February 2012
136 posts
Silence
مآ أجمّل أنْ تصمتْ .. فيْ ؤجهْ منْ ينتظرْ منِك الخِصَام .. ! وما أجمل أنْ تضحك فيْ وجهْ منْ يُنتظرْ منك البكـاءْ ..!
How beautiful is it to stay silent
When someone expects you to be enraged from them.
And how beautiful it is to laugh
When someone thinks you are going to shed tears.
“At this time, many young Iranians all over this world are watching us, and I...”
– Iranian film director ASGHAR FARHADI, on accepting his Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, A Separation (via inothernews)
I adored his speech. Well done.
(via mohandasgandhi)
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thedemiseofmycolon:
my mom just offered me to send me some candy and she doesn’t know i’m on the cleanse. having to turn it down was like someone telling me they have to amputate a leg.
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Watchbecausehiddles:
thorodinsons:
Games of Thrones - Season 2
BREAK MY JAW WITH A GOLF CLUB
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Watchinacognito:
The single funniest scene on television ever
“I believe and I think that the right approach is to accept this horribly...”
– Rick Santorum, explaining why he favors laws forcing rape survivors to have their rapist’s baby (via maxistentialist)
hey Rick Santorum would you like to do it? Would you like to carry my baby? Hey Rick Santorum why don’t you make the best of a bad situation?
let’s see some follow...
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I just heard those special words that every girl wants to hear…
“Oh my god, we’ve got so much liquor”
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“Whatever we say
we know there is another
language under this one”
– W. S. Merwin, from “To the Tongue” in Present Company (via harpy)
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How Hollywood Deals With Plain People →
In recent days, production stills for HBO’s fantasy series Game of Thrones have been circulating that include our first look at Brienne of Tarth. For folks not familiar with the franchise at all, or who haven’t read the books but have seen the first season, Brienne is a female knight. And not just any female knight: she’s an exceptionally clever and strong warrior. But she’s also the rare female...
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“What I’m really wondering is what makes some writers special. Like when I was a...”
– Neil Gaiman
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“No.”
– Actress Julianne Moore, when asked if she gained a newfound respect for Sarah Palin after delving deeper into Palin’s life to portray her in the upcoming film “Game Change.”
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swarleyy:
You’re alright, Tumblr....
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Why Libraries Again...?
neil-gaiman:
From: http://www.metafilter.com/112698/California-Dreamin#4183210
“I’ve spent the past year and a half of my life in library school, and about three years before that working in some capacity in rural, suburban, and urban libraries, and currently I’m currently at a cross-road in terms of whether or not I want to work in public libraries. There’s a constant state of fear and malaise...
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The Human Library →
A Human Library is just that—a library where the “books” are living people who volunteer to share their stories with “readers”—members of the community. … Structured to mimic real library browsing, participants would search the card catalog, apply for a library card, and then check out one of the 35 books as they became available. The book titles, chosen by the “books” themselves, included...
“Suddenly he stopped and explained to the students: I wanted to tell you about...”
– Tariq Ramadan, What I Believe
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“We Egyptians of the Liberal Party believed once in English liberalism and...”
– Muhammad Abduh (1849-1905), one of the founders of Islamic Modernism, when asked by a representative of the British government about his opinion on the present state of Egypt and British policies therein. (via indianajosh)
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