Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six of them. Most people don't see any.
Comment preview: >*There were two 'Reigns of Terror', if we could but remember and consider it; the one wrought murder in hot passions, the other in heartless cold blood; the one lasted mere months, the other had lasted a thousand years; the one inflicted death upon a t ....
Comment preview: "There were two Reigns of Terror , if we could but remember and consider it; the one wrought murder in hot passions, the other in heartless cold blood; the one lasted mere months, the other had lasted a thousand years; the one inflicted death upon a thous ....
Comment preview: Mark Twain on the French Revolution >There were two Reigns of Terror , if we could but remember and consider it; the one wrought murder in hot passions, the other in heartless cold blood; the one lasted mere months, the other had lasted a thousand year ....
Comment preview: Unless you're Mark Twain laying the smack down (on the French Revolution): >There were two Reigns of Terror, if we would but remember it and consider it; the one wrought murder in hot passion, the other in heartless cold blood; the one lasted mere mon ....
Comment preview: > And that brings you events like the French Revolution and the Chinese cultural revolution. "THERE were two Reigns of Terror, if we would but remember it and consider it; the one wrought murder in hot passion, the other in heartless cold blood; the o ....
Comment preview: > "There were two 'Reigns of Terror', if we could but remember and consider it; the one wrought murder in hot passions, the other in heartless cold blood; the one lasted mere months, the other had lasted a thousand years; the one inflicted death upon a ....
Comment preview: > The Great Terror, when people were hysterically forced to name their children Liberty and so on out of the fear of being beheaded by bigots, happened because people who confuse justice with arbitrary violence against innocents had control. Regarding ' ....
Comment preview: Pitchforks and lynch mobs. Before you decry those as terrible, read [some Mark Twain regarding the French Revolution:](http://www.bartleby.com/71/0530.html) >THERE were two Reigns of Terror, if we would but remember it and consider it; the one wrought ....
Comment preview: Relevant Mark Twain: There were two "Reigns of Terror," if we would but remember it and consider it; the one wrought murder in hot passion, the other in heartless cold blood; the one lasted mere months, the other had lasted a thousand years; the one inflic ....
Comment preview: It's a mystery, but a truth of human nature, that in any population, in any point of history, in any reign of terror, people are *always* compliant, even up to their own annihilation. I'm convinced that the docility of people is an enabling factor which he ....
Comment preview: I wonder if they are gonna parade his body down Constitution Avenue in DC in some macabre victory parade. But really, he has probably been dead for a long time, and this just was a politically opportune time to reveal it to the public. He was such a mythi ....
Comment preview: Worst encounter: This entitled 13-year-old boy drives up in his golf cart. Fitness center rules say you have to be 16 to drive a cart around, so I go out and politely ask where his parents are. He very rudely tells me it's none of my business and goes to ....
Comment preview: Let me fantasy book for a little bit. Bully Ray and the rest of his crew the Aces & Eights stand high over the Impact Wrestling roster at the end of Bound for Glory, with AJ Styles' circa-'97 Sting booking proving worthless as the gang has completely n ....
Comment preview: Thatcher supported: Pinochet the butcher of Chile hundreds of thousands were brutally imprisoned and tortured and tens of thousands were murdered in horrific manner. She unflinching support continued until the day Pinochet died. She went so far as to publi ....
Comment preview: Those scenes with his mother as they try to find the Fremen after the massacre- where he realizes he hasn't cried for his father - this I when you truly get to see what Paul's training, upbringing, and genetics have done to him. He's a mentat, a bene gesse ....
Comment preview: I don't believe SilentAgony for several reasons: 1) If Laurelai was truly found to have been hosting a site with what they described as 'underage pornography' on it, the logical step would have been "Report her to the fucking FBI." Not let her lie about be ....
Comment preview: Speak for yourself, some Turks do want the military to intervene, and not just stand idly by as Erdogan crushes innocent protestors and continues to hold onto power for the next 10 years. I mean if you think Erdogan is just going to leave after a few month ....
Comment preview: I once had third-row seats to Monday Night Raw and it was during the Triple H reign of terror. I was there with a friend who doesn't really watch wrestling so I explained as we stormed the corner wall to get a close up look. H was in front of us at the ste ....
Comment preview: They're actually quite different. Melkor began his descent into evil out of a desire to be God, despite that not being possible. And when he realizes this, he wants to ruin things for everybody, by destroying things. Sauron, on the other hand, is something ....
Comment preview: It's interesting that you would recommend revolution as a need for Haiti. Haiti had a revolution in 1791, one in 1843, another in 1911, another in 1919, another in 1946, one in 1950, a reign of terror from 1957-1971, an inherited dictatorship from 1971-198 ....
Comment preview: That the Spanish Inquisition was the Catholic Church's reign of terror in early modern Europe, massacring innocent people and "witches" world over. It was a branch of the Spanish state used for political purposes, staffed by Churchmen (things such as these ....
Comment preview: Show them that certain laws and rules regarding religions are stupid and need to be thrown out. For example: "While Poland's penal code makes no reference to any sort of blasphemy law, it states that *"Whoever offends religious feelings of other people by ....
Comment preview: Paris is pretty up there. * 50% of the population of the city died in the first plague (~50,000 people) * 40,000 dead in the second plague * The wolves of Paris killed around 40 people over the course of a winter, pulling them out of their beds and huntin ....
Comment preview: I see it now, it would be beautiful. Survivor Series comes around. Shit is serious now. Triple H been running roughshod over the world. Now called Mr. Helmsley and walking with dat Vinne'Mac swagger. It is wonderful. Team D-Bry vs. Team Trips main event. T ....
Comment preview: We can't trust this sociopathic harpy Brie Bella ever since she turned heel. All she does is cry to annoy fans and manipulate her poor, emotional sister Nikki. Week after week, brave Nikki pours her beautiful heart out and Brie just stands there stone cold ....
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