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JK Rowling’s Harvard Commencement Speech

The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination:

The knowledge that you have emerged wiser and stronger from setbacks means that you are, ever after, secure in your ability to survive. You will never truly know yourself, or the strength of your relationships, until both have been tested by adversity. Such knowledge is a [...]

Perspective: Hyper-Connected


“Like ‘No Exit’ with feathered hats”

The Daily Show on ‘Sex and the City’:

Jon: It’s quite a phenomenon. How was it?
Samantha Bee:
Honestly Jon, I don’t know where to start. I mean, I know everyone’s excited about the movie and from the previews I expected it to be some sort of drama about four middle-aged alcoholics who spend their time wearing crazy [...]