March 2012
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“All this twaddle, the existence of God, atheism, determinism, liberation,...”
– Marcel Duchamp (via wine-loving-vagabond)
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George R.R. Martin on writing women
George Stroumboulopoulos: There's one thing that's interesting about your books. I noticed that you write women really well and really different. Where does that come from?
George R.R. Martin: You know, I've always considered women to be people.
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Nina Simone - My Man’s Gone Now
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“Women and men do not receive an equal education because outside of the classroom...”
– Adrienne Rich, feminist writer who recently passed away. It is from a chapter called, “Taking Women Students Seriously” from her book called, On Lies, Secrets and Silence. (via wine-loving-vagabond)
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“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for...”
– Albert Einstein (via historical-nonfiction)
“… Not that the eye-witness accounts of the over-publicized Great Plague of...”
– Peter Laslett, The World We Have Lost, 1965 (via historical-nonfiction)
abomination to nuggan: aatombomb: We were... →
aatombomb:
We were discussing homosexuality because of an allusion to it in the book we were reading, and several boys made comments such as, “That’s disgusting.” We got into the debate and eventually a boy admitted that he was terrified/disgusted when he was once sharing a taxi and the…
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“One of the interesting things about the Thrones universe is that most of the...”
– Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (via targaryenn)
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“Where did this idea that anything could be a work of art come from? It’s...”
– Wait, what? If ever a passage was crying out for a hyperlink…
Julian Spalding: Damien Hirsts are the sub-prime of the art world - Commentators - Opinion - The Independent
(via wine-loving-vagabond)
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Anarquía y cerveza fría: avanelle &... →
wine-loving-vagabond:
avanelle & theworldinverts:
The Best Birth Control In The World Is For Men
If I were going to describe the perfect contraceptive, it would go something like this: no babies, no latex, no daily pill to remember, no hormones to interfere with mood or sex drive, no negative health…
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“But then, obviously, in Cesare and Lucrezia’s relationship, there’s something...”
– Francois Arnaud, speaking prettily and also contradicting himself (via lucrezias-sparklyhairnet)
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“America touts itself as the land of the free, but the number one freedom that...”
– Tom Morello (via wine-loving-vagabond)
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“A man who has nothing in particular to recommend him discusses all sorts of...”
– Sei Shonagon, The Pillow Book (via natface)
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