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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 550183c | So how do you feel about it?" "I'm not upset, but my mom was crying and it's the first time I've ever seen her cry. Dad always wanted whiskey poured on his grave, so my brother said, 'I just hope he doesn't mind me filtering it through my bladder first.'" Mystery" | Neil Strauss | ||
| e6b5e05 | He was the only person I could talk to who wasn't afraid to take chances and make changes to pursue his dreams. Everyone else I knew always said, "Later"; Mystery said, "Now," and that was an intoxicating word to me-because later, every time I'd ever heard it, translated as never." | Neil Strauss | ||
| 295617c | Mystery calls it dynamic social homeostasis. | Neil Strauss | ||
| 681af57 | Nature will unapologetically weed your genes out of existence if you don't take action and learn how to attract women now. Do I have your attention? | women | Mystery | |
| da23b7d | In the Spanish-speaking Americas, Christmas is much more than a one-day event followed by a staggering credit card bill. The festivities last for weeks, beginning well before Christmas, and continuing straight through to the arrival of the Three Kings and the Feast of the Epiphany on January 6. Las Navidades involves a lot more partying and a lot less shopping than a US. Christmas. | Esmeralda Santiago | ||
| 9029ffd | She'd worried at the beginning when she first met them that there were too many patrones. But within weeks she was sure that there was really one boss, and that the other three were working for her. | Esmeralda Santiago | ||
| 4499a56 | The British Empire is] the greatest secular agency for good now known to mankind. | Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery | ||
| cfa97ad | It is beginning to be hinted that we are a nation of amateurs. | Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery | ||
| b90ba98 | Vegetarianism: a kashrut for our age. | Arthur Green | ||
| 5b0cc8e | If the church took up the responsibility of caring for the poor, of living incarnationally, of participating in the unspeakable gift of giving, our world would look much different from the way it does today. Justice is a stewardship issue, caring for the poor is a stewardship issue, loving our neighbor as we love ourselves is a stewardship issue. We have the resources, but our priorities aren't there yet. | John M. Perkins | ||
| a328e7d | Joined by retired Democratic senator George Mitchell and former Senate aide Charlie Scheeler, DLA Piper sought to protect the avaricious interests of its clients, including one of the retailers identified with the factory collapse (Gap), at the expense of the people and economy of Bangladesh.1 | John Perkins | ||
| 3d5f245 | For me, the lessons were irrefutable. Iran illustrated beyond any doubt that the United States was a nation laboring to deny the truth of its role in the world. It seemed incomprehensible that we could have been so misinformed about the shah and the tide of hatred that had surged against him. | John Perkins | ||
| 22f8b18 | John Perkins was not accustomed to analyzing his emotions. But as he sat in his Katy-bereft 10x12 parlor he hit unerringly upon the keynote of his discomfort. He knew now that Katy was necessary to his happiness. His feeling for her, lulled into unconsciousness by the dull round of domesticity, had been sharply stirred by the loss of her presence. Has it not been dinned into us by proverb and sermon and fable that we never prize the music t.. | O. Henry | ||
| dae548f | You can reach the darkest point in our life and come back, and come good, even better. | Archie Roach | ||
| 726eae9 | I have a high art: I hurt with cruelty those who wound me. | Archilochus | ||
| c621e35 | I have a high art; I hurt with cruelty those who would damage me. | Archilochus | ||
| b5cf8fe | The centre of gravity of a parallelogram is the point of intersection of its diagonals. | Archimedes | ||
| b1f7fd3 | Colin rubbed his neck with his hand, regarding me like a hopeful puppy dog. "Are you sure you wouldn't prefer just to fling something at me and get it over with?" I leaned back against the cushioned back of the banquette, folded my arms across my chest, and waited. "Dempster?" I prompted. Colin considered for a moment, contemplated the olive plate, considered some more, and came out with, "We don't get on." "That much I figured out on my.. | eloise-kelly excuses persuation | Lauren Willig | |
| 4f1a061 | The centre of gravity of any cylinder is the point of bisection of the axis. | Archimedes | ||
| 246565a | Symmetrical collapse requires simultaneous failure of all supporting columns. | Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth | ||
| 644e753 | If you'd like to sit here and fume about Dempster or whatever else it is that's eating at you," I said, warming to my theme, "feel free to go right ahead. I'll just head off home and spend the evening watching the snooker championships." "It's not snooker season, actually," offered Colin, in a conciliatory way. "Fine. Darts, then." "Envisioning them thrown at my head?" he asked ruefully. Despite myself, I smiled back. "We were getting there.. | eloise-kelly | Lauren Willig | |
| 9406e47 | The civil engineer is the real 19th century architect. | Architecture | ||
| 30241ae | Bridges are America's cathedrals. | Architecture | ||
| f7c560b | Silently as a dream the fabric rose;No sound of hammer or of saw was there. | Architecture | ||
| c3e5a8f | Architecture and psychology suddenly become very close. | Architecture | ||
| a8c5852 | Anon, out of the earth a fabric hugeRose, like an exhalation. | Architecture | ||
| 6fa26bd | Nor did there wantCornice or frieze with bossy sculpture graven. | Architecture | ||
| 8055485 | 'Fore God, you have here a goodly dwelling and a rich. | Architecture | ||
| 9b61f5a | He that has a house to put's head in has a good head-piece. | Architecture | ||
| 75f38b8 | I call architecture frozen music. | Architecture | ||
| 701a69f | Later, when Bob Hope came to visit us, he made a wisecrack about being a Republican and I announced that he would be moving from the Lincoln Bedroom to sleep in Amy's tree house. | Jimmy Carter | ||
| 2f65410 | You're right. I have no idea what it's like to take shit from people I could kill with my eyes closed. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 1441994 | Would you like to sit in my nasty medicated bath with me? | Ilona Andrews | ||
| aa49e5b | Young, dumb, and full of cum. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 8ad3f06 | Sometimes you need to allow life to save you from getting what you want. | Timothy Ferriss | ||
| 8dbf60a | Old houses mended,Cost little less than new, before they're ended. | Architecture | ||
| d817924 | People who made certain kinds of explanations, he believed, are prey to helplessness. | Martin E.P. Seligman | ||
| b1f02ea | A journal is not a diary, where you record the weather and the engagements of the day. A journal is a notebook in which one can, hopefully, be ontological. | Madeleine L'Engle | ||
| 3789525 | When we seek our own pleasure as the ultimate good we place ourselves as the center of the universe. A fara or a man or a star has his place in the universe, but nothing created is the center. | Madeleine L'Engle | ||
| 83732a8 | It is only when we are fully rooted that we are really able to move. | Madeleine L'Engle | ||
| 9b1e871 | Now we leave our tears for mirth. Now we sing, not death, but birth. | Madeleine L'Engle | ||
| 312961c | You human beings tend to want good things to last forever. They don't. Not while we're in time. | Madeleine L'Engle | ||
| 5fa3591 | If someone knows who he is, really knows, then he doesn't need to hate. That's why we still need | Madeleine L'Engle | ||
| a9b724d | unceremoniously | Madeleine L'Engle |