January 2012
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“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And when you look into the abyss, the abyss also looks into you.”
This Nietzsche quote refers to the propensity for people to become that which they strive against. A good example of this concept appears in Orwell’s Animal Farm, where the animals seek to overthrow the tyranny of human...
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“The self has no boundaries except those it accepts out of ignorance.”
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“Understand that sexuality is as wide as the sea. Understand that your morality...”
– Derek Jarman
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“What’s the difference between Democrats and Republicans and Toyota and Ford?...”
– George Draffan
The war against a Free Internet continues as
thepoliticalfreakshow:
NZ prosecutors oppose bail for Megaupload founder, saying he is an ‘extreme’ flight risk - NZ Herald http://t.co/Foqv5fhS
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“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.”
– Ernest Hemingway
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“Enjoy your body, use it every way you can. Don’t be afraid of it, or what other...”
– Kurt Vonnegut
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“Then came human beings, they wanted to cling but there was nothing to cling to.”
– Albert Camus
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Asking “how can you be sad when people have it so much worse than you?” is as ridiculous as asking “how can you be happy when people have it so much better than you?”
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“The pendulum of the mind alternates between sense and nonsense, not between...”
– Carl Jung
“You always hurt the one you love
The one you shouldn’t hurt at all
You always...”
– Ryan Gosling, Blue Valentine (via fritzkola)
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“Scars have the strange power to remind us that our past is real.”
– Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses.
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“The ego and it’s many identities, attachments, roles and stories are not only...”
– Steve McSwain
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“Somewhere something incredible is waiting to be known.”
– Carl Sagan
“Be not the slave of your own past - plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Trust is an expensive gift, don't expect it from a...
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“One must laugh at the twentieth century, or else one will go mad.”
– E. M. Remarque, Arch of Triumph.
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