May 2012
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“One thing we can do is remember these heroes as you remember them—not just as a...”
– President Obama at Arlington Cemetery today (via barackobama)
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PANDA THE ROBOT: Neil Gaiman’s Commencement Speech... →
mentalflossr:
“Nothing I did, where the only reason for doing it was the money, was ever worth it except as bitter experience. Usually I didn’t end up getting the money either. The things I did because I was excited and wanted to see them exist in reality have never let me down, and I’ve…
raphaellaskies:
I may not excell in school, or at sports, or in any area where I could find professional or personal success BUT BY GOD I REMEMBER THE DETAILS OF X-FILES EPISODES FROM TEN YEARS AGO!!!
“True, some plots happen in Westeros, and some happen in London. Some plots are...”
– Lev Grossman, “Literary Revolution in the Supermarket Aisle: Genre Fiction Is Disruptive Technology”
Read more: http://entertainment.time.com/2012/05/23/genre-fiction-is-disruptive-technology/#ixzz1viJ8GeM0
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“There’s more than escapism going on here. Why do we seek out these hard places...”
– Lev Grossman, “Literary Revolution in the Supermarket Aisle: Genre Fiction Is Disruptive Technology”
Read more: http://entertainment.time.com/2012/05/23/genre-fiction-is-disruptive-technology/#ixzz1viGm83Qy
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“The press still thinks [global warming] is controversial. So they find the 1% of...”
– Neil deGrasse Tyson, podcast interview (via dionthesocialist)
“What an astonishing thing a book is. It’s a flat object made from a tree with...”
– CARL SAGAN (via Advice to Writers)
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whedonesqued:
Tony: “I thought we were having a moment.”
Pepper: “I was having 12% of a moment.”
“Don’t ever forget that you’re a citizen of this world, and there are things you...”
– Aaron Sorkin, 158th Syracuse University Commencement (via tobyziegler)
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