December 2011
“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes.
Because if you are making...”
– Neil Gaiman (via happycollision)
What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland's... →
greenstate:
‘The Scandinavian country is an education superpower because it values equality more than excellence.’
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Day 02
Day02- Where you’d like to be in 10 years
10 years ago, when I was 10 years old, I remember seeing myself 10 years in the future boarding a bus outside my house. This future self I envisioned had long straight brown hair, stood tall, confident, and had a thin, sleek figure. To be frank, I saw myself as a brown-haired, tall, Avril Lavigne- I really adored Avril as a kid. And my future self...
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Why Irish soldiers who fought Hitler hide their... →
mohandasgandhi:
kohenari:
This article provides a brief look at a fascinating bit of World War II history about which I’d previously heard nothing: Irish who deserted their own neutral army to fight against the Germans and Japanese, and who were then blacklisted when they returned to Ireland after the war.
They were formally dismissed from the Irish army, stripped of all pay and pension...
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“I don’t like this expression ‘First World problems.’ It is false and it is...”
– Nigerian author and artist Teju Cole (via newanddifferentsun)
“Nobody tells an actor, ‘you’re playing a strong-minded man.’ We assume that men...”
– Meryl Streep, on being told that she often plays “strong-minded women.”
(via andyouhavetogivethemhope)
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Day 01
Day 01- your current relationship, if single discuss how single life is
Our friends left the apartment as they had plotted to earlier in the day, leaving Sean and me together in his living room. For a while the banter was like it always is. I was teasing him, the conversation was light hearted and silly, but I was nervous and procrastinating. The whole point of my friends having plot to leave us...
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Thirty Day Challenge
blue-moonflowers:
Day 01 - Your current relationship, if single discuss how single life is.
Day 02 - Where you’d like to be in 10 years.
Day 03 - Your views on drugs and alcohol.
Day 04 - Your views on religion.
Day 05 - A time you thought about ending your own life.
Day 06 - Write 30 interesting facts about yourself.
Day 07 - Your zodiac sign and if you think it fits your personality.
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“In the past, humans hesitated when they took lives, even non-human lives. But...”
– Hayao Miyazaki (via cultureofresistance)
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