January 2011
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Where there is a danger…is that if the United States does not come out...
– Haroon Moghul, “4 Reasons Why the Egypt’s Revolution is Not Islamic”
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Before I die I want to press my head against a lion’s body, close my eyes, and...
– Twitter / Clayton Cubitt (via claytoncubitt)
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Today my Classics in Cinema TA asked me if I was in the Classics department. Today was a success.
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City planners in China are hoping to turn the nine... →
Max Read, Gawker
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i am obviously not qualified to succeed in a job search when the previous thing...
– ML (via wieberstein)
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The advice I like to give young artists, or really anybody who’ll listen to me,...
– Chuck Close (via rstlne)
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Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate...
– Marcus Aurelius (via hausofmimi)
ugh, Marcus Aurelius, you could rule my empire any day
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I can’t imagine better sex than “the war just ended” sex....
– AC on the aftermath of the Second World War
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Why is it called a bloody mary? Because it’s bloody delicious!
"...people in whom early darkness provokes anomie... →
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"Another scientific theory proclaims that the fall... →
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Now included in addition to those previously announced [attending Fanfest]:...
– Jeff Sullivan
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Little boots! →
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From the Wikipedia entry for Rosy retrospection:
“In one group of experiments, three groups going on different vacations were interviewed before, during and after their journeys. Most followed the pattern of initial anticipation, followed by mild disappointment. Generally, most subjects some time later reviewed the events more favorably than they actually did while experiencing...
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memoria praeteritorum bonorum
– Latin, “The past is always recalled to be good.”
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this is what being hot must be like
– AC