModernButtonsTelephones80sModern LifeOperatorsNice DayHave A Nice Day Author:Stefan Kanfer
“Kenney knows two essential truths about melodrama: First that it is most powerful when combined with irony and understatement; and second that it is a salient feature of modern life.” KnowsFirstsTwoPowerfulModernEssentialsIronyFeaturesMost PowerfulModern LifeMelodramaUnderstatement Author:Stefan Kanfer
“The catalogue of miseries seems to cry out for commercial spots and a station break: the stuff of noonday soap opera.” SeemsStuffBreakCryMiserySpotsStationsOperaSoapSoap OperasCatalogues Author:Stefan Kanfer
