December 2011
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10 Things Mark Twain Didn't Really Say
mentalflossr:
As Google reminded us this morning with this nifty Tom Sawyer Doodle, today is Mark Twain’s 176th birthday! The man who provided us with some of the best quips ever is also one of the most misquoted men of all time. Here are 10 quotes Mark Twain likely never uttered, despite popular belief.
I felt happy today
That is all.
November 2011
10 Simple Truths Smart People Forget →
robjdlc:
Education and intelligence accomplish nothing without action.
Happiness and success are two different things.
Everyone runs their own business.
Having too many choices interferes with decision making.
All people possess dimensions of success and dimensions of failure.
Every mistake you make is progress.
People can be great at doing things they don’t like to do.
The problems we...
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“I want to do with you what spring does with cherry trees.”
– Pablo Neruda (via zenlikeme)
I should read more of this guy. -isp
“Think you’re escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest...”
– James Joyce, Ulysses (via ratak-monodosico)
“Trust…will get you down.”
– Interpol - Specialist
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bibliophage \BIB-lee-uh-feyj\, noun:
An ardent reader; a bookworm.
appetence \AP-i-tuhns\, noun:
1. Intense desire; strong natural craving; appetite. 2. Instinctive inclination or natural tendency. 3. Material or chemical attraction or affinity.
“People speak sometimes about the “bestial” cruelty of man, but that is terribly...”
– Fyodor Dostoyevsky (via cavesoflilith)
Look at this existential motherfucker speaking the truths. -isp
Flight of the Conchords Considering Movie | Movie... →
Bret, Jemaine… don’t tease me.
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Found in an old notebook... about nothing in...
“I guess what I want is to feel important. It’s for someone to be as thoughtful with me as I am with the world. To keep me in mind. To surprise me with my favorite candy because they heard me say it once, a long time ago. Love? I don’t care about love because it’s easy to feel loved but I do want that. For someone to hang on my every word and spend a lifetime showing me...
“The day you catch an idea you fall in love with, even a small one, is a...”
– David Lynch (via fourteenrabbits)
