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Re: Susan Sontag quote

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by: Will Dockery - Thu, 16 Nov 2023 02:41 UTC

jdcha...@gmail.com wrote:
> Will Dockery wrote:
> > jdcha...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > > "Ours is indeed the age of extremity. For we live under continual threat of two equally fearful, but seemingly opposed destinies: unremitting banality and inconceivable terror. it is fantasy, served out in large rations by the popular arts, which allows most people to cope with these twin specters"
> > > -Susan Sontag
> > Good quote, Jordy.
> >
> > I'm watching LBJ starring Woody Harrelson.
> >
>
> what did you think of it? have never seen that movie

It was a pretty good movie, fits well with the other recent LBJ film I saw a couple of weeks ago.

You will be successful in your work.

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