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Louise’s legs are the first we see of her character Lucienne in the opening minutes of Prix de Beauté (1930). A longer clip is in the thread.
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“Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.”
— Charlie Chaplin
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If taking someone's property without their consent and transferring it to another person is theft when an individual does it, what changes when it's done through institutional mechanisms? Is there a coherent moral framework that distinguishes the two? Or does the ethical question remain the same, regardless of scale or authority?
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“Las políticas socialistas se juzgan por sus intenciones, no por sus resultados. El mercado, en cambio, solo sobrevive si funciona. Por eso uno fracasa y el otro perdura.”
- Thomas Sowell -
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“The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowlegde.”
— Bertrand Russell
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Gloria Swanson #BOTD in her greatest role as Norma Desmond, who lives in the very past that eventually drives her mad, in "Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Are you a fan of this wonderful film?
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“Our civilization cannot survive if we continue to appease the Islamists.”
—Sir Roger Scruton
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Hedy Lamarr looks like she’s calculating the precise frequency at which your ego will self-destruct if you try to speak to her!
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Milton Friedman couldn’t persuade Thomas Sowell to give up Marxism, but working for the federal government could.

































