Random Analogies
Learning Greek As Washing An Elephant
a: Greek ~
b: washing an Elephant
What: "Take one step at a time, do not move to the next lesson until you are certain that you have mastered all of the previous ones, and remember that taking Greek is like washing an Elephant: it can only be done one spot at a time, but eventually you will finish the whole thing!"
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Writer: Jim West, ThD.
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Date: Dec 13 2011 11:56 AM
# 1567 Critique Analogy
a: Quentin tarantino ~
b: Kubrick
What: "Quentin Tarantino is starting to remind me of late-stage Kubrick. At a certain point, both directors became pretty much divorced from what most of us think of as everyday reality by producing stylized baubles with fetishistic care, inviting audiences to marvel at the lurid and the vivid, losing interest in the process of identification that any audience, however sophisticated, craves."
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Writer: ColdChef
LCC: TR
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Date: May 8 2012 7:54 PM
# 2062 Critique Analogy
a: Genetics ~
b: blue prints
What:
"Genetics is like the blue prints.
Epigenetics are like post-it note... "
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Writer: Not Stated
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Date: May 6 2014 7:31 PM
# 5624 Critique Analogy
a: imaginary numbers ~
b: your crazy uncle
What:
"I like when the metaphors are more complicated than the referent. Here's my answer: imaginary numbers are like your crazy uncle...there's internal consistency to the things he's mumbling, but it may not make much sense to outsiders."
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Writer: Maserschmidt
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Date: Aug 21 2014 4:39 PM
# 6135 Critique Analogy
