Robert Mendelson
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"When a person is lucky enough to live inside a story, to live inside an imaginary world, the pains of this world disappear. For as long as the story goes on, reality no longer exists."
― Paul Auster, The Brooklyn Follies
#RipPaulAuster
The New York Times@nytimes
Breaking News: Paul Auster, the prolific, inventive writer best known for his novels about New York, has died at 77. nyti.ms/3JNqEs5
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It's a Blue Sky day, where Dickey Betts has joined his bandmate Duane Allman. May we all Eat a Peach today in their memory.
#RIPDickeyBetts
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"A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!" —Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie would have been proud of the life of Jared Cohon.
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"Come Monday, it'll be alright;
Come Monday, I'll be holdin' you tight.
I spent four lonely days in a brown L.A haze
& I just want you back by my side."
—@JimmyBuffett (#RIPJimmy, you'll be missed, but I'm sure it's 5 o'clock where you are now! 😇)
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“I know enough writers now to know that none of us know what we’re doing half the time. I don’t buy this, ‘I know exactly what I’m doing all the time.’ You do not. It’s just hard work and weird alchemy.”—@riley_sager
#yep 😉
New York Times Books@nytimesbooks
Yes, readers, even a prolific writer gets cold feet sometimes. Riley Sager opens up about the crisis of confidence that led to his sixth best seller, “The Only One Left.” nyti.ms/3rJaNoS
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Tony Bennett won 17 of his 19 Grammys after age 60. He recorded Body & Soul with @amywinehouse at 84 (Amy's last recording) & it was on 2011's Duet II album that debuted #1 on @Billboard.
Beautiful Song/Beautiful Singers/Beautiful People
#RIP Tony & Amy
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@DannyShireyPGH Danny, I hope the outpouring of support for the quality of your work (inc from @Dejan_Kovacevic) has lessened your disappointment. Just hold onto your passion & work ethic & you'll land somewhere that's a better career fit for you. (Unsolicited advice: Send Dubas your resume!)
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Unfortunately, I am being let go from DKPS. Saturday is my final day.
Incredibly disappointed with how it’s ending, but working the Penguins beat was an incredible experience that challenged me in ways that I’d never been challenged before.
Here’s to whatever’s next.
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"...the greatest song ever written about #America, and it's by @WoodyGuthrie."
—@springsteen
#freedom
#IndependenceDay
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“Taking time to reflect on the present & all that is good.”—Murray 🐾🐾
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"Gottlieb may have been the most important book editor of his time."
~David Remnick, @NewYorker's editor
Gottlieb's memoir, published in 2016, was aptly titled, Avid Reader: A Life
May he rest in peace after such a meaningful life.
The New Yorker@NewYorker
The famed editor Robert Gottlieb has died, at age 92. Read David Remnick’s remembrance. nyer.cm/a1HThUn
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