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The Genius Delusion: Reflections on Elizabeth Gilbert’s 2009 TED Talk
When I was younger, so much younger than today, I never needed anybody’s help in any way. But now these days are gone, I’m not so self-assured, Now I find I’ve changed my mind and opened up the doors....
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You Find Out Who Your Friends Are
Tracy Lawrence perhaps said it best — cheezily but truly — when he noted that in adversity, You find out who your friends are, Somebody’s gonna drop everything Run out and crank up their car Hit the...
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On Bed-Stuy, Brownstones, And Gentrified Brooklyn
Someone once told me that New York City itself is a temporary condition: it dons and sheds costumes like a stage performer, shifting its shape as it fills with the various cacophonies of groups coming...
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On Flirting
Flirting is an invitation. But not necessarily to sex. In fact, more often than not, sex is neither the real nor desired outcome. Flirting need not be the means to an end. It can be, and often is, an...
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The Powerful Play Goes On, And You Will Contribute A Verse
AWP is a boring-ass literary convention where literary people host these shitty panels with names like “How Passion Fuels Professionalism” and have a book fair where all the small presses and...
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make something beautiful before you are dead
hey, you’re going to die!! you only get to be a person for a little while. “YOLO” — but seriously tho. i think you should try to be here for your life. i think you should remind yourself what you...
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The 25 Greatest Quotes About Writing
Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words. Mark Twain I only achieve simplicity with enormous effort. Clarice Lispector A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to...
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The 69 Greatest Quotes About Sex
Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature. Marilyn Monroe A liberated woman is one who has sex before marriage and a job after. Gloria Steinem Sex without love is a meaningless experience, but as...
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30 Greatest Quotes About Women
There are only three things to be done with a woman. You can love her, suffer for her, or turn her into literature. Henry Miller Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists...
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50 Greatest Quotes About New York City
The city seen from the Queensboro Bridge is always the city seen for the first time, in its first wild promise of all the mystery and beauty in the world. F. Scott Fitzgerald I believe in New Yorkers....
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Appreciate Everything: An Interview With Steve Roggenbuck
Hi, Stephen Tully Dierks here. This is a crowdsourced interview with my good friend Steve Roggenbuck, bard of the internet, tru boost guru, hero boy to frickwads worldwide, selfie champion, basicly a...
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we’re alive at the same time :)
life on earth is really fricked up !!! we are animals on a rock in space, but somehow we have evolved to have computers, the internet.. and even pinterest… there is so many notifications. there is so...
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10 Books Which May Actually Change Your Life
Remus Stefan Cucu / (Shutterstock.com) With thousands of classics out there, choosing one as a favorite is impossible. However, there are a few books (aside from spiritual texts) that can likely...
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You Have To Let Go Of The Things That Aren’t Meant For You
Walt Whitman wrote, “Re-examine all that you have been told, and dismiss what insults your soul.” Unfortunately for us, Whitman never left detailed instructions on exactly how to do this. And how do we...
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50 Wise & Wicked Quotes About Revenge
Flickr / Epic Fireworks 1. They say the best revenge is living well. I say it’s acid in the face—who will love them now? —Mindy Kaling 2. I’m going to get even, I swear I will. Mark my words, I’m a...
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