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Mediocrity is contextual.

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We will, of course, without hesitation use art to parody, ridicule, debunk, or criticize ideologies.
One paradox of professional writing is that books written solely for money and/or acclaim will almost never be good enough to garner…
God, what a ghastly enterprise to be in, though-and what an odd way to achieve success. I'm an exhibitionist who wants to…
When I say or write something, there are actually a whole lot of different things I am communicating. The propositional content (i.e.,…
Under fun's new administration, writing fiction becomes a way to go deep inside yourself and illuminate precisely the stuff you don't want…
Of course, the fact that Dostoevsky can tell a juicy story isn't enough to make him great. If it were, Judith Krantz…
Some words have to be explicitly uttered, Lenore. Only by actually uttering certain words does one really DO what one SAYS. 'Love'…
You have a great deal of yourself on the line, writing- your vanity is at stake. You discover a tricky thing about…
Postmodern irony and cynicism's become an end in itself, a measure of hip sophistication and literary savvy. Few artists dare to try…
No one can call themselves a writer until he or she has written at least fifty stories.
Molly Notkin often confides on the phone to Joelle van Dyne about the one tormented love of Nokin's life thus far, an…
No single, individual moment is in and of itself unendurable.

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Each feminist work has tended to be received as if it emerged from nowhere; as if each one of us had lived,… — Adrienne Rich
Only the heart knows the correct answer. Most people think the heart is mushy and sentimental. But it's not. The heart is… — Deepak Chopra
[Women] tend to collect more pieces of data when they think, put them into more complex patterns, see more options and outcomes.… — Helen Fisher
The prima facie evidence provision in this case ignores all of the contextual factors that are necessary to decide whether a particular… — Sandra Day O'Connor
I don't have a problem with 'Idol' or 'X Factor,' I have a problem with when those things are not given the… — Billy Corgan
Globalization requires taking a broad contextual and long-term view. — Helen Fisher
Mediocrity is contextual. — David Foster Wallace
I do not mean to imply that television news deliberately aims to deprive Americans of a coherent, contextual understanding of their world.… — Neil Postman
Education and the process of educating is a total integral, contextual situation which includes students, teachers, parents, administration and environment. — Jean Houston
Before 2000, everything was about being contextual, and buildings were supposed to be good citizens. — Bernard Tschumi
In a world lit by data, street corners are painted with contextual information, automobiles can navigate autonomously, thermostats respond to patterns of… — John Battelle
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