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I feel more incapable than ever of loving a woman, because I will always love all the others too much. I wish I had a thousand arms, a thousand lips, and a thousand… temperaments to be able to embrace an entire army of those charming and insignificant beings at once.
-Guy de Maupassant (more…)
Gustavo Escanlar
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Gustavo Escanlar
There’s a Japanese proverb that goes something like: “The nail that sticks out always gets hammered.” It’s a saying that sums up well the beehive-like society the Japanese live in. I don’t think this is necessarily a bad thing, in fact, contrary to what many believe, sometimes, as that Tatooinian Sensitive Young Man™ Anakin Skywalker so wisely said in that cinematic masterpiece Attack of the Clones: “We must let go of our pride and do what is requested of us.” (more…)
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I remember when I was in college, I had a professor who used to place a lot of emphasis on the differences between advertising and propaganda. The old man would explain that the former tended to adapt to the tastes and customs of its target audience, while the latter was far more insidious, even subversive. Not only did it seek to influence its intended audience, but, to a certain extent, it aimed to alter their perceptions and stances on a given issue. In other words, its drive to persuade went beyond trivial matters and had serious consequences for those it was aimed at.