tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11210889.post4687833834317640374..comments2023-11-18T00:59:29.268-06:00Comments on TRVTH: Duck RapeDon Applemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02606159671601587951noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11210889.post-53946248748293456982008-04-10T13:59:00.000-05:002008-04-10T13:59:00.000-05:00Dear Don,I'm Egyptian poet, Yahia Lababidi, and ti...Dear Don,<BR/><BR/>I'm Egyptian poet, Yahia Lababidi, and tickled to be quoted in your wacky-wise pages a while back...<BR/> <BR/>Meantime, my book of aphorisms -from which you quote-is currently available for pre-order directly from Jane Street Press (20% off)<BR/> <BR/>www.janestreet.com/press<BR/> <BR/>If work speaks to you, perhaps you could recommend me to friends who are also fellow word-lovers? <BR/><BR/>All the best,<BR/>Yahia <BR/><BR/><BR/>ps-from my book:<BR/><BR/>1. Impulses we attempt to strangle only develop stronger muscles.<BR/><BR/>2. There is only one way to live against one’s own nature: unhappily.<BR/><BR/>3. History does not repeat itself, human nature does.<BR/> <BR/>4. The small spirit is quick to misperceive an insult, the large spirit is slow to receive a compliment.<BR/><BR/>5. However jeweled the mind, we also think through its defects.<BR/><BR/>6. Time heals old wounds only because there are new wounds to attend to.<BR/><BR/> 7. A good listener helps us overhear ourselves.<BR/><BR/>8. Marrying for looks is like buying books for their pictures - a good idea, if one cannot read.<BR/><BR/>9. Opposites attract, similarities last.<BR/><BR/>10. The most consummate actors are too accomplished in life to risk exposure on film.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com