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As Rocky got back to his feet, Ali broke the spell. “The most scary moment in a fighter’s life is right now. The moment before the fight, in your dressing room, all the training is behind you, all the advice in the world don’t mean a thing, in a moment you’ll be in the ring, …
Rather than demanding authenticity, which is inherently paradoxical–trying to be real is embarrassing and fake–Bowie-ism instead asks for playful imagination in the artful construction and performance of persona. You can’t aspire to Bowie’s level of virtuosity in this regard, but it is liberating, especially for a Gen X-er drawn toward the grimly earnest misguided intensity …
He was always around, and for most of the time, putting out material, appearing in movies, being David Bowie. As vivid as the ‘70s were, with Ziggy Stardust and the Thin White Duke and Berlin Bowie rolling around, Bowie spent the longest period of all being a public student with no fixed target. He stopped …
I once heard a philosopher tell a story about a student who asked him what he ought to do with his life. “Do what you want,” the philosopher said. “But I don’t want to do what I want to do,” the student protested. “I want to do what I ought to do.” Add Your Own …
My vision of retirement has always been to move someplace hot, and sit out on a patio reading (or re-reading) 19th century Anglo-American books (Stevenson, Melville, Conrad, Hawthorne, Kipling, Chesterton, etc.) That’s all I want to do. TheMoneyIllusion » Films I saw in 2015 Source: themoneyillusion.com
The two saddest words in the English language: “What party?” “Rash Decisions” · Modern Family · TV Review Modern Family: “Rash Decisions” · TV Club · The A.V. Club Source: The A.V. Club
magictransistor: Salvador Dalí, Reina de Corazones (Queen of Hearts) y Rey de Corazones (King of Hearts), 1972. Source: magictransistor
A good life is not a life without problems. A good life is a life with good problems. Shut Up and Be Patient Source: markmanson.net
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss Tom has finally made his peace with this book, but it took a while. He used to enjoy having it read to him right up to the point where our hero is finally forced, by ‘Sam I Am’, to try the titular dish. Then Tom would grab the …
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