JR
JR
NationalityFrench
ProfessionArtist
Date of Birth22 February 1983
CountryFrance
conscious ambiguity refuge
If I take refuge in ambiguity, I assure you that it's quite conscious.
jargon hallmark profession
Incomprehensible jargon is the hallmark of a profession.
sea skills intellectual
Judgment is more than skill. It sets forth on intellectual seas beyond the shores of hard indisputable factual information.
thinking paper ambassadors
The function of a briefing paper is to prevent the ambassador from saying something dreadfully indiscreet. I sometimes think its true object is to prevent the ambassador from saying anything at all.
fit program newspapers
The newspaper fits the reader's program while the listener must fit the broadcaster's program.
goldfish bowls
We all live in a televised goldfish bowl.
home hands convenience
While the spoken word can travel faster, you cant take it home in your hand. Only the written word can be absorbed wholly at the convenience of the reader.
echoes media hands
With all the mass media concentrated in a few hands, the ancient faith in the competition of ideas in the free market seems like a hollow echo of a much simpler day.
credentials refugee elizabeth-ii
It is satisfying for the descendant of a dissident refugee from Elizabeth I to present his credentials to Elizabeth II.
reality safe-haven risk
Universities should be safe havens where ruthless examination of realities will not be distorted by the aim to please or inhibited by the risk of displeasure.
desire use purpose
It is the natural desire of each nation to use the other as an instrument of its own purposes and policies. By dint of our mutual dependence, your influence is amplified by our power. Our power is made more responsible and more effective by your influence.
thinking bored interesting
Perhaps the most fundamental value of a liberal education is that it makes life more interesting. It allows you to think things which do not occur to the less learned ... it makes it less likely that you will be bored with life.
talking phones hell
If I take refuge in ambiguity, I assure you that it's quite conscious. I'm very curious to know what the hell they're saying on the phone, but I'd be more worried if they weren't talking.
interesting paper quiet
It won't make for a quiet life but it will make for an interesting paper vastly more significant because it is doing something only a daily paper can do.