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Classics: a euphemism for boring

said by Tamir Barzilai

“It has that aura of boredom, and it's too long, and it's old, and classics are just a euphemism for boring. Obviously that's not the case, but you have to be willing to go on that adventure.”

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the antidote to madnessEp 2 · with Grant Shipway
Listen at 13:05 Read it in the transcript

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Anna Karenina

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