"What is it about a work of art, even when it is bought and sold in the market, that makes us distinguish it from . . . pure commodities? A work of art is a gift, not a commodity. . . works of art exist simultaneously in two â€œeconomiesâ€, a market economy and a gift economy.Â Only one of these is essential, however: a work of art can survive without the market, but where there is no gift, there is no art."

-- Lewis Hyde

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“A Death at the White Camellia Orphanage tells of a young boy's travels through the black heart of Depression American and his search for light both metaphorical and real. Writing with a controlled lyrical passion, Marly Youmans has crafted the finest, and the truest period novel I've read in years.”
“The discovery of printing in the middle of the fifteenth century implied the beginning of a return to a type of civilization dominated by the eye rather than the ear.”

Source : Harold Adams Innis, Daniel Drache (1995). “Staples, Markets, and Cultural Change: Selected Essays”, p.321, McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
“The security of our country is not just a top priority, it's the top priority.”
“I think the hardest thing to do in the world, show-business-wise, is write comedy.”
“I always thought of this as God's country.”
“I keep lot of my opinions to myself.”
“Why do they always put mud into coffee on board steamers? Why does the tea generally taste of boiled boots?”
“Out of the thirty thousand types of edible plants thought to exist on Earth, just elevenâ€”corn, rice, wheat, potatoes, cassava, sorghum, millet, beans, barley, rye, and oatsâ€”account for 93 percent of all that humans eat, and every one of them was first cultivated by our Neolithic ancestors.”

Source : FaceBook post by Bill Bryson from Jul 05, 2016

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