Tracing Quotations
Rainer Maria Rilke? Tim O’Reilly? Louise Bogan? Robert Bly? Apocryphal? Question for Quote Investigator: A recent book by technology guru and computer book publisher Tim O’Reilly contained the following appeal: Pursue something so important that even if you fail, the world is better off for you having tried. O’Reilly illustrated this idea by referring to …
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Richard Serra? Carlota Fay Schoolman? Steve Atkins? Tom Johnson? Claire Wolfe? Andrew Lewis? blue_beetle? Tim O’Reilly? Question for Quote Investigator: For decades the most powerful mass medium has been television. The internet has dramatically shifted our access to information. Nowadays, society reflects upon itself by using internet search engines. Yet, both of these fundamental channels …
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