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  • On Jane Austen and “Emma”
  • The Beatles and MARK LEWISOHN

Tag: Philip Seymour Hoffman

The 3,000 agents he fired – every one of them 1st or 2nd generation Americans – is that because they lacked the proper diplomatic skills or did Turner not think it would be a good idea to have spies that spoke the same language as the people they’re fucking spying on?

     

Uncool: Cameron Crowe’s Almost Famous

  One of the best scenes ever. Philip Seymour Hoffman, you live on. Cameron Crowe’s “Almost Famous”

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What I stand by.

“If you say that John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison or Ritchie Starkey said these words, they better damn well be words a Beatle said.”

A BEATLE DIDN’T SAY THAT! Lewisohn’s lab-created quotes

*REPOST OF THE ORIGINAL TROUBLE-STARTER.* “My personal standard is that If someone represents, ‘A Beatle said this,’ it better damn well be something a Beatle said.”

Who told Lady Catherine??

Who sent Lady Catherine on her wild ride to Longbourn? I always say that Jane Austen never plants a question in our heads without giving us the answer, and she continues to prove me right.

“Is this,” thought Elizabeth, “meant for me?” – Rereading the Turning Point Conversation between Elizabeth Bennet and Colonel Fitzwilliam

Elizabeth’s blush when she says that distance isn’t a problem if money is no object. Even her feigned coolness when she tells Col Fitzwilliam that she’s surprised Darcy doesn’t marry for the convenience of a built-in travel buddy, all take on new shape.

Mrs Weston is pretty. Don’t add that into Frank’s lies (audio with rough transcript)

I’ve now read two people casting shade on what I will admit is Frank’s somewhat greasy way of saying “I didn’t expect to see a young pretty woman” about Mrs. Weston to Emma at first. But I get a little offended at that. I– She’s not that old, and I bet she is pretty. Like, are you telling me you don’t think Mrs. Weston’s pretty?

  • On Jane Austen and “Emma”
  • The Beatles and MARK LEWISOHN
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