Hold up! Pause for the cause! This is some serious shit! If I put chocolate milk in the microwave does it become hot chocolate? Oooohhhhh snap!
~My friend, Chika, interrupting a conversation we were having in which my life was on the line.
So why are you reading about *Biafra, are you trying to start your own country?
Mom when she learned I was reading Chimamanda Adichie’s, “Half of a Yellow Sun.”
*”The Republic of Biafra was a secessionist state in south-eastern Nigeria. Biafra was inhabited mostly by the Igbo people (or Ibo[1]) and existed from 30 May 1967 to 15 January 1970. ”~wiki
There are those who maintain that you can’t demand anything of the reader. They say the reader knows nothing about art, and that if you are going to reach him, you have to be humble enough to descend to his level. This supposes either that the aim of art is to teach, which it is not, or that to create anything which is simply a good-in-itself is a waste of time. Art never responds to the wish to make it democratic; it is not for everybody; it is only for those who are willing to undergo the effort needed to understand it. We hear a great deal about humility being required to lower oneself, but it requires an equal humility and a real love of the truth to raise oneself and by hard labor to acquire higher standards.
Flannery O’Connor, Mystery and Manners. Catholic Novelists and Their Readers, quoted by Ms. Odradek. As is often the case, O’Connor settles this discussion for me. (via mills) (via caille)
reblogged from caille
I’m not thinking about how I’m going to change myself to fit a certain demographic. I just have to block that nonsense out…you have to stake out what you think is right, you have to put out that signal, make sure it’s pure and then do it and do it and do it and know that they will come. And if they don’t, you have to pack up your bags and say: ‘I enjoyed my time here. Sorry it didn’t work out.’ But the biggest mistake would be to alter my signal to make sure that I reach all these different people. Because then you’re lost.
Conan O’Brien on moving from his Late Show to hosting the Tonight Show, NY Times
It is impossible for capitalism to survive, primarily because the system of capitalism needs some blood to suck. Capitalism used to be like an eagle, but now it’s more like a vulture. It used to be strong enough to go and suck anybody’s blood whether they were strong or not. But now it has become more cowardly, like the vulture, and it can only suck the blood of the helpless. As the nations of the world free themselves, capitalism has less victims, less to suck, and it becomes weaker and weaker. It’s only a matter of time in my opinion before it will collapse completely….
Malcolm X
…when I say “young,” I’m not just referring to the date on your birth certificate. I’m talking about an approach to life - a quality of mind and heart. A willingness to follow your passions, regardless of whether they lead to fortune and fame. A willingness to question conventional wisdom and rethink the old dogmas. A lack of regard for all the traditional markers of status and prestige - and a commitment instead to doing what is meaningful to you, what helps others, what makes a difference in this world.
President Obama (via azspot)
reblogged from azspot
…the way to be a better comic was to create better jokes and the way to create better jokes was to write every day.
Jerry Seinfeld via Software Developer/Blogger, Brad Isaac
"So put things off, be flaky. Stop caring about the stuff that doesn’t matter … your dreams depend on it."
Jonathan Mead, Zenhabits blog
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some lose all mind and become soul, insane.
some lose all soul and become mind, intellectual.
some lose both and become accepted.charles bukowski
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