May 2012
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A large proportion of human suffering occurs because people think they only live...
– the essence of buddha
A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING
“Every atom you possess has almost certainly passed through several stars and been part of millions of organisms on its way to becoming you. We are each so atomically numerous and so vigorously recycled at death that a significant number of our atoms - up to a billion for each of us, it has been suggested - probably once belonged to Shakespeare.
“A billion more each came from Buddha and Genghis...
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I don’t suppose you have many friends. Neither do I. I don’t trust people who...
– carlos ruiz zafón
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You guys called us old, over. I heard some of your pathetic articles and some of...
– kevin garnett
Why are you stingy with yourselves? Why are you holding back? What are you...
– george balanchine
Trailer for Voices of Defiance
Voices of Defiance tells the story of Rafael Schächter who assembled and conducted a chorus of 150 prisoners in Theresienstadt ghetto (also called Terezin) to perform Verdi’s Requiem to an audience of Nazi officials. The documentary explores how Jews in the ghetto used music as a way to resist Nazi brutality and dehumanization. After the final performance of the...
You either like me or you don’t. It took me Twenty-something years to learn how...
– daniel franzese
I love reading another reader’s list of favorites. Even when I find I do not...
– t. s. eliot
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put down the pen
someone else gave you.
no one ever drafted a life worth...
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abre los ojos
I love talking to my guys at work. They’re so optimistic & the way they embrace life is beyond anything else.
They’re eyes radiate what their smiles project.
I would much rather spend my time in a junkyard than walking in a shopping mall or doing my nails.
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The most beautiful makeup of a woman is passion. But cosmetics are easier to buy
– yves saint-laurent
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Is An ESPN Columnist Scamming People On The... →
Is Sarah Phillips for real? Thirteen months ago, she was an unknown message-board participant at Covers.com, a gambling website. Then Covers plucked her from the boards and gave her a weekly column, sight unseen. Five months after that, she was tapped by Lynn Hoppes, an editor for ESPN.com, to write a weekly column for ESPN’s Page 2—once the home of writers like David Halberstam, Ralph Wiley, and...
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Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.
– anthony j. d’angelo
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People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a...
– - ralph waldo emerson
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Perkins was doing his best imitation of former teammate, Kevin Garnett; trying to get into Dirk’s head, but it’s the fuckin’ reigning NBA Finals MVP; you don’t rattle a guy like that; he’s reached the mountaintop and knows he’s untouchable. Dirk played well, but in the end, the whistles decided it because the players couldn’t keep their hands off one another.
Back to Dallas to see whether the...