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David Cain

@davidcain

literary author, bon vivant, libertine, rascal, incorrigible irascible rogue romantic poet

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David Cain
@davidcain Feb 7, 2020, 2:40 PM UTC

New Economy

The robots control the means of production.

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David Cain
@davidcain Nov 25, 2019, 4:16 PM UTC

grok how

This new work of art was one of many attempts to grok all parts of the whole beautiful experience in all its complexity in one opus. But before it could be judged it was necessary to grok how to judg…

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David Cain
@davidcain Nov 24, 2019, 11:05 PM UTC

or stain

Howl, howl, howl, howl! O, you are men of stones: Had I your tongues and eyes, I'ld use them so That heaven’s vault should crack. She’s gone for ever! I know when one is dead, and when one lives; She…

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David Cain
@davidcain Nov 24, 2019, 10:48 PM UTC

that reveals

I thought painting and drawing were about light and happy things and beauty and aesthetics. Not about a spirit or force that reveals who we really are. — Michael S. Meusch, Walking Among Giants

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David Cain
@davidcain Nov 24, 2019, 10:39 PM UTC

genuine

The tears we shed in our sleep are the only genuine tears we shed in our lives. The waking tears are self-pity. — Doris Lessing, The Golden Notebook

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David Cain
@davidcain Nov 24, 2019, 10:26 PM UTC

a little

We came to find new things,” I answered boldly. “We are tired of the old things; we have come up out of the sea to know that which is unknown. We are of a brave race who fear not death, my very much…

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David Cain
@davidcain Nov 24, 2019, 9:42 PM UTC

so strong

Her beauty — that of a shy, wild, quiveringly sensitive thing — seemed nothing to her. Even her soul, so strong for rhapsody, was not enough. She must have something to reinforce her pride, because s…

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David Cain
@davidcain Nov 24, 2019, 9:31 PM UTC

loomed immanent

Like an immature vampire, Jeff was more affected than true. Long stringy hair had been deliberately moussed into a provocative emo-scrawl, his piercings and tattoos organized carefully to maintain hi…

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David Cain
@davidcain Nov 24, 2019, 9:24 PM UTC

loved

We wish to be understood, because we wish to be loved, and we wish to be loved because we are in love. Marcel Proust, The Sweet Cheat Gone

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David Cain
@davidcain Nov 24, 2019, 8:52 PM UTC

you, alone

Gentlemen, welcome to the world of reality – there is no audience. No one to applaud, to admire. No one to see you. Do you understand? Here is the truth – actual heroism receives no ovation, entertai…

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