I was influenced by Erik and Maggie. And I don’t regret it.

It made me want to read the book. The theme: “will you really be happy when you get what you think you want”, is an interesting one.

I thought this movie did a good job packaging up a horrible tragedy into a entertainment product Americans might actually be willing to consume. The genocide in Rwanda changed my life by showing me how much death humans can do with simple tools and how conveniently the West can selectively overlook the responsibilities of power.

What a very decent man Mr Paul was.

I think my hatred for French foreign policy reached its zenith in 1994-1995.

This might have been the best book I read this year. I really admire and enjoy de Botton’s casual style of intellectual investigation, and perhaps even better than his Consolations of Philosophy, this tome illustrates how drawing from the investigations of philosophers can help contextualize our travails. Why we care if people like us, how we want to be remembered, money troubles. It is all here and well addressed.

Wow – I hated this movie. The characters were completely anti-simpatico. I couldn’t care less what happened to them or how the movie ended – and I can’t think of a bigger condemnation of a movie than not caring about the characters. I want my 2 hours back.

Find the reference in the Stones song and get great insight into Soviet life.