Random Analogies

What: "The truth is, what the American Government does, the Australian Government is sure to follow. Tyranny is just as much on our doorstep (in someways more so). American politics is like a time machine, a glimpse into our own future. Which is why I am so fascinated by the Freedom Movement. Well, it helps keep me positive anyway."

Writer: AaronB

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Date: Nov 18 2012 12:21 PM

What: "It contains the element of invention in the wider sense, as well as that of diffusion of a special kind. What is really involved in every true example of stimulus diffusion is the birth of a pattern new to the culture in which it develops, though not completely new in human culture. There is historical connection and dependence, but there is also originality. Analogically, ordinary diffusion is like adoption, stimulus diffusion like procreation, with the influencing culture in the role of the father;"

Writer: A. L. Kroeber

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Date: Dec 30 2013 6:23 PM

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"In many ballet classes, there is a strict uniform code. You can't come in there all colorful and shit! Why? Because ballet is like a team sport-uniformity is a must. In a ballet company they have something called the "corpse de ballet," which is basically all of the dancers performing who are not soloists, thus the uniform is strict in practice "

Writer: Khalil Amani

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Date: Jan 10 2014 8:12 PM

What: "When there is birth, there is death. Death is like moving out of an old house into a newer house." A long discussion of death with many metaphors on death and on life.

Writer: Not Stated

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Date: Jun 7 2014 8:34 PM