[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$fpEHTdMQxj2a0SgITgnER89srFrRzb5grKzwzQDhEh1A":3,"$fEWE27u6CT4YsjmM0qwsnlPdhxY3LPiRUd9Ygek0n-80":12},{"author":4,"tags":11},{"author_id":5,"author_name":6,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"bio":9,"short_bio":9,"bio_jsonld":9,"slug":10,"image_url":9},6418,"Anthony Lane","A",16,null,"anthony-lane",[],{"quotes":13,"pagination":77},[14,22,28,34,40,46,52,58,65,71],{"id":15,"quote_text":16,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":19,"source":20,"quote_tag":21,"commentary":9},2861105,"Youth is a clearer witness to the world.",6,false,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":23,"quote_text":24,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":25,"source":26,"quote_tag":27,"commentary":9},2861092,"So much to relish and remember.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":29,"quote_text":30,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":31,"source":32,"quote_tag":33,"commentary":9},2861078,"We are not merely tempered and schooled by failure but compelled, in however subtle a fashion, to become something other than we were.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":35,"quote_text":36,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":37,"source":38,"quote_tag":39,"commentary":9},2861071,"I do have one very brutal writing ritual. If I’m working in the morning, I don’t allow myself a cup of tea until I’ve written two paragraphs. It’s harsh.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":41,"quote_text":42,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":43,"source":44,"quote_tag":45,"commentary":9},2861061,"The obvious precedent for Beijing 2008 was the Berlin Olympics, in 1936. Both were showcases for a muscle-flexing nation, although Hitler made an elementary error when he chose not to dress his young National Socialists in lime-green catsuits laced with twinkling fairy lights.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":47,"quote_text":48,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":49,"source":50,"quote_tag":51,"commentary":9},2861055,"Children, viewed from one angle, are philosophy in motion.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":53,"quote_text":54,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":55,"source":56,"quote_tag":57,"commentary":9},2861036,"We happen upon ourselves when nothing much happens to us, and we are transformed in the process.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":59,"quote_text":60,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":61,"source":62,"quote_tag":63,"commentary":64},2861025,"That is why the ideal literary diet consists of trash and classics; all that has survived, and all that has no reason to survive – books you can read without thinking, and books you have to read if you want to think at all.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],"**The Backstory**\nAnthony Lane's love for literature is well-documented, but we can infer that this quote reflects his British literary upbringing and education at Oxford University in the 1980s. It was during this period that he likely developed a deep appreciation for both canonical works and pulp fiction.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\nThis quote reveals a counter-intuitive truth about the importance of reading both \"trash\" (genre fiction, pulp novels) and \"classics\" (canonical literature). Lane is not advocating for a simplistic dichotomy between highbrow and lowbrow culture; rather, he's arguing that both types of writing have value in their own right.\n\n**How to Use This**\nTo apply this mindset today, cultivate a diverse literary diet by reading both critically acclaimed works and popular genre fiction. By doing so, you'll develop a more nuanced understanding of your field and gain a unique perspective on the stories that shape our culture.",{"id":66,"quote_text":67,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":68,"source":69,"quote_tag":70,"commentary":9},2861015,"The general opinion of Revenge of the Sith seems to be that it marks a distinct improvement on the last two episodes, The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones. 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