- Jun 2023
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www.theparisreview.org www.theparisreview.org
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https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/09/12/free-pencil-day/
A list of quotes from famous writers about pencils in The Paris Review.
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- May 2023
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blog.blackwing602.com blog.blackwing602.com
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https://blog.blackwing602.com/introducing-volume-1138-2/
While the Volume 1138 edition celebrates sci-fi and Georges Méliès' A Trip to the Moon, the number itself calls to mind the George Lucas/Walter Murch joint THX 1138.
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But lo!men have become the tools of their tools. The manwho independently plucked the fruits when he was hun¬gry is become a farmer; and he who stood under a treefor shelter, a housekeeper.
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This quote is fascinating when one realizes that the Thoreau family business was manufacturing pencils at John Thoreau & Co., one of the first major pencil companies in the United States. Thoreau's father was the titular John and Henry David worked in the factory and improved upon the hardness of their graphite. https://hypothes.is/a/sm7LUpazEe2tTq_GhGiVIg
One might also then say that the man who manufactured pencils naturally should become a writer!
This quote also bears some interesting resemblance to quotes about tools which shape us by Winston Churchill and John M. Culkin see: https://hypothes.is/a/6Znx6MiMEeu3ljcVBsKNOw
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- Dec 2022
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rnv.letterspace.org rnv.letterspace.org
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https://rnv.letterspace.org/pencils/
A great series of posts on pencils here.
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- Nov 2022
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medium.com medium.com
- Sep 2022
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mleddy.blogspot.com mleddy.blogspot.com
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After a leisurely lunch, prepared by the German cook who came with the house, I would spend another four-hour span in a lawn chair, among the roses and mockingbirds, using lined index cards and a Blackwing pencil, for copying and recopying, rubbing out and writing anew, the scenes I had imagined in the morning. Foreword to Lolita: A Screenplay (1973)
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- Mar 2022
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www.officemuseum.com www.officemuseum.comPencils1
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www.sliderulemuseum.com www.sliderulemuseum.com
- Dec 2021
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www.pencilrevolution.com www.pencilrevolution.com
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brandnamepencils.com brandnamepencils.com
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us.makerscabinet.com us.makerscabinet.comFERRULE1
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https://us.makerscabinet.com/products/ferrule
What a beautiful looking instrument!
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- Oct 2021
- Jun 2021
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vimeo.com vimeo.com
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