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Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I...
– Rumi (via silverslipper)
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Be in love with your life. Every detail of it.
– Jack Kerouac (via silverslipper)
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Sometimes it’s a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in...
– David Byrne (via misswallflower)
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I used to have students who bragged to me about how fast they wrote their...
– The American Scholar: Solitude and Leadership - William Deresiewicz
Another gem from Deresiewicz’s lecture.
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Drink - Strawberry Sparkle (by Roberto Seba)
Great drink recipe for New Years. Stunning video.
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The American Scholar: Solitude and Leadership -... →
Delivered by William Deresiewicz to the plebe class at the United States Military Academy at West Point in October 2009.
My title must seem like a contradiction. What can solitude have to do with leadership? Solitude means being alone, and leadership necessitates the presence of others—the people you’re leading. When we think about leadership in American history we are likely to think of...
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Truth in drama is forever elusive. You never quite find it but the search for it...
– Harold Pinter
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Bombay Bicycle Club - Lights Out, Words Gone (by Karim Huu Do)
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Do you ever get stuck in traffic and think...
topheriskris:
”well, I’m finally going to learn the lyrics to all the songs on this album.”
YES.
That and “I guess I’ll listen to the other songs on this album now.”
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