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This is the personal weblog of John Dancy-Jones, papermaker, publisher, educator, naturalist and writer. (Not to mention husband of 25 years, father of 2, Raleigh native…) My personal take on arts, culture, and the life of the mind. For more formal writing, see JDJ links on the sidebar.

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William Blake

Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you.
Albert Enstein

It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.
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If we had a keen vision and feeling of all ordinary human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow and the squirrel's heart beat, and we should die of that roar which lies on the other side of silence.
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Carl Sagan (1934 – 1996)

All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large American city in a single year. Not all bits have equal value.
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Benito Mussolini

Fascism should be more properly called corporatism, since it is the merger of state and corporate power.
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As soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice of action arise, human science is at a loss.
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Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being.
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