June 2012
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The Big Three of Tennis - ESPN →
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“It saddens me to see girls proudly declaring they’re not like other girls –...”
– “I’m not like the other girls”, Claudia Gray (via ceedling)
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“Sometimes she did not know what she feared, what she desired: whether she feared...”
– Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
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“He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he...”
– Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
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“It was a tough match, oh my god.”
– Roger Federer gives the understatement of the tournament (via federerblog)
Learn the Russian Alphabet →
fyeaheasterneurope:
If you’re interested in Eastern Europe and you don’t know how to read Cyrillic, you’re missing out! Even if you don’t speak any of the languages that use it, you will probably be surprised by the number of words you can recognize in posters and signs once you can read them.
For people who have never learned another alphabet, the idea may sound daunting, but it’s actually not...
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Scientists Invent Particles That Will Let You Live... →
This may seem like something out of a science fiction movie: researchers have designed microparticles that can be injected directly into the bloodstream to quickly oxygenate your body, even if you can’t breathe anymore. It’s one of the best medical breakthroughs in recent years, and one that could save millions of lives every year.
The invention, developed by a team at Boston Children’s...
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“For those of you who don’t know, I was having dinner with my girlfriend in New...”
– Andy Murray (via rafaelnadalfans)
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brokebackdestiel:
my definition of productivity is finally watching the movie that i hadn’t gotten around to watching
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Rafa’s out of Wimbledon. That almost makes up for Germany’s loss. Almost.
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“They’re certainly entitled to think that, and they’re entitled to...”
– To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
“Science sells itself. It needs no polish or varnish or manufactured appeal to be...”
– Megan Garber, reacting to a European Commission ad titled “Science: It’s a Girl Thing!” (via theatlantic)
“Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.”
– Nora Ephron’s advice to young women (via hookedheart)
“You don’t have to get a job that makes others feel comfortable about what they...”
– Dear Sugar, The Rumpus (via carousels)
“One thing was clear: Freud, who had always made much of his irreligiosity, had...”
– — Carl Jung’s take on Sigmund Freud. Excerpted from “Memories, Dreams, Reflections.” (via xezene)
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Le Cirque du Dédain: Impostor syndrome →
lastchatwithphontaine:
The impostor syndrome, sometimes called impostor phenomenon or fraud syndrome, is a psychological phenomenon in which people are unable to internalize their accomplishments. It is not an officially recognized psychological disorder, and is not among the conditions described in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, but it has been the subject of...
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I like how so many of the Spanish football players have embraced their facial hair. It’s beautiful.
“Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not. Both...”
– Arthur C. Clarke (via larmoyante)
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“Almost always digitally. I feel about hardcover books the way I feel about...”
– Baratunde Thurston on how he reads books these days (via geometricallypure)
Many parts of this quote make absolutely no sense to me. And by many parts I mean all of them.
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“We are living in a culture entirely hypnotized by the illusion of time, in which...”
– Alan Watts (via laplumeabelle)
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What makes us laugh? →
jtotheizzoe:
Ask 100 people that question, and 99 of them would probably say “things that are funny”. But that turns out not to be the case. Tom Stafford writes at Mind Hacks:
“Most people would guess that we laugh because something is funny. But if you watch when people actually laugh, you’ll find this isn’t the case. Laughter expert Robert Provine spent hours recording real conversations at...
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