May 2013
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We are hunters; we are only truly alive in those moments when we improvise; no...
– Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Bed of Procrustes
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Drive through Illinois and you just about turn into cornflakes.
– Cousin Dub
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Me: I can never remember the name Armie Hammer.
Cousin Dub: Is he black?
Me: No, he's white.
Cousin Dub: I'm just asking because there's a girl in my class whose name is Aquanet.
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What we say to ourselves when we face a setback can be just as baseless as the...
– Martin Seligman, Learned Optimism
More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces...
– Romans 5:3-5
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Warm feet in the morning right when you wake up = one of the best feelings ever.
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The pessimist seems to be at the mercy of reality, whereas the optimist has a...
– Martin Seligman, Learned Optimism
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c’est le bon dieu qui nous fait;
c’est le bon dieu qui nous brise.
– Raphael, Caravane
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Break a vase and the love that reassembles the fragments is greater than the...
– Derek Walcott
Excuse my while I have raspberries for breakfast. No, make that a raspberry. Excuse me while I have a raspberry for breakfast.
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A kind of light spread out from her. And everything changed color. And the world...
– John Steinbeck, East of Eden
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April 2013
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Don’t allow the rejection of other people to cause you to reject yourself.
– Joel Osteen
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People don’t buy what you do; they buy why you do it.
– Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action
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BOSTON SOLIDARITY RUN IN NASHVILLE, MONDAY 6PM →
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a thank you →
Check out my first post for the Empress Tea Blog! So excited to be collaborating with this group of lovely and talented women from across the globe.
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I Am Not Oppressed →
My former classmate Laila Alawa just landed a blogging spot with HuffPo. Her first piece talks about her experiences as a Muslim-American woman and her frustration at being constantly told that she needs to be liberated. Read on via link above!
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We are none of us so full of common sense as we would like to think ourselves.
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– Kurt Vonnegut
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This one thing I do: forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching...
– Philippians 3:13
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The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom...
– Khalil Gibran
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March 2013
26 posts
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Each of us feels some aspect of the world’s suffering acutely. And we must...
– Stephen Cope, from The Great Work of Your Life
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When they criticize you, love them for teaching you humility.
When they heap...
– Cory Booker
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Create the life that is in your heart to live.
– Anonymous
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