Lenin, Freud, Hitler
Change
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When the brew sounds abate he pads out to the kitchen and draws them each a first dose. "Now we know," he says with scalded tongue, "just what comes of big ideas: Lenin, Freud, Hitler. Mao, Derrida, Reagan."
"Madonna and Bill Gates."
"Laugh if necessary. I am just saying, move me no movements, theory me no theories, don't try to change the world. It's a big world, it can change itself. Our job is to survive."
She pokes his abdomen. "Sounds to me like the age of middles. Or as it's also known, middle age."
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Mao, Derrida, Reagan
Middles
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