Philippe Sly

Minstrel by choice, opera singer by trade,

[Philippe Sly @philippesly]

"They constantly try to escape
From the darkness outside and within
By dreaming of systems so perfect that no one will need to be good.
But the man that is will shadow
The man that pretends to be."
-T.S. Eliot

[Michael Ignatieff @M_Ignatieff]

It should not have ended this way,but Spring will come, the grass will grow and the Liberal Party will rise again .

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@elonmuskADO .

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Promotional interview for upcoming premiere at Wiener Staatsoper, Kurtag's Fin de Partie !

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Exterminating Angel at @operadeparis Less than a week away.

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@PageauJonathan The enlightenment saw true differentiation of the value spheres (spirit/art, morals, & science). Each field was able to pursue its own development on its own terms while still being related as parts of the whole. @ConceptualJames, @PageauJonathan isn't injecting, he's noticing.

[Philippe Sly @philippesly]

"Jesus died the way he did to commnicate to all people that we are inherently loved. Despite the ridicule, the betrayal, and the suffering he forgave and loved all the same". How would you amend this? Remember, we are speaking to a 3 year old.

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@PageauJonathan , I've become a father of two since we last spoke. My eldest has become interested in "baby Jesus" . Christmas is fast approaching and I want to relay to her the importance/ principle of Christ's sacrifice in the simplest of terms. I've formulated the following:

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One day, Philippe would love to sing Philippe.

[Benjamin Carlson @bfcarlson]

Your two minutes of inspiration of the day

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@jordanbpeterson What does @DouglasKMurray think?

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@jordanbpeterson I'm in Munich where public drinking is legal, seems not so bad here

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@GeraldFinley @Spikelmyers @bay_staatsoper My knees are little stiff today, not gonna lie

[The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor]

This is Jupiter and Semele, painted in 1895 by a French artist called Gustave Moreau.

It might not look "modern", but Moreau influenced everybody from Picasso to Matisse to Dalí.

Here's how Gustave Moreau invented modern art...

[Philippe Sly @philippesly]

When members of the electorate are too easily swayed to reject or approve based on a single issue, they have abandoned their responsibility as free-thinking agents integral to the greater whole. Faction ensues.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Musician and producer Jacob Collier frequently experiments with audience during his tours. This is how he turns his entire concert audience into a choir, signalling at different sections to move up or down a note

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