Great Lines Issue 2
Sup everyone. Muneer here.
- This newsletter is going to be all the great lines and zingers from things I read on the Web. As most of you know, I read a lot. Probably more than I should.
- The links aren’t necessarily timely. I read a lot of old stuff. I’m not up with the times.
- And in the course of reading, I often see lines that are hilarious or beautiful.
- I will bring those to you in this space.
On plastic toys:
The loss of fantasy is the price paid for precision.- Donovan Hahn
On an enigmatic baseball player:
“…in December 2003, when the Red Sox were frantically trying to acquire Rodriguez from the Texas Rangers, several Boston executives called on Rodriguez in his New York hotel suite after 1 a.m. Rodriguez answered the door in a perfectly pressed suit, tie knotted tight to his stiff collar. The Red Sox officials found such polished attire at such a late hour odd, even unsettling.” - Tom Verducci
On how the 24 hour news media keeps us hooked:
“The trick is to constantly narrow your mental horizons and keep you geeked up on impotent anger. It’s a twist on Manufacturing Consent’s description of an artificially narrowed debate.” - Matt Taibbi
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