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explodingdog: I wish, I wish, I wish

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:14:22 +0800

explodingdog:

I wish, I wish, I wish

"Jump from the cliff. Build your wings on the way down."

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 23:39:52 +0800

““Jump from the cliff. Build your wings on the way down.””

- Ray Bradbury (via kateoplis)

Join Wall Street. Save the world.

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 23:13:21 +0800

Join Wall Street. Save the world.:

Interesting.

"We’re taught to believe that some people are simply born lucky, when in reality, that’s just a..."

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 23:11:20 +0800

“We’re taught to believe that some people are simply born lucky, when in reality, that’s just a convenient excuse to lean back and take it easy, rather than try to apply some control over our destiny. After all, if you aren’t one of the “chosen” ones, what can you possibly do about it? Quite a lot, actually. The fact is, more and more psychologists are finding out that it isn’t the hand you’re dealt that’s important in life but how you play your cards. Let me put it in another way: We’re all capable of making our own luck. What appears to be luck is really the result of perceptions, personality traits, choices and actions. All of that is within your control. People who consider themselves lucky actually tend to be - it’s a self-fulfilling prophecy. That’s because positive thinkers are always keeping their eyes peeled for fortunate situations and they’re more likely to grab on them when they arise. So instead of telling yourself: “There’s not a chance in hell that’s going to happen”. Tell yourself: “That looks kind of cool, maybe I should check it out.””

- Amanda Oosthuizen (x)

Just started on Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s The Black Swan,...

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 16:14:27 +0800

Just started on Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s The Black Swan, pretty promising so far. “they are much better at … smoking you with complicated mathematical models.” Truth about my work.

kateoplis: 2013 Venice Art Biennale

Fri, 31 May 2013 17:48:07 +0800

kateoplis:

2013 Venice Art Biennale

kateoplis: “Life can be magnificent and overwhelming —that, is...

Fri, 31 May 2013 17:46:18 +0800

kateoplis:

“Life can be magnificent and overwhelming —that, is the whole tragedy. Without beauty, love, or danger it would almost be easy to live.”
— Albert Camus

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Highlight of the day: cooking 7 packets of instant noodles with...

Sun, 26 May 2013 23:16:41 +0800

Highlight of the day: cooking 7 packets of instant noodles with a pair of giant chopsticks

a general state of mind

Tue, 07 May 2013 19:06:23 +0800

life is really fragile. time to start taking each day as a gift.

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Tue, 30 Apr 2013 02:43:57 +0800

kateoplis: nodus tollens

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:18:47 +0800

kateoplis: nodus tollens:

kateoplis:

“n. the realization that the plot of your life doesn’t make sense to you anymore—that although you thought you were following the arc of the story, you keep finding yourself immersed in passages you don’t understand, that don’t even seem to belong in the same genre—which requires you to go back…

"Kindness covers all of my political beliefs. No need to spell them out. I believe that if, at the..."

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:11:51 +0800

“Kindness covers all of my political beliefs. No need to spell them out. I believe that if, at the end, according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier, and something to make ourselves a little happier, that is about the best we can do. To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try. I didn’t always know this and am happy I lived long enough to find it out.”

- Roger Ebert (via fuckyeahexistentialism)

"Please know there are much better things in life than being lonely or liked or bitter or mean or..."

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 12:43:43 +0800

“Please know there are much better things in life than being lonely or liked or bitter or mean or self-conscious. We are all full of shit. Go love someone just because; I know your heart may be badly bruised, or even the victim of numerous knifings, but it will always heal, even if you don’t want it to; it keeps going. There are the most fantastic, beautiful things and people out there, I promise. It is up to you to find them.”

- Chuck Palahniuk (via thatkindofwoman)

The past nine months have been beautiful in a way that I’ve never known before. Thank you to the boy who has taught me to love and to be loved, and for always being there for me :)

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Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:52:37 +0800

"We are imperfect mortal beings, aware of that mortality even as we push it away, failed by our very..."

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 18:36:02 +0800

“We are imperfect mortal beings, aware of that mortality even as we push it away, failed by our very complication, so wired that when we mourn our losses we also mourn, for better or for worse, ourselves. As we were. As we are no longer. As we will one day not be at all.”

- Joan Didion, The Year of Magical Thinking

(via awritersruminations)

crayola bombs.

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:21:00 +0800

work changes you and your beliefs - there’s no doubt about that. and it’s important not to forget what gives you true happiness.

kateoplis: Steve Perille

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:13:57 +0800

kateoplis:

Steve Perille

"If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable."

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:59:18 +0800

“If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.”

- Seneca (via fuckyeah seneca)

kateoplis: “My favorite story out of this is Malia, when she...

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 14:30:08 +0800

kateoplis:

“My favorite story out of this is Malia, when she was 4, she had a little dance thing. Well, Michelle was gone that weekend so I’m taking her to ballet. And I get her in her little leotard and her little stuff. I did her hair, put it in a little bun.

We get to the dance studio and one of the mothers there right away comes up to Malia – she thinks she’s out of earshot of me and she says, ‘Sweetie, do you want me to redo your hair?’ And Malia who she’s 4 says, ‘Yes please, this is a disaster’ you know, she didn’t want to hurt daddy’s feelings.”

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Sun, 27 Jan 2013 13:23:20 +0800