The Expat Life

26 November 11

“ Realize that anyone who tries to put you down about your appearance is assuming that it is your job to please them visually. Once you realize that it isn’t your job to be visually pleasing to anyone, ever, it becomes very hard for anyone to make you feel bad about yourself.

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Skeptifem (in this interview: link )

A realization it took me entirely too long to make. I wasted so many years and so many tears because of this.

(via nerdpoet)

24 November 11

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“ People cited violation of the First Amendment when a New Jersey schoolteacher asserted that evolution and the Big Bang are not scientific and that Noah’s ark carried dinosaurs. This case is not about the need to separate church and state; it’s about the need to separate ignorant, scientifically illiterate people from the ranks of teachers.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson (via cwnl)

(Source: dostthouquotethme)

3 November 11

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“ Science is the key to our future, and if you don’t believe in science, then you’re holding everybody back. And it’s fine if you as an adult want to run around pretending or claiming that you don’t believe in evolution, but if we educate a generation of people who don’t believe in science, that’s a recipe for disaster. We talk about the Internet. That comes from science. Weather forecasting. That comes from science. The main idea in all of biology is evolution. To not teach it to our young people is wrong.

— Bill Nye (via cwnl)

(Source: kenobi-wan-obi)

7 September 11

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“ We must make it clear that a platform of ‘I hate gay men and women’ is not a way to become president of the United States.

— Jimmy Carter, relevant now more than ever. (via gaywrites)

25 August 11

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“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. … Stay hungry. Stay foolish.”

aurevoirohshanna:

- Steve Jobs

Have a nice retirement, Steve. Thank you for everything.

(Source: shannsational)

Themed by Hunson. Originally by Josh