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Random quote of the day:

“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.  Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”

—George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman, “Maxims for Revolutionists”

Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

Mirrored from Better Than Dead.

Date: 2010-12-16 12:50 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] asatomuraki.livejournal.com
Awesome, yet again!

Date: 2010-12-16 05:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pjthompson.livejournal.com
Thank you.

Date: 2010-12-16 01:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] asakiyume.livejournal.com
Love the painting--love the golden glow of it.

How did you choose it for this quote?

Date: 2010-12-16 05:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pjthompson.livejournal.com
One of my favorite parts of quote days is the image search. It always turns up such unexpected treasures. I did a google search on "unreasonable" and didn't come up with anything very inspiring, so I decided to try the opposite. "Reasonable" didn't have much to inspire either until about ten pages in, then this painting came up. I loved the glowing solitariness of that figure—as if he or she brought the light with them in their solitary walk. And thought it perfect. Like I said, I love the adventure of the image search. It's a lot of what makes this quote process worth it for me.

The painting, btw, was attached to a poem at this website:

http://earthsavers.typepad.com/the_earth_savers_blog/2010/05/unreasonable.html

Ironically, the title was "Unreasonable," but it must have been too far down on the search dymamics to show up on the original search. It didn't have a picture credit, which was frustrating.

Date: 2010-12-16 05:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] asakiyume.livejournal.com
I agree with what you say about the figure! He (I think of him as a he, but it could well be a she) seems so self possessed, so assured, so calm--and yeah, the glow seems to radiate from him.

Date: 2010-12-16 06:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pjthompson.livejournal.com
I admit I think "he" too.

Date: 2010-12-17 06:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] handworn.livejournal.com
...the only problem being when the intransigence of unreasonable men creates opposing unreasonable men.

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