October 2010
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“He found her more beautiful and youthful than ever, but more lost to him than...”
– Gabriel García Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera (via fortuneandglory)
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How every discussion about sexism and woman-type... →
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The Gettysburg Address
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of...
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Day 05 - A time you thought about ending your own...
I have honestly never, ever considered ending my life. Even in the worst moments I’ve experienced, I never thought that death would be better than what I was living. I am a pathological optimist, yes, but life is so beautiful and precious to me — and my loved ones equally precious. I am grateful to have never lost sight of that thus far.
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“I would like to watch you sleeping,
which may not happen.
I would like to...”
– “Variation On the Word Sleep” by Margaret Atwood (via christopher-walken)
“Had I not created my whole world, I would certainly have died in other people’s.”
– Anaïs Nin (via iponderis)
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kooop!: About The Man Who Began Flying After... →
kooop:
by dave eggers
When he met her and they liked each other a great deal, he heard things better, and in his eyes the lines of the physical world were sharper than before. He was smarter, he was more aware, and he thought of new things to do with his days. He considered activities which before had…
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Day 04 - Your views on religion.
My views on religion are simple: I don’t believe in religion. I believe that the great majority of organized religions corrupt whatever goodness there may have been in the original beliefs they were founded upon. I believe a great deal of the evil in today’s world is born of religion and, in particular, evangelical sects. That said, I have nothing against those who practice their...
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“Trying to feel secure by establishing an identity as a “we” only creates...”
– John Welwood (via juliavickerman)
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Day 03 - Your views on drugs and alcohol.
I drink socially. I enjoy it. The first time I drank alcohol, I was 14 — which seems about average. I never over-did it to the point of frightening myself or loved ones, though I enjoyed myself greatly during my college years and I have employed voluntary times of abstinence from alcohol use. I enjoy whisky, I enjoy wine, I enjoy beer, but I am past the point where I go out with the...
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Are you short sighted? [mind = blown]
tulletulle:
yourmindblown:
How to test for shortsightedness. Normal vision people will see a Einstein in the picture above. Short-sighted people will see Marilyn Monroe. If you see Einstein in the pic, walk back a few feet and you’ll see Marilyn Monroe.
(+ Follow) “yourmindblown”
When I took off my glasses I saw Marilyn.
I was panicked for a moment because the image was still a...
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Day 02 - Where you’d like to be in 10 years.
I try not to have long-term goals that are overly specific. I feel like specificity only has short-term value on the personal level — long-term that kind of goal can feel strangling and limiting. That said, I do have some general hopes and dreams: 1. To own a home of some sort. House boat, trailer, mansion — doesn’t matter. A place to live and some land/water to have it upon. Ok,...
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