August 2011
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“This city is not about other people or buildings or streets but about your...”
– Ai Weiwei (via)
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Some people, as they look round a crowded carriage at all the commuters lost in white headphones, see isolation, self-absorption, atomisation. What they don’t see is a lot of people enjoying an art form, and turning the dullest stretch of their day into a treat.
- The Economist, 25/08/2011
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“The quote is always fascinating because it changes out of context, becomes...”
– Susan Sontag, from a 1984 interview collected in Conversations with Susan Sontag (via proustitute)
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“Realize that anyone who tries to put you down about your appearance is assuming...”
– Skeptifem (in this interview)
“Dear heart, you should keep yourself busy. Not only does that drive whims away,...”
– Gustav Mahler, in a letter to soprano Anna von Mildenburg in June 1896.
“Being a somewhat dark person myself, I fell in love with the idea that the...”
– Laurie Anderson, Notes on Melville’s Moby Dick - via Maud Newton (August 26, 2004) & her Tumblr (June 6, 2011)
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“I have a foreboding of an America in my children’s or grandchildren’s time—when...”
– Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World, page 25 (via Reddit)
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“Um, your ego is showing. I suppose the charitable explanation would be that...”
– comment on “OKCupid and the paradox of choice” | MetaFilter (via my friend Mary)
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“There is overwhelming evidence from history, anthropology, sociology and...”
– Michael Shermer (via chroniccheesylust)
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“I used the eraser, dragging it across my mind to forget about you, but I went to...”
– @VeryShortStory
“I must be a mermaid, Rango. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow...”
– Anaïs Nin
“You don’t have to get a job that makes others feel comfortable about what they...”
– Dear Sugar, The Rumpus (via brklyn)
I want this on my wall.
(via laughterkey)
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“Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone...”
– Veronica A. Shoffstall (via 1939-returning)
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“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do...”
– Mark Twain
edit: @bremser hmm, good point, seems the first part is true, but someone may have “embellished” on the second half. sigh, internet.
removed the rest of it.
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‘When belongings are snatched by the deprived…’
Here in the UK these days, most people are preoccupied by the widespread unrest in our cities. Now I don’t write about politics, but I do research and write about social differences in ancient Egypt. I find it interesting to note that the debates we’re having today about criminality, deprivation, & social responsibility can also be found in...
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most of the kids are alright article by rosamicula →
openfields:
I just read this article forwarded to me by my wife. It shed more light on the riots in London & how events like these can be prevented. It’s a good article so please check it if you have a moment.
I just read this too, it’s the best thing I’ve seen written in the past week about the riots and our society as a whole. Worth reading to the last sentence.
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“… Araki has also managed to keep shoegazing going by commissioning new...”
– Gregg Araki’s films are giving the US a crash course in shoegazing
“We are not so mysterious. If you want to get to know someone infinitely better,...”
– Drew Zandonella-Stannard (via throwherinthewater)
theshipthatflew:
Erik Satie - “Petite Ouverture à...