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"Yet still more questions for you, judgers: Does Bed, Bath and Beyond really require a 16-month pre-registration? Do people actually like shiny vests under rented jackets? Why do committed friends of committed friends not know how to talk to me since there isn’t a relationship to ask about? Are chocolate fountains real? Why do women in long-term relationships stop wearing high heels and start dressing like my fourth grade music teacher? Why do I have to make plans with you four weeks in advance? Why are you so tired all the time?"
From “An Open Letter to People Who Judge My Single, Post-College Lifestyle.”
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Notes"Be intellectually and morally rigorous in your own decision-making, and expect that the important people in your life do the same, if they want to stay important to you."Rachel Maddow, Smith College 2010 Commencement Address (via chialyn)
(via fuckyeahrachelmaddow)
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Notes"The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts while the stupid ones are full of confidence."Charles Bukowski (via wordpainting)
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Writer/Designer: Jeff O’Neal
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Notes"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."On this day in 1776, the Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by 56 delegates of the Second Continental Congress.
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Notes"If everyone in the U.S. ate no meat or cheese just one day a week, over a year, the effect on emissions would be the equivalent of taking 7.6 million cars off the road. (Another aside: if for two days a week you don’t eat any meat or cheese until dinnertime, you’ll accomplish something similar.)"Mark Bittman, “More Weight on Less Meat” (7/18/11)
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Notes"Writing is not like dancing or modeling; it’s not something where — if you missed it by age 19 — you’re finished. It’s never too late. Your writing will only get better as you get older and wiser. If you write something beautiful and important, and the right person somehow discovers it, they will clear room for you on the bookshelves of the world — at any age. At least try."Writer Elizabeth Gilbert, who today celebrates her 42nd birthday
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Another good one, from Six Word Story Every Day.
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YOU ARE Fabulous!
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Sorry, high school friends.
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this is true.
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Original image by Diana Walker for Time.
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"Find a way to say yes to things. Say yes to invitations to a new country, say yes to meet new friends, say yes to learn something new. Yes is how...
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The Great Minnesota Tumblr List Of 2012
First off, I know this post has a ton of words in it, but that’s just how it has to be. This is a current...
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Subjects, In Addition to Birth Control, That These Five Men Are Prepared to Testify About
How to get more followers on Pinterest.
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