JR
JR
NationalityFrench
ProfessionArtist
Date of Birth22 February 1983
CountryFrance
dream memories revenge
Science and Technology revolutionize our lives, but memory, tradition and myth frame our response. Expelled from individual consciousness by the rush of change, history finds its revenge by stamping the collective unconscious with habits, values, expectations, dreams. The dialectic between past and future will continue to form our lives.
history argument ends
History is, indeed, an argument without end.
deception needs irreverence
What we need is a rebirth of satire, of dissent, of irreverence, of an uncompromising insistence that phoniness is phony and platitudes are platitudinous.
writing language clarity
Clarity in language depends on clarity in thought.
courage learning knowledge
If we are to survive, we must have ideas, vision, and courage. These things are rarely produced by committees. Everything that matters in our intellectual and moral life begins with an individual confronting his own mind and conscience in a room by himself.
checks elaborate feature gave government opposed romans
In summary, the Romans were opposed to tyranny in any form; and the feature of government to which they gave the most thought was an elaborate system of checks and balances.
carrying courageous imposed lead people principle quite
For, quite literally, the whole world today is looking for us to take the lead in carrying out those obligations imposed on the American people as a whole by the beautiful, compassionate and courageous principle of noblesse oblige.
bears certainly itself seeds
For not only every democracy, but certainly every republic, bears within itself the seeds of its own destruction.
constitution deliberate division emphatic extensive majority power preventing unbridled
In the Constitution of the American Republic there was a deliberate and very extensive and emphatic division of governmental power for the very purpose of preventing unbridled majority rule.
fortune good imposed privilege rank
The responsibilities which are imposed by rank and privilege and good fortune can... become very onerous indeed.
both including laid later laws prepared principles question
There is no question but that the laws and principles which Solon laid down both foreshadowed and prepared the way for all republics of later ages, including our own.
academy apparent double draft franchise greater investment last opened paid perhaps picks player purchased scouting spend tremendous year
It's not just what you spend on the major-league payroll. In the last year we've purchased a Double-A franchise (in Springfield, Mo.), paid more than double for early-round draft picks and opened an academy in the Dominican Republic. We've made a much greater investment in international scouting and player development. Perhaps those things aren't as apparent as major-league payroll, but they're there and they have tremendous significance.
consciousness continued grew lost room sit trapped unable
As my trapped co-workers lost consciousness one by one, the room grew still and I continued to sit and wait, unable to do much else.
strong
Awesome. It is exciting, and Mark's a big, strong guy.