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“Providing the ultimate solution to work/life balance: not escaping from work but living the way you want to at work.”

“Proving that the best villains have the charisma of a hero, (Jason) Statham makes a strong impression, supplying the kind of menace that permeates the movie even when he's not on screen. His fight with (Dwayne) Johnson doesn't have the bang you'd expect from a The Transporter versus The Rock match-up, but the climactic Statham-(Vin)Diesel battle more than delivers.”

“Provocative art can pierce your nervous system, touching arts of you that rhetoric cannot. A charged, layered object can haunt viewers for days, as their unconscious works to unpack it. Art instigates, nudges the conversation along, and ultimately advances civilization.”

“Provocative. Striking. Rachel Resnick is a virtuoso on the page. Her fearless examination of the desperate thirst to find love is guaranteed to break your heart. Yet her cool-eyed analysis of the roots of this addiction inspires hope that through committed self-understanding, maybe each of us can change toxic patterns, whatever they may be.”

“Prowling the meanings of a word, prowling the history of a person, no use expecting a flood of light. Human words have no main switch. But all those little kidnaps in the dark. And then the luminous, big, shivering, discandied, unrepentant, barking web of them that hangs in your mind when you turn back to the page you were trying to translate.”

“Proxemics is the study of human use of space and the effects that population density has on behavior, social interaction, and communication. Imagine invisible bubbles around every person that provides each of us with comfort zones for social engagement and interaction.”

“Proximity has taught me some basic and humbling truths, including this vital lesson: Each of us is more than the worst thing we've ever done. My work with the poor and the incarcerated has persuaded me that the opposite of poverty is not wealth; the opposite of poverty is justice. Finally, I've come to believe that the true measure of our commitment to justice, the character of our society, our commitment to the rule of law, fairness, and equality cannot be measured by how we treat the rich, the powerful, the privileged, and the respected among us. The true measure of our character is how we treat the poor, the disfavored, the accused, the incarcerated, and the condemned. We are all implicated when we allow other people to be mistreated. An absence of compassion can corrupt the decency of a community, a state, a nation. Fear and anger can make us vindictive and abusive, unjust and unfair, until we all suffer from the absence of mercy and we condemn ourselves as much as we victimize others. The closer we get to mass incarceration and extreme levels of punishment, the more I believe it's necessary to recognize that we all need mercy, we all need justice, and - perhaps - we all need some measure of unmerited grace.”

“Prozodia japoneză a fost determinată de însăşi natura limbii... Versurile japoneze se bazează pe un calcul al silabelor şi diferitele tipuri de poezie sînt în mod obişnuit deosebite între ele prin numărul silabelor pe care le conţin. Astfel, tanka este un poem de 31 de silabe, dispuse în versuri de 5, 7, 5, 7 şi din nou 7 silabe. Haiku, formă dezvoltată mai recent, conţine 17 silabe dispuse în trei versuri de 5, 7 şi 5 silabe. în aceste două forme şi în variantele bazate pe ele trebuie căutat aproape tot ceea ce consideră japonezii că este poezie. Se înţelege cu uşurinţă că nu e nici o problemă să compui o poezie de numai 31 sau de numai 17 silabe, fără rimă şi ritm dar mai trebuie adăugat că e tot atît de dificil să scrii în japoneză ceva de valoare ca şi în cazul oricărei alte limbi… Ne vom găsi în prezenţa unui foarte mic număr de subiecte considerate a fi apte pentru poezie, iar în acest restrîns cadru tematic vom descoperi şi un număr restrîns de moduri de tratare a subiectelor respective… Dar asemenea idei religioase precum cele întîlnite în poezia japoneză sînt destul de simple şt n-au putut să-i tulbure prea mult pe poeţi. E întru totul caracteristic faptul că antiintelectuala doctrină budistă Zen a produs în poezia japoneză singura influenţă religioasă semnificativă.”