August 2012
“Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are, ‘it might have been’.”
– Kurt Vonnegut (via loveyourchaos)
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Redhawk: Dear everyone ever →
somesmithie:
In 2008 Michael Phelps took home EIGHT gold medals. We celebrated him as an American hero.
This week, a pretty seventeen year old American swimmer took home a gold for USA. It’s Olympic history! Somebody get that girl some theme music and a reality T.V show!
Also this week, a…
I also want to fully believe that she is incredible and deserves the outstanding record...
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fuckyeaharcticmonkeys:
Arctic Monkeys - Come...
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“We don’t lift weights in order to look hot, especially for the likes of men like...”
– Zoe Smith, 18 year old weightlifter currently representing Great Britain at the Olympics, responding to tweets labelling her muscles “unattractive” and “unfeminine”. (via rawwomen)
(via feministfitspo)
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“We all know about the sexual desire of adolescent boys. But scenes of young...”
– The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf (via amythia)
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“You can’t say, I won’t write today because that excuse will extend into several...”
– Dorothy C. Fontana (via amandaonwriting)
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“When gays get so angry about a chicken sandwich, it is because Chick-fil-A has...”
– Conor Gaughan - “We Are Not Arguing Over Chicken” (Huffington Post)
hit the nail on the head.
(via the-incurable-humanist)
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“Girls have to fight against a lot of the same stuff we did growing up…peer...”
– Amy Poehler, on empowering you girl thru her web-series, “Smart Girls At The Party.” (via ceedling)(via rookiemag)
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July 2012
“Few things in this world are more predictable than the reaction of conventional...”
– John Anthony West (via nathanielstuart)
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“For 99 percent of the tenure of humans on earth, nobody could read or write. The...”
– Carl Sagan: ‘The Demon Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark’ (via neuronsandneutrons)
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Watch
Chris Colfer on Piers Morgan
No one: So how do you balance being a father and a husband with being an athlete?
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“Princeton University psychologist Susan Fiske took brain scans of heterosexual...”
– The Equality Illusion, Kat Banyard (via monkeyknifefight)
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youhavebewitchedme-bodyandsoul replied to your post: you’re moving to LA!? :D I hope you like it here.
hopefully you can find something quickly. do you know around where you will be living? I live in Boyle Heights (east/central LA), which is about 20mins from Hollywood, if the 101 freeway is kind haha. you might need a car depending on where you live.
Hopefully! I do have family who live right...
Leave a word, any word, inside my ask box, and I...
refusetobebrokenx3:
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“What I need is perspective. The illusion of depth, created by a frame, the...”
– Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale (via hateshiploveship)
“A well-stocked mind is safe from boredom.”
– Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood’s End (via somebodysaiditbetter)
lostbookworm asked: you're moving to LA!? :D I hope you like it here.
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blua:
just a friendly reminder that there are 15 and 16 year old Olympians and we’re all here in our rooms running our blogs
at least we’re running
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idontcareifitsreal:
American Idiot - Green Day
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“Traveling is like flirting with life. It’s like saying, ‘I would stay and love...”
– Lisa St. Aubin de Terán (via loveyourchaos)
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“I’m not the silly romantic you think. I don’t want the heavens or the shooting...”
– Shana Abé (via anditslove)
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“Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via chavvah)
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“Dance is for everybody. I believe that the dance came from the people and that...”
– Alvin Ailey (via thirdposition)
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“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.”
– e. e. cummings (via gaywrites)
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“Very few writers really know what they are doing until they’ve done it.”
– from Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott (via iconicklaine) 