August 2011
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“When you’re young, you look at television and think - There’s a conspiracy. The...”
– Steve Jobs (via sirmitchell)
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“In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs,...”
– Friedrich Nietzsche
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“There’s never enough time to do all the nothing you want.”
– Bill Waterson
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“Immigration is, on the whole, good for economies; and right now, rich countries...”
– Immigration is a sensitive subject at the best of times, and this is not one of them. At least our position is clear. (via theeconomist)
The reason why I forked over a huge sum for a subscription to the Economist (and the Financial Times and The Atlantic). Americans, both liberal and...
WatchThe Street Aesthetic of New York City (by Christian Andersen)
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“And lastly from that period I remember riding in a taxi one afternoon between...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald, “My Lost City” (via nantucketyouth)
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“Nostalgia is denial - denial of the painful present. The name for this denial is...”
– Midnight In Paris (via vineetkaur)
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“This, I submit, is the freedom of a real education, of learning how to be...”
– David Foster Wallace, 2005 Kenyon College Commencement Address (via zruobing)
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“Sentimentality is the emotional promiscuity of those who have no sentiment.”
– Mailer on what is the truth most infallible. After years of continental expression/over-emotive sociality/not-quite-comfortable sentimentality, have finally given into national stereotype/character and accepted fact that apart from babies, small animals and horses, I remain unmoved. Officially have...
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Stay hungry. Stay foolish.
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“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to...”
– Jack Keruoac (via vineetkaur, hhemmeger)
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“It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think theycan be happy...”
– Albert Camus
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That was the most satisfying hours I’ve ever spent. It’s nearly one. I must be up in a few hours. And I have no regrets.
Until the morning, I’m sure.
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This is practically the Vogue of internet food... →
It truly is!
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HOLY NUTELLA ON TOAST.
Had a horrid day of being ill in bed. Thought that an episode of The Hour would send me drifting off to sleep. What a terrible idea. It’s a thriller of a mini-series, rife with plot twists. I don’t think I can go to bed now.
But I still really love this show.
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“Try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste food when you eat, and when you...”
– William Saroyan (via thatkindofwoman)
Sigh. This quote came at the best time. I so needed it.
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“I think being a feminist means you see the world whole instead of half. It...”
– Gloria Steinem (via ceedling)
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“I heard what you said. I’m not the silly romantic you think. I don’t want the...”
– Shana Abé (via thatkindofwoman)
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