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Molly's blog, created for her personal edification. Mostly quotes, really, but occasionally enlightening.
Right. Scratch that.
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romeo & juliet:
FRIAR LAURENCE
On Thursday, sir? the time is very short.
PARIS
My father Capulet will have it so,
And I am nothing slow to slack his haste.
FRIAR LAURENCE
You say you do not know the lady's mind:
Uneven is the course, I like it not.
PARIS
Immoderately she weeps for Tybalt's death,
And therefore have I little talk'd of love;
For Venus smiles not in a house of tears.
Now, sir, her father counts it dangerous
That she doth give her sorrow so much sway,
And in his wisdom hastes our marriage,
To stop the inundation of her tears;
Which, too much minded by herself alone,
May be put from her by society:
Now do you know the reason of this haste.
FRIAR LAURENCE
[Aside] I would I knew not why it should be slow'd.
Look, sir, here comes the lady towards my cell.
Enter JULIET
PARIS
Happily met, my lady and my wife!
JULIET
That may be, sir, when I may be a wife.
PARIS
That may be must be, love, on Thursday next.
JULIET
What must be shall be.
FRIAR LAURENCE
That's a certain text.
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All I can add is that I think the test of good administration is whether you are anonymous or whether you're a character, a public character. If you're a public character or if you have any desire to be a public character, you're not likely to be interested in administration as such. I think anonymity is desirable, so that you don't get the public involved in making decisions based on personality rather than on accomplishments. There's great need for characters standing out, like Shriver. My goodness, you need a character like Shriver to sell a program and capture the imagination of the public. But that is far from my capacities or interests as you can imagine. I would shrink from that kind of undertaking. So I have said many times that a successful administrator ought to be about as interesting as spinach--cold spinach at that. That ought to be the idea. Now, that's not the kind of thing you can write a biography about. I don't think you'll find anything colorful in my whole career. I'd be surprised if you did.
--oral history interview with Arthur Altemeyer>>
:: so said slim ( 11:24 PM )
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