May 2011
“But there is a philosophical form of life defined by a certain kind of talk,...”
– Faces of Philosophy - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education (via wildcat2030)
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“Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I’m...”
– Jonathan Safran Foer (via absynthe-words)
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"Jump" by Philippe Halsman
wine-loving-vagabond:
hedonismus:
Eva Marie Saint, 1954
Brigitte Bardot, 1951
Jean Seberg and cat, 1959
Salvador Dali on the famous photo “Atomicus”, 1947
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“A large segment of the American public has entered the dark wilderness of...”
– James Howard Kunstler (via azspot)
“We need critics who set impatient standards, ask uncomfortable questions, and...”
– Boston Review — Jess Row: The Novel Is Not Dead (Fiction, Literary Criticism)
“Part of what we learn when we read non-Western literatures, or literatures that...”
– Boston Review — Jess Row: The Novel Is Not Dead (Fiction, Literary Criticism)
“The power to reshape science and education - which have important consequences...”
– 3quarksdaily: Creationism in the Classroom: A Tragic State of Affairs
“Perhaps the saddest thing about Creationism’s creep into the classroom is that...”
– 3quarksdaily: Creationism in the Classroom: A Tragic State of Affairs
“Not because I “was exposed as Weiner’s mistress” or because I “was responsible...”
– Gennette Nicole Cordova | Statement | Mediaite (via greaterthanlapsed)
She should sue Breitbart and Wolfe for libel. — Ryking
(via ryking)
“The mind must be wide open to function freely in thought. A limited mind cannot...”
– Bruce Lee (via mkhjr)
“Which brings us back to life after death. Adam points out that we can’t...”
– Prizefighting And The Limits Of Agnosticism : 13.7: Cosmos And Culture : NPR
“As I’ve said many times, I do my best here not to enter into the usual...”
– Physics Solves Problem of Immortality, Again! - Justin Erik Halldór Smith
“Taken alone, any one of Malick’s films can seem quixotic, arbitrary or fanciful;...”
– The Perspective of Terrence Malick
“In his book-length study of Malick’s films, Lloyd Michaels posited New World‘s...”
– The Perspective of Terrence Malick
“In most films, the setting or background of each framed scene augments the main...”
– The Perspective of Terrnece Malick
“Each of Malick’s films presents a conversation or debate between what he...”
– The Point Magazine
Why I'm still hot for my wife - Salon.com →
“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been....”
– Isaac Asimov (via themadeshop)
“Well, thanks to Wikileaks, we now know that when the Bush administration reached...”
– Wikileaks: Speculators Helped Cause Oil Bubble | Rolling Stone Politics | Taibblog | Matt Taibbi on Politics and the Economy
“Sometimes, I like to read the bible in public and yell out, “Oh Bullshit!”
– Zach Galifianakis (via notmovingtoportland)
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“Tom McCarthy and Simon Critchley, the co-founders of the Necronautical Society...”
– David Shields, “Life Is Short; Art Is Shorter”
“The Project On Student Debt estimates that the average college senior in 2009...”
– n 1: Bad Education
Patriot Act Extension Signed By Obama →
I think it’s time those of us on the left think seriously about voting third party in 2012. Because the Democrats AREN’T liberal. Aside from being mildly supportive of a few social issues I think are important, they behave like Republicans. Right now, since they have our unconditional support - because where are we to go?- politics is like a tug-of-war with only the right side of the...
“Nothing In Life Is As Important As You Think It Is, While You Are Thinking About...”
– Daniel Kahneman
Responses | 2011 Annual Question | Edge
Why Marx Was Right by Terry Eagleton – review |... →
“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense...”
– Martin Luther King, Jr. (via lovinganarchist)
i often carry things to read so that i will not...
bellacalma:
charles bukowski
“At a press conference last week, someone asked Chris Christie for his views on...”
– Birtherism, the debt ceiling, climate change, evolution: Are Republicans losing their grip on reality? - By Jacob Weisberg - Slate Magazine
“At some point towards the end of the book it occurred to me that what I was...”
– The Millions : The Stockholm Syndrome Theory of Long Novels
“And there is, connected with this phenomenon, what I think of as Long Novel...”
– The Millions : The Stockholm Syndrome Theory of Long Novels
“The subtitle of Bloom’s new book, “Literature as a Way of Life,” is not an...”
– Book Review - The Anatomy of Influence - By Harold Bloom - NYTimes.com
“The way a republic is supposed to function is that there is transparency for...”
– The always-expanding bipartisan Surveillance State - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com
“So first they conspire with the GOP to extend the Patriot Act without any...”
– The always-expanding bipartisan Surveillance State - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com
“This will be the second time that the Democratic Congress — with the...”
– The always-expanding bipartisan Surveillance State - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com
“We are witnessing the bipartisan normalization and legitimization of a...”
– The always-expanding bipartisan Surveillance State - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com
“Children are used to not understanding everything that’s said around them.”
– Ed Catmull, founder of Pixar (.)
“The American media always want to fit events in the region into an American...”
– Nir Rosen (via azspot)
A New Wall Street Investigation: Is the Hammer... →
Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the silly stereotypes... →
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“… What is insomnia?
The question is rhetorical. I know the answer only too...”
– Jorge Luis Borges. Two Forms Of Insomnia.
Dos formas del insomnio
¿Qué es el insomnio?
La pregunta es retórica; sé demasiado bien la respuesta.
Es temer y contar en la alta noche las duras campanadas fatales, es ensayar con magia inútil una respiración regular, es la carga de un cuerpo...
