July 2010
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Church plans Quran-burning event →
“Eternal fire is the only destination the Quran can lead people to, so we want to put the Quran in it’s [sic] place — the fire!” the page says.
How inventive of them.
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I used to think I was the strangest person in the world but then I thought,...
– Frida Kahlo (via afghanipoppy) (via somerset) (via loveyourchaos)
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The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.
– Michael Althsuler (via jadorelavie) (via nathanielstuart)
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It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it;...
– W. Somerset Maugham (via suzywire)
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Your head’s like mine, like all our heads; big enough to contain every god and...
– The Invisibles, Grant Morrison. (via tlvx) (via airwalker)
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The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in...
– Jim Morrison(via socraticpunk) (via clitorisaurusrex) (via thechangeling) (via peoplearejustpeople) (via fuckyeahradicalquotes)
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The Dark Side of the Force: Model describes... →
sunriseprojector:
By suggesting that mass, time, and length can be converted into one another as the universe evolves, a new study has proposed a new class of cosmological models that may fit observations of the universe better than the current big bang model.
Wun-Yi Shu, an associate professor at National Tsing…
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A line from my diary: ‘We are sealed in our own little melancholy atmospheres,...
– Jack Kerouac to Allen Ginsberg, August, 1945 (via sandysays) (via suzywire)
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But I’ve swallowed my pride before, that’s for sure. I’m...
– Barbara Kingsolver (The Poisonwood Bible)
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He did not stop on the porch, either, but went quickly down the steps. Filled...
– Fyodor Dostoevsky, from The Brothers Karamazov (via aubade)
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If we begin with certainties, we shall end in doubts; if we begin with doubts,...
– Marcus Aurelius (via nathanielstuart) (via jadorelavie)
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Fata Morgana →
bestofwikipedia:
A Fata Morgana is an unusual and very complex form of mirage, a form of superior mirage, which, like many other kinds of superior mirages, is seen in a narrow band right above the horizon. Fata Morgana is not only complex, but also rapidly changing. The mirage comprises several inverted (upside down) and erect (right side up) images that are stacked on top of one another. Fata...
Brigitte Bardot & Saint-Tropez : une idylle →
While browsing for fun things to do on holiday I came across this exposition. Looks très intéressant, non?
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We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of...
– Carlos Castaneda (via inspiri) (via bridgettelizabeth) (via nathanielstuart)
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self-actualization →
longlivethequeen:
nikography:
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I like the stars. It’s the illusion of permanence, I think. I mean, they’re...
– Destruction, Sandman; Brief Lives (via quote-book) (via wreminiscence)
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Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know...
– Oprah Winfrey (via quote-book)
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We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an...
– Jesse Owens (via kari-shma) (via quote-book, kari-shma) (via wreminiscence)
I'm trying to..
.. complete my day zero list, but I’m stuck at goal 65. Any suggestions?
http://www.dayzeroproject.com/
If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal. Not to people or things.
– Albert Einstein
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I’ve about decided that’s the main thing that separates happy people...
– Barbara Kingsolver (Animal Dreams)
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There’s such a gulf between yourself and who you were then, but people...
– Barbara Kingsolver (Animal Dreams)
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What keeps you going isn’t some fine destination but just the road...
– Barbara Kingsolver
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Weeding the peony hedge I hear the windfalls in the orchard; hear them strike...
– John Cheever
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Then it is dark; it is a night where kings in golden suits ride elephants over...
– John Cheever (The Stories of John Cheever)