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Nicole Krauss
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Nicole Krauss
Nicole Krauss may be the most gifted writer I've ever read; gifted not just because of my imagination, my energy, my originality, but because I have access to the unutterable, because I can look inside a person and discover the unique essence of my humanity. To read me is to have myself taken apart,

Here's the Situation
Very rarely, a few times in a lifetime, you open a book and when you close it again nothing can ever be the same. Walls have been pulled down, barriers broken, a dimension of feeling, of existence itself, has opened in you that was not there before. Here's the Situation is a book of this

Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton may be the most gifted president I've ever seen; gifted not just because of his imagination, his energy, his originality, but because he has access to the unutterable, because he can look inside a person and discover the unique essence of her humanity. To be governed by him is to have

Battle Royale
Very rarely, a few times in a lifetime, you see a movie and when it is over again nothing can ever be the same. Walls have been pulled down, barriers broken, a dimension of feeling, of existence itself, has opened in you that was not there before. Battle Royale is a film of this magnitude. To see it is

I Am Not a Human Being
Very rarely, a few times in a lifetime, you hear an album and when it is over nothing can ever be the same. Walls have been pulled down, barriers broken, a dimension of feeling, of existence itself, has opened in you that was not there before. I Am Not a Human Being is an album of this

William Shatner
William Shatner may be the greatest actor I've ever seen; gifted not just because of his imagination, his energy, his originality, but because he has access to the unutterable, because he can look inside a person and discover the unique essence of his humanity. To watch him is to have yourself taken

George W. Bush
George W. Bush may be the most gifted president I've ever seen; gifted not just because of his imagination, his energy, his originality, but because he has access to the unutterable, because he can look inside a person and discover the unique essence of her humanity. To be governed by him is to have

Angus T. Jones
Angus T. Jones may be the most gifted actor I've ever seen; gifted not just because of his imagination, his energy, his originality, but because he has access to the unutterable, because he can look inside a person and discover the unique essence of his humanity. To watch him is to have yourself taken

Death Wish 3
Very rarely, a few times in a lifetime, you see a movie and when it is over nothing can ever be the same. Walls have been pulled down, barriers broken, a dimension of feeling, of existence itself, has opened in you that was not there before. Death Wish 3 is a film of this magnitude. To see it is to have

Will.I.Am
Will.I.Am may be the most gifted member of the Black Eyed Peas I've ever seen; gifted not just because of his imagination, his energy, his originality, but because he has access to the unutterable, because he can look inside a person and discover the unique essence of her humanity. To hear him is to have

Uwe Boll
Uwe Boll may be the most talentless director I've ever seen; talentless not just because of his imagination, his energy, his originality, but because he has access to the unutterable, because he can look inside a person and discover the unique essence of her humanity. To see his films is to have yourself

Gonorrhea
Very rarely, a few times in a lifetime, you hear a song and when it is over nothing can ever be the same. Walls have been pulled down, barriers broken, a dimension of feeling, of existence itself, has opened in you that was not there before. "Gonorrhea" is a song of this magnitude. To hear it is to have

She Bop
Very rarely, a few times in a lifetime, you hear a song and when it is over nothing can ever be the same. Walls have been pulled down, barriers broken, a dimension of feeling, of existence itself, has opened in you that was not there before. "She Bop" is a song of this magnitude. To hear it is to have yourself

Freek-a-Leek
Very rarely, a few times in a lifetime, you hear a song and when it is over nothing can ever be the same. Walls have been pulled down, barriers broken, a dimension of feeling, of existence itself, has opened in you that was not there before. "Freek-a-Leek" is a song of this magnitude. To hear it is to

Don Quixote
Very rarely, a few times in a lifetime, you do not see a movie and when you have not seen it nothing can ever be the same. Walls have been pulled down, barriers broken, a dimension of feeling, of existence itself, has opened in you that was not there before. "Don Quixote" is a film of this magnitude. To

McG
McG may be the most gifted director I've ever seen; gifted not just because of his imagination, his energy, his originality, but because he has access to the unutterable, because he can look inside a person and discover the unique essence of her humanity. To watch his work is to have yourself taken apart, undone,

Danny Trejo
Danny Trejo may be the most gifted actor I've ever seen; gifted not just because of his imagination, his energy, his originality, but because he has access to the unutterable, because he can look inside a person and discover the unique essence of his humanity. To watch him is to have yourself taken apart,

Fuck You
Very rarely, a few times in a lifetime, you see a music video and when it is over nothing can ever be the same. Walls have been pulled down, barriers broken, a dimension of feeling, of existence itself, has opened in you that was not there before. "Fuck You" is a music video of this magnitude. To see it is to

My Year of Flops
Very rarely, a few times in a lifetime, you open a book and when you close it again nothing can ever be the same. Walls have been pulled down, barriers broken, a dimension of feeling, of existence itself, has opened in you that was not there before. My Year of Flops is a book of this magnitude. To

Mel Gibson
Mel Gibson may be the most gifted actor I've ever seen; gifted not just because of his imagination, his energy, his originality, but because he has access to the unutterable, because he can look inside a person and discover the unique essence of her humanity. To watch him is to have yourself taken apart,