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"She gave him a slit-eyed look. It was a period of looks and glances, teeming interactions, part of the sensory array I ordinarily cherish. Heat, noise, lights, looks, words, gestures, personalities, appliances. A colloquial density that makes family life the one medium of sense knowledge in which an astonishment of heart is routinely contained."

Don DeLillo, White Noise


(This dude can write.)

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"The ninth virtue is perfectionism. The more errors you correct in yourself, the more you notice. As your mind becomes more silent, you hear more noise. When you notice an error in yourself, this signals your readiness to seek advancement to the next level. If you tolerate the error rather than correcting it, you will not advance to the next level and you will not gain the skill to notice new errors. In every art, if you do not seek perfection you will halt before taking your first steps. If perfection is impossible that is no excuse for not trying. Hold yourself to the highest standard you can imagine, and look for one still higher. Do not be content with the answer that is almost right; seek one that is exactly right."

— Eliezer S. Yudowsky’s Twelve Values of Rationality

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"What people are ashamed of usually makes a good story."

— F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Love of the Last Tycoon (via leslieseuffert)

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A diver has a very personal moment of dejection at the bottom of the pool during the 2012 CCCA Swimming and Diving State Championships at East Los Angeles College Swim Stadium on Thursday, April 26, 2012 in Monterey Park, CA. (Photo by Suzanne Tylander © 2012) This particular photo represents an emotional moment rarely caught underwater. This particular diver was expected to win the entire event. The diver knew as soon as he hit the water his form was flawed and that he might have just lost it all. I was fortunate enough to witness this moment as it was unfolding underwater. I captured the sequence of emotion just a split second after he hit the water and began to sink to the bottom with a sense of defeat written in his body language This was the image I chose from the series. I have felt this emotion and disappointment before as many athletes do. My chance to capture it underwater was rare but beautiful. It is a moment no competitive athlete wants to relive but something important that many of us can relate to. It is raw and human and real.
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notmyvirginears:

A diver has a very personal moment of dejection at the bottom of the pool during the 2012 CCCA Swimming and Diving State Championships at East Los Angeles College Swim Stadium on Thursday, April 26, 2012 in Monterey Park, CA. (Photo by Suzanne Tylander © 2012) This particular photo represents an emotional moment rarely caught underwater. This particular diver was expected to win the entire event. The diver knew as soon as he hit the water his form was flawed and that he might have just lost it all. I was fortunate enough to witness this moment as it was unfolding underwater. I captured the sequence of emotion just a split second after he hit the water and began to sink to the bottom with a sense of defeat written in his body language This was the image I chose from the series. I have felt this emotion and disappointment before as many athletes do. My chance to capture it underwater was rare but beautiful. It is a moment no competitive athlete wants to relive but something important that many of us can relate to. It is raw and human and real.

This post has been featured on a 1000notes.com blog.

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“A bad past can become a bright future.”

Don’t forget about Newtown.

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“A bad past can become a bright future.”

Don’t forget about Newtown.

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"I know there are strong feelings on both sides, and I have a great deal of respect for their opinions. But after much thought and prayer on my part this is where I am today."

Sen. Kay Hagan (D-N.C.) is the latest politician to endorse marriage equality. Time to update the timeline. (via motherjones)

Bandwagon, but at least she’s on board. Now if she weren’t so influenced politically on environmental issues maybe we could get some solid leadership on fracking in our state, along with a voice against the Keystone XL pipeline. 

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Michael Jordan drives to the hoop during his rookie season with the Chicago Bulls. (John Biever/SI)
GALLERY: Classic Photos of Michael Jordan

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Michael Jordan drives to the hoop during his rookie season with the Chicago Bulls. (John Biever/SI)

GALLERY: Classic Photos of Michael Jordan

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"For men are made bold in the throes
of madness urging evil, in love
with cruelty, courting sure disaster."

— Aeschylus’s Agamemnon

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WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Citing budgetary concerns, the United States announced today that it would discontinue regular Saturday drone strikes on U.S. citizens, beginning in 2014.  Continue reading: http://nyr.kr/VYTJ5i

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A bright video screen shows images of blue sky on Tiananmen Square during a time of dangerous levels of air pollution, on January 23, 2013 in Beijing.

That’s some dystopic shit. 

Pretty much how I picture 1984

When this shit starts happening is when you STOP FUCKING DOING WHAT YOU’RE DOING CHINA! This is obviously a fucking problem!
-Liv

That’s just… wow.  That’s horrifying.  “Sorry there’s no air, here’s a picture of a sky.”

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freexcitizen:

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jyk:

A bright video screen shows images of blue sky on Tiananmen Square during a time of dangerous levels of air pollution, on January 23, 2013 in Beijing.

That’s some dystopic shit. 

Pretty much how I picture 1984

When this shit starts happening is when you STOP FUCKING DOING WHAT YOU’RE DOING CHINA! This is obviously a fucking problem!

-Liv

That’s just… wow.  That’s horrifying.  “Sorry there’s no air, here’s a picture of a sky.”

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"Art does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see."

— Paul Klee