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“و كأن همّاً واحداً لا يكفي أو كأنّ الهموم يستأنس بعضها ببعض فلا تنزل على الناس إلا معاً”
― ثلاثية غرناطة
― ثلاثية غرناطة
“إن المثقفين المهزومين يعشقون تحطيم الاصنام من كل نوع : ناجحون، مشهورون، مبدعون، يحبون ذلك إلى حد أن العجز عنه في حالة من الحالات ( ولتكن عملًا فنيًا لا مأخذ عليه ) يصيبهم بالإحباط، إن البرهنة على أن ( الكل باطل ) احتياج لا ينتهي عندهم”
― المبتسرون: دفاتر واحدة من جيل الحركة الطلابية
― المبتسرون: دفاتر واحدة من جيل الحركة الطلابية
“This place is packed with beautiful hipsters. While the Coney Island bombast radiated sincerity, everything here seems more ironic. When someone in the crowd ironically chants, 'USA!' someone else ironically chants back, 'Mother Russia.”
― Lost At Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries
― Lost At Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries
“إن من العقل أن تكون مجنونًا أحيانا .”
― مهزلة العقل البشري
― مهزلة العقل البشري
“It's not a remarkable note except for one thing. The typeface Tony used to print it is the exact typeface Kubrick used for the posters and title sequences of 'Eyes Wide Shut' and '2001'.
'It's Futura Extra Bold,' explains Tony. 'It was Stanley's favorite typeface. It's sans serif. He liked Helvetica and Univers too. Clean and elegant.'
'Is this the kind of thing you and Kubrick used to talk about?' I asked.
'God, yes,' says Tony. 'Sometimes late into the night. I was always trying to persuade him to turn away from them. But he was wedded to his sans serifs.”
― Lost At Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries
'It's Futura Extra Bold,' explains Tony. 'It was Stanley's favorite typeface. It's sans serif. He liked Helvetica and Univers too. Clean and elegant.'
'Is this the kind of thing you and Kubrick used to talk about?' I asked.
'God, yes,' says Tony. 'Sometimes late into the night. I was always trying to persuade him to turn away from them. But he was wedded to his sans serifs.”
― Lost At Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries
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