"Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God."
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
"Get Drunk"
One should always be drunk. That's the great thing; the only question. Not to feel the horrible burden of Time weighing on your shoulders and bowing you to the earth, you should be drunk without respite.
Drunk with what? With wine, with poetry, or with virtue, as you please. But get drunk.
And if sometimes you should happen to awake, on the stairs...
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One should always be drunk. That's the great thing; the only question. Not to feel the horrible burden of Time weighing on your shoulders and bowing you to the earth, you should be drunk without respite.
Drunk with what? With wine, with poetry, or with virtue, as you please. But get drunk.
And if sometimes you should happen to awake, on the stairs...
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veronika:
This is a late response but I wanted to thank you for the support on my last blog. It was appreciated!
"What moron said that knowledge is power? Knowledge is power only if it doesn't depress you so much that it leaves you in an immobile heap at the end of your bed."
-Paula Poundstone
-Paula Poundstone
"No one in the world ever gets what they want and that is beautiful.
Everybody dies frustrated and sad and that is beautiful."
- They Might Be Giants, "Don't Let's Start"
Everybody dies frustrated and sad and that is beautiful."
- They Might Be Giants, "Don't Let's Start"
A FAVORITE POEM I FIRST READ IN GRAD SCHOOL:
"The Solution" by Sharon Olds
Finally they got the Singles problem under control, they made it scientific. They opened huge Sex Centers--you could simply go and state what you want and they would find you someone who wanted that too. You would stand under a sign saying I Like to Be Touched and Held and when...
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"The Solution" by Sharon Olds
Finally they got the Singles problem under control, they made it scientific. They opened huge Sex Centers--you could simply go and state what you want and they would find you someone who wanted that too. You would stand under a sign saying I Like to Be Touched and Held and when...
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mattilda:
hellooooooooooo honey
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how are you????
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how are you????
Wisdom from Os Guinness' book, "The Case for Civility":
"...the incessant culture warring trivializes and distorts important issues and reduces America to a Punch-and-Judy democracy in which cartoon stereotypes rail at each other with no serious engagement, let alone deliberation and debate... Many who start with thoughtful positions slip into a partisanship in which team playing trumps truth, decency degenerates into malice, and constant attacks...
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"...the incessant culture warring trivializes and distorts important issues and reduces America to a Punch-and-Judy democracy in which cartoon stereotypes rail at each other with no serious engagement, let alone deliberation and debate... Many who start with thoughtful positions slip into a partisanship in which team playing trumps truth, decency degenerates into malice, and constant attacks...
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"The democratic ideal springs from the ideas of liberty, equality, majority rule through free elections, protection of the rights of minorities, and freedom to subscribe to multiple loyalties in matters of religion, economics and politics rather than to a total loyalty to the state...
People cannot be free unless they are willing to sacrifice some of their interests to guarantee the freedom of others. The...
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People cannot be free unless they are willing to sacrifice some of their interests to guarantee the freedom of others. The...
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nena:
Thanks for your comment on my set! 
hezza:
thanks for the comment
thanks for the comment"They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
They don't mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had,
And add some extra, just for you."
-Philip Larkin
They don't mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had,
And add some extra, just for you."
-Philip Larkin
adonis:
how about some more blogs mr. maybe something about The Death of Ivan Illich or some other Tolstoy ramblings
whitman38:
I got nothing on Ivan Illich (other than currently living his nightmare of a life lived incorrectly). I do suggest that you don't do this. While it is essential to make enough money to be self-reliant, a flat screen t.v. and a big house are not essential. Live each day for what you truly LOVE TO DO. Otherwise, misery creeps in.
Passion matters. It may be hard to follow yours, but ultimately it's worth it.
(Today's somewhat overwarmed platitudes. Sorry.)
Passion matters. It may be hard to follow yours, but ultimately it's worth it.
(Today's somewhat overwarmed platitudes. Sorry.)